Lucy A. Godley, MD, PhD of UChicago Medicine
The Scholar Retreat held annually, invites scholars and mentors to attend a 3-day meeting. This meeting focuses on bringing junior scientists together from various areas of cancer research. The collaborations and innovative ideas that come from this meeting have been numerous and outstanding. The mentors provide great guidance regarding science and career for these junior scientists.
At the Retreat, the Scholars share their research with the other Scholars and Mentors. Each Scholar will participate in four sequential retreats, with all expenses paid by WGFRF. The opportunity for Scholars to connect and form relationships with researchers from completely different areas of cancer research and to have a sort of peer review is one of the most valuable roles of the Retreat. Through the Mentors, the Retreat offers Scholars guidance on practical career issues such as writing grants and preparing successful scientific publications.
Each year, the Scholar Retreat coincides with the Foundation’s annual ‘Blue Jean Ball’ fundraiser. All Scholars attend this event, providing them an opportunity to meet with families whose lives have been directly affected by cancer. This experience resonates particularly with scientists who, unlike clinicians, do not have contact with patients, by putting a human face on cancer.
Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Laura Banaszynski, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Forbeck Scholar
Floris Barthel, MD
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Forbeck Scholar
Uri Ben-David, PhD
Tel Aviv University
Forbeck Scholar
Issam Ben-Sahra
Northwestern University
Forbeck Scholar
Shruti Bhatt, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Kristopher Bosse, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Forbeck Scholar
Donita Brady, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Forbeck Scholar
Danfeng Cai, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Forbeck Scholar
Vivian Chang, MD
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Forbeck Scholar
Brooke Emerling, PhD
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Jessica Foster, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Forbeck Scholar
Lucy A. Godley, MD, PhD
UChicago Medicine
Retreat Mentor
W. Clay Gustafson, MD
University of California San Francisco
Forbeck Scholar
Takahiro Ito, PhD
Broad Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Lilian Kabeche, PhD
Yale University Cancer Biology Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Junne Kamihara, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Cassie Kline, MD, MAS
University of Pennsylvania
Forbeck Scholar
Mia Levine, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Forbeck Scholar
Peter Ly, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Forbeck Scholar
Mitchell Machiela, ScD, MPH
National Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Marta Markiewicz-Potoczny, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Forbeck Scholar
Nneka Mbah, PhD
University of Michigan
Forbeck Scholar
Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza, PhD
Intl. Lab for Human Genome Research, U. of Mexico
Forbeck Scholar
Stefano Santaguida, PhD
University of Milan and European Institute of Oncology
Forbeck Scholar
Jay Sarthy, MD, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Forbeck Scholar
Jason Sheltzer, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Forbeck Scholar
Mara Sherman, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Forbeck Scholar
Danielle Shin, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Forbeck Scholar
Enzo Tedone, PhD
UT Southwestern
Forbeck Scholar
Zuzana Tothova, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar
Neil Umbreit, PhD
Astrazeneca
Forbeck Scholar
Peter van Galen, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Forbeck Scholar
Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Forbeck Scholar
Elma Zaganjor, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Forbeck Scholar
Tianpeng Zhang, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Forbeck Scholar
Mark Zimmerman, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Forbeck Scholar