The Katha Diddel Sussman & Warren Family Fund for Genome Research
Legacy of The Katha Diddel & Warren Family Fund for Genome Research
Founded in 2013 by Katha Diddel Sussman and her family, The Katha Diddel & Warren Family Fund for Genome Research supports investigations at the molecular and genomic levels to overcome treatment resistant lung cancers. The studies conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and funded by Katha’s Fund, strive to identify clinically important genes with the potential to serve as new therapeutic targets. While Katha lost her battle with cancer in March of 2014, her family carries on her passion for this important work.
To see pictures of the family’s fundraising efforts please visit http://bit.ly/1MTJJ9s.
A message of thanks from Katha Diddel, written in 2013 upon the fund’s inception:
Thank you for supporting The Katha Diddel & Warren Family Fund for Genome Research which I, along with my children Paul, Thompson, and Kiki, have established at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
This fund will provide crucial support for the physician-researchers at MSK who are developing personalized treatments for patients based on the genetic mutations in their tumors—delivering less toxic, cancer-killing medicine quickly and directly.
Fundraising for cancer therapies has always been deeply meaningful to David, my family, and me. I have raised money for cancer research and other diseases through endurance sports, including triathlons, Ironman, and marathons. I started when I was 18 years old at Brown University where I participated in my first 30 Hour Dance Marathon for cancer research. For 6 years, I've participated in the Pan-Mass Challenge for Cancer Research that entails a 200-mile, 2-day bike ride. This year [2013], David and I ran the New York City Marathon together for the first time .
Cancer research at the cellular/genome level is producing treatments that are making life giving difference right now to the people we love fighting cancer. It is the gift of more time and health.
Your donation is so important of our breakthrough new Fund.
Gratefully and With Love,
Katha, Paul, Thompson and Kiki
To Make an Offline Gift
If you prefer to make an offline gift, please send a check made out to Memorial Sloan Kettering to:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Attn: Colleen Hanley
PO Box 27106
New York, NY 10087
Please kindly include “Katha” in the memo line.
*If you would like to make your gift in memory of a friend or loved one, please make your gift online and email Colleen Hanley at hanleyc@mskcc.org or send your check with a note to the above address.
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