Endowments, Major Gifts, and Other Naming Opportunities
Endowment funds play a fundamental role in supporting and helping to advance the missions of UPCI and UPMC CancerCenter. Endowment funds are permanent legacies that provide significant donor recognition as well as vital annual income in perpetuity for UPCI or UPMC CancerCenter.
Creating endowed chairs has proven to be particularly effective in recruiting, supporting and retaining top leadership in a medical discipline. Endowed chairs are cornerstones for an academic organization such as ours — an organization where individuals' careers encompass myriad responsibilities. For the individuals whom they support, endowed chairs lend prestige, visibility and, most importantly, greater flexibility for the chair-holders to rapidly achieve their goals.
For more information on endowments, major gifts and other naming opportunities, please call our Development Office at 412-623-4700.
Frieda G. and Saul F. Shapira BRCA-Associated Cancer Research Program
Both men and women may carry the BRCA genes, commonly referred to as the “breast cancer genes” and can pass a mutated, cancer-causing copy along to their children. Through a critical collaboration between the premier physicians and scientists at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Magee-Womens Hospital, the Frieda G. and Saul F. Shapira BRCA-Associated Cancer Research Program aims to advance the understanding, prevention, and treatment of BRCA-associated malignancies including breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers. Gifts to the BRCA Research Program, including the inaugural $1 million donation from the David S. and Karen A. Shapira Foundation, are matched dollar-for-dollar by UPMC in an effort to raise a total of $5 million to further enhance the support for these critical research efforts.
To learn more about ways you can support the Frieda G. and Saul F. Shapira BRCA-Associated Cancer Research Program, please call 412-623-4700.
Stanley M. Marks, MD Endowed Research Fund
The Stanley M. Marks, MD Endowed Research Fund provides a critical base of support to ensure a strong, steady future for clinical research initiatives at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the UPMC CancerCenter. Interest from the fund will finance several important clinical and translational research initiatives, and will provide pilot funding for young investigators, to generate sufficient preliminary results to compete for successful major grant funding, and recruitment funds for new research and clinical leaders. The fund also honors Dr. Stanley Marks, an outstanding administrator and clinician whose leadership, expertise, and vision helped to shape the development and growth of UPMC CancerCenter. Ultimately, donations to the Stanley M. Marks, MD Endowed Research Fund will provide ongoing support to help UPCI and UPMC CancerCenter develop new treatments that will revolutionize patient care in Pittsburgh and around the world.
You can learn more about the Stanley M. Marks, MD Endowed Research Fund or make a donation in support of its efforts by calling 412-623-4700.
Endowed Chairs
The Claude Worthington Benedum Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology
The Jane and Carl Citron Endowed Chair in Colon Cancer
The Richard M. Cyert Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncology
The Gregory T.H. Davies Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research and Physician Education
The Lawrence Ellis Endowed Chair in Hematology and Oncology
The Bernard Fisher Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology
The Giant Eagle Foundation Endowed Chair in Cancer Genetics
The Hillman Endowed Chair in Oncology
The Arnold Palmer Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
The Sampson Family Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
The Sandra and Thomas Usher Endowed Chair in Melanoma
UPMC Endowed Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Surgical Research
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research
Family Legacy Society
Suzanne Hill Alfano Endowment for Lung Cancer Research
Nathan S. Arenson Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Adriane R. Aul Memorial Fund
The Keith F. Barket Mesothelioma Research Fund
Beckwith Family Foundation Endowed Research Scholars Program
The Heidi Browning Endowed Ovarian Cancer Research Scholars Fund
Ruth C. Brufsky Fund for Clinical Research on Pancreatic Cancer
Patti Burns Fund
Al Copeland Memorial Fund for Merkel Cell Carcinoma Research
Sadie Gerson Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program
Stuart Goodman Brain Cancer Memorial Fund
Peter E. Hackney Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Harvey G. Herberman, MD Memorial Cancer Research Fund
Dr. George W. Hiett Foundation Fund
Dr. Herbert E. Jacob Memorial Fund
Hyman I. Katz Cancer Research Fund
Barbara Klump Memorial Scholarship Fund
Frank W. Knisley Memorial Fund
Albert P. Knowles Research Fund
David C. Koch Memorial Fund
Mario Lemieux Patient Care and Cancer Research Fund
Scott Limbach Entrepreneurial Center
Stanley M. Marks, MD Endowed Research Fund
The Liliana Muhlmann Masoner Cancer Fund
Drew Mathieson Entrepreneurship Fund
James A. Mollica Jr. Research Endowment Fund
OHA Endowed Patient Assistance Fund
PNC Innovation Fund
Michael J. Parada Research Fund
Parada Family Liposarcoma Research Fund
Mark E. and Leah M. Pasquerilla Women's Cancer Research Fund
Pasquerilla Cancer Genomics and Proteomics Research Fund
Linda Saulle Endowed Memorial Fund
Frieda G. and Saul F. Shapira BRCA Cancer Research Program
The Spang Translational Research Core Facility
Joseph and Giovanna Tarquinio Memorial Fund
Edward Thaw Blood Research Fund
Edward Underhill Memorial Fund for Colon Cancer Research
Wayne Fusaro Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund
Dr. Leonard S. Zombek Memorial Fund
Visionary Society
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Anonymous
Family and Friends of Nathan S. Arenson*
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
DSF Charitable Foundation
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
The Giant Eagle Foundation
Theresa Heinz and The Heinz Endowments
Harriett L. and Ronald B. Herberman, MD
Highmark Foundation
Elsie H. and Henry L. Hillman
Henry L. Hillman Foundation
Hillman Foundation
Family and Friends of Albert P. Knowles*
New Era Cap Charitable Foundation and Family and Friends of David C. Koch*
Mario Lemieux Foundation
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
N.S.A.B.P. Foundation, Inc.
Arnold D. Palmer 2003 Charitable Trust
Mark E. Pasquerilla
PNC Financial Services Group and PNC Foundation
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Myles D. Sampson* and Family
Sanofi-Aventis
The David S. and Karen A. Shapira Foundation
Sandra and Thomas Usher
Debi and Harold W. Wheeler III
Wheeler Family Charitable Trust
* deceased
