Fighting Pediatric Cancer Focus of V Foundation-UF Health Collaboration

In pursuit of its ongoing mission to achieve Victory Over Cancer®, the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced its renewed support and a new $250,000 grant for the University of Florida’s efforts to combat brain cancer in children. Combined with private support, a total of $600,000 in new funding will bolster critical research programs.

“I am grateful for the V Foundation’s continued support,” said Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., co-director of UF’s Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery at UF’s College of Medicine, part of UF Health, the university’s academic health center. “The V Foundation is one of the nation’s premier supporters of cancer research. It’s an incredible honor to be a beneficiary of their generosity for a number of years. This sustained level of commitment from the V Foundation is vital in enabling my team to bring our research to the next level.”

Brain cancer is now the leading cause of cancer‐related death in children, due in part to significant improvements in outcomes for pediatric patients with more common cancers such as leukemia. Among other areas, Mitchell and his team have advanced novel immunotherapy treatments for medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.

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