Finding Light In the Middle of the Woods Ilyse Leibowitz always dreamed of having a second home in the Berkshires. A former elementary school teacher and certified yoga instructor with a deep connection to nature and spirituality, she calls the…
A Dedication for Caring for Others Ann S. LaCasce, MD, MMSc, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, grew up in a healthcare-centered family. Her father was an internist in a small community in Maine, and as…
On June 15, 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has approved glofitamab-gxbm (Columvi, Genentech, Inc.) for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. “People with relapsed or…
Dear Friends of LRF, Since its inception, one of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s (LRF) guiding priorities has been pushing the field of lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) forward toward a future free of the disease. It’s why we have funded over…
Where Are They Now? Martin Rivas, PhD When did you become interested in the study of biology? In oncology and lymphoma specifically? I was attracted to nature from a very young age. I was curious about all animals, but whales…
Following a Passion to Improve Patients’ Lives Lindsay M. Morton, PhD, Director of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch and head of the Cancer Survivorship Research Unit in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI),…
Story of Hope: Scott Fink Scott Fink is a born-and-bred New Yorker, married 20 years to his wife, Kelly, and father to 14-year-old twin daughters. He’s called New York City home for most of his life, aside from his undergraduate…