On
Monday, November 3, 2008, The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF)
hosted a scientific luncheon and lecture at the Mandarin Oriental
in New York to discuss the global treatment for lung cancer and raise
critical funds for research. A record 240 guests attended the
luncheon raising over $275,000 for important lung cancer research. To
mark the occasion, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed November in
the City of New York as Lung Cancer Awareness month.
The lecture was given by Dr. James R. Rigas, Medical Director, Comprehensive
Thoracic Oncology Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris
Cotton Cancer Center. The event was co-chaired by Laurie C.
Carson and Kimberly Kravis Schulhof and the Master of Ceremonies
was Sapna Parikh, M.D., Medical Reporter, Fox 5 News.
Rachel M.A. Linger, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University
Of Colorado Denver School Of Medicine received the inaugural LCRF
Scientific Merit Award. This award acknowledges the scientific
investigator whose research proposal was selected for outstanding
overall merit by the LCRF Medical Advisory peer review.
Attendees included: LCRF Board members Laurie Carson and Bill Carson,
Kimberly Kravis Schulhof, Elizabeth Peabody, Jim Dougherty, Pippa
Gerard, Ashish Sanghrajka. Also, Coco Kopelman and Arie Kopelman,
Elinor Wohl Cohen, Alicia Cordon, Webb Egerton, Karen Glover, Shoshanna
Gruss, Bonnie Lautenberg, Nicole Limbocker, Lisa McCarthy, Heather
Mnuchin, Shafi Roepers, Michelle Wolkoff, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff,
Susan Allen Tisch, KK Streator, Clelia Zacharias, Emilia Saint-Amand,
Jane Pontarelli, Eliza Nordeman, Anne Nordeman, Heather Leeds, Kelly
Johnston, Carol Jansing, Pearl Harrison, Muriel Fabricant, Evie Brown,
Wendy Breck, Elizabeth Collett and more.
Grantees: Dr. Ladanyi, Dr. Rachel Linger, Dr. Brenner.
