Where the Money Goes
You Power Cures
Obliteride funding matters at Fred Hutch — and our generous sponsors ensure that 100% of every dollar you raise goes right to work. In the last 10 years, we’ve fueled new approaches for breast, colon, pancreatic and prostate cancer. Advanced new breakthroughs in immunotherapy and data science. Supported community partnerships to improve health. Sparked urgently needed leadership in the response to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. And helped Fred Hutch attract the world’s top researchers and nurture their most innovative work.
Ten Years of Groundbreaking Research
Since 2013, Obliteride funding has supported more than 200 projects and more than 70 world-leading researchers — kickstarting a wheel of innovation that leads to even more discoveries over time. Here are three examples:
In 2017, we supported Dr. Roland Strong to improve cancer treatment by helping create a tool that identifies “targets” present in cancer cells, but not healthy cells.
Today, we’re supporting Dr. Aude Chapuis, holder of the John C. and Karyl Kay Hughes Endowed Chair, as she builds on this work: retraining the body’s own immune cells to recognize targets and attack cancers.
With Obliteride funding, Dr. Jen Adair holder of the Fleischauer Family Endowed Chair in Gene Therapy Translation developed a groundbreaking technology to make gene therapies for cancer more accessible worldwide.
Dr. Hootie Warren continues to help improve treatment around the world, especially in communities with limited access to care.
With early funding from Obliteride, Dr. Johanna Lampe identified nutrients associated with cancer risk, unlocking new insights into diet and risk reduction.
Now, we’re helping Dr. Heather Greenlee continue to improve health and nutrition. Her website, Cook for Your Life, provides science-based recipes to reduce risk, address challenges during treatment, and more.
Meet Our 2021 Funded Researchers
When you Obliteride, every dollar you raise directly supports Fred Hutch. Meet the scientists — and research — you support.
Dr. Rob Bradley
Decoding how cells create proteins in order to understand how cancer evades the immune system — and more.
Dr. Aude Chapuis
Reprogramming a person's own immune system to fight blood cancers and melanoma.
Dr. Neel Dey
Researching how our gut microbiome affects health from colorectal cancer risk to recovery from COVID-19.
Dr. Heather Greenlee
Combining fact-based tools and research to make healthy eating part of cancer prevention and recovery through the Cook for Your Life program.
Dr. Vida Henderson
Reducing health disparities in cancers that affect women by studying the link between social factors and health.
Dr. A. McGarry Houghton
Helping to improve treatments and create better and less invasive diagnostic tests for lung cancer.
Dr. Sita Kugel
Creating lab models to understand how pancreatic and liver cancer behave in humans and advance treatments.
Dr. John K. Lee
Advancing new treatments to target prostate and bladder cancers.
Dr. Kate Markey
Reducing complications from bone marrow transplants to make this effective treatment safer.
Dr. Behnam Nabet
Creating new technologies to disable the genes that drive cancer.
Dr. Megan Shen
Improving end-of-life care for cancer patients, with a focus on Hispanic and other communities.
Dr. Jhimmy Talbot
Unlocking how our gut communicates with bacteria and microbes — and how gaps can lead to illness.
Dr. Trang VoPham
Investigating how factors in the places we live — from pollution to daylight — affect cancer risk.
Dr. Edus Houston "Hootie" Warren
Improving cancer care worldwide and adapting therapies for use in communities with few resources.