Venture Philanthropy
Investing in nascent research ideas may unlock future cures
Supporting Innovative Cancer Treatments
Donor gives $25 million to establish UNC Lineberger Center for Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities And Barriers To Care
Rich Preyer and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer have donated $1 million to support UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Carolina Breast Cancer Study
Grateful patient and husband establish breast cancer research fund
Ensuring access to the most advanced care
Deepening Our Understanding
Using next generation sequencing to better understand COVID-19
Precision Cancer Treatments
"It's an exciting approach; we hit the tumor hard with little toxicity, leaving room for other therapy."
Advancing Cancer Research and Care Across Carolina and the Globe
As a nationally recognized cancer researcher and current director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Care Center, Shelton “Shelley” Earp is as comfortable in the lab as he is cheering for the Tar Heels in the Dean Dome.
Breaking Down Precision Medicine
UNC Lineberger designs, develops and delivers CAR-T therapy to to attack cancers.
From Cancer Patient to Volunteer
“In this position I feel like I’ve been given a purpose, and I wouldn’t have had this opportunity before. To be a part of cancer therapies, even my own, is a very special thing.”
Winning His Battle, Helping Others Fight Theirs
The Champ and ET Mitchell Fund for Blood Cancer Research will accelerate research at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Helping to unlock the mysteries of cancer
"There’s no reason those discoveries can't be made right here in Chapel Hill."
An Investment In People
"This is an opportunity for us to continue our work investing in excellent education for the benefit of the entire state."
Drug delivery device toxic for tumors, not patients
"It's an exciting approach; we hit the tumor hard with little toxicity, leaving room for other therapy."
Sophie’s Gift
Sophie Steiner, lying in bed on the fifth floor of UNC Children's Hospital, asked her parents for one last thing...
You Can’t Finish If You Don’t Start
Shortly after qualifying for the 2015 Boston Marathon, Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer. But running was her passion, and she was determined not to let her diagnosis keep her from a lifelong goal.
Science Nonfiction
“I have a whole new lease on life. I’m here when I probably wouldn’t be,” says Dale. “I actually had a scan and was given the all clear. I’m officially a survivor.”
Together, More Than Just a Fighting Chance
...we’re fighting to eliminate cancer once and for all.
Get REAL & HEEL
“If I can help a mother who has kids live another week…”
More RNA sequenced than any other institute in the world
“Before, there was always the promise of sequencing—that it could do this, it might reveal that...
Awarding excellence, investing in potential
“This grant gives us the freedom to take risks and to test innovative ideas…
Curing the Incurable
“It’s like science fiction, but it’s real and it saved our son.”
Tomorrow is Not Promised
“I have a passion for doing what I do, for making things better so they will be here for years to come."
You Can’t Finish If You Don’t Start
"I was not going to let cancer keep me from reaching my goal."
‘We can find a cure’
“After Bobby’s passing, we were devastated. But one of the things the children and I realized was that it took so much for UNC Lineberger to care for him and so many people; we wanted to give back.”