Daily CSR https://www.dailycsr.com/ 2026-08-18T00:38:05+02:00 Webzine Maker https://www.dailycsr.com/favicon.ico SU2C Expands Scientific Advisory Committee with New Cancer Research Leaders 2026-08-03T14:43:00+02:00 https://www.dailycsr.com/SU2C-Expands-Scientific-Advisory-Committee-with-New-Cancer-Research-Leaders_a6018.html https://www.dailycsr.com/photo/art/imagette/97568649-67938838.jpg 2026-08-03T14:42:00+02:00 Debashish Mukherjee SU2C Expands Scientific Advisory Committee with New Cancer Research Leaders
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has expanded its Scientific Advisory Committee with the appointment of several new members. The 30-member committee, led by a chair and supported by two vice-chairs, plays a central role in shaping the organization's research funding priorities and providing guidance on key scientific initiatives.

Throughout its 18-year history, SU2C's Scientific Advisory Committee has brought together many of the nation's foremost cancer researchers from a wide range of specialties and institutions, ensuring diverse scientific expertise and informed decision-making.

"The field of cancer research continues to advance at an extraordinary pace, creating both exciting opportunities and new challenges in our mission to accelerate meaningful progress against cancer," said SU2C President and CEO Julian Adams, PhD. "The Scientific Advisory Committee is essential to our ability to build on our legacy of funding transformative research that delivers real benefits for patients and their families."

The newly appointed committee members are:
  • Adrian Bot, MD, PhD – Venture Partner at RA Ventures and former Chief Scientific Officer at Capstan Therapeutics
  • Lisa Butterfield, PhD – Cancer immunotherapy consultant and former Distinguished Scientist at Merck
  • Christina Curtis, PhD – Senior Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine, and Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Genomics at Stanford Cancer Institute
  • Shawna Hudson, PhD – Professor, Vice Chair of Research, and Henry Rutgers Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Co-chair of the SU2C Health Disparities Committee
  • Trey Ideker, PhD – Professor in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego and Director of the Big Data Institute at Oxford University
  • Martin Pomper, MD, PhD – Professor and Chair of Radiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Trevor Pugh, PhD – Senior Scientist at UHN's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Director of Genomics at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, and Professor at the University of Toronto
  • Srikant Ramaswami, JD, MS – Founder and Principal of Sri Spoke Communications LLC and former Senior Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at Galapagos NV
The Scientific Advisory Committee is chaired by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD, Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Serving as vice-chairs are John Carpten, PhD, Director of the City of Hope Cancer Center, and Arnold Levine, PhD, Emeritus Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.

]]> In The Fight Of Stand Up To Cancer Fifth Third Bank Makes A Generous Contribution 2015-12-21T16:48:00+01:00 https://www.dailycsr.com/In-The-Fight-Of-Stand-Up-To-Cancer-Fifth-Third-Bank-Makes-A-Generous-Contribution_a454.html https://www.dailycsr.com/photo/art/imagette/8691909-13722757.jpg 2015-12-21T16:47:00+01:00 Lorene Stevens In The Fight Of Stand Up To Cancer Fifth Third Bank Makes A Generous Contribution
Dailycsr.com – 15 December 2015 – From the past six years, Fifth Third Bank has been working towards helping to fight cancer, whereby the bank has now “surpassed $6 million” in donating for “Stand Up To Cancer” contribution through “SU2C credit card and debit cards”, the latter being a “social media campaign”.
 
Fifth Third Bank started the collaboration in the year of 2013, whereby till now, the bank has “launched several campaigns” for providing its customers and “community members” with the opportunities of lending a helping hand in the global fight against cancer. Likewise, they are encouraged to donate to “SU2C’s innovative research programs”.
 
While, Fifth Third conducted the campaign #howifight, people were encouraged to share stories about fighting cancer on social media. For every “eligible post” with the #howifight hashtag shared on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vine, Fifth Third contributed “$1 to SU2C”. A total of above “35,000 stories” came out, while Fifth Third Bank selected many of them and highlighted and shared through illustration on its “website at 53.com/howifight”. Fifth Third Bancorp’s Executive Vice President cum the Chief Marketing Officer, Maria Veltre stated:
“We are thrilled to reach this donation milestone. We know with Stand Up To Cancer’s collaborative research approach, these dollars work hard to find better treatment options.”
 
The statistics gathered by the “Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program” conducted at the “National Cancer Institute” reveal that fifty percent of United State’s male population and one third of female population falls prey to cancer.
 
About SU2C programme, BusinessWire writes:
“SU2C, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a breakthrough initiative that raises funds to accelerate innovative cancer research, enabling scientific collaboration in order to get new therapies to patients quickly. To date, SU2C has funded 162 clinical trials, enrolling more than 6,000 patients”.
 
Fifth Third has been maintaining “this collaborative approach” and commitment towards “finding different ways to improve people’s lives”, besides making the global communities a better place. The co-founder of SU2C Rusty Robertson stated:
“We are so grateful to Fifth Third Bank for their continued support and are thrilled to reach this fundraising milestone through its campaign. The generosity of Fifth Third and its customers will help SU2C continue supporting innovative research and save more lives now.”

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