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Home My WebLink About092524 - Pitching in_ Volunteers devote countless hours to support patients and familiesALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Volunteer stories | Science education award | Doudna kicks off seminar series ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ View as Web page <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=9ngx86_lbKLUVLTxp6O44ObnSZlnrz2tKuWpToukRTMpn_ANj29AnQ> <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=L-GABUHto4g6aID5xcWI-LoYuHUOPC1PpCp2CCp0sW0tkHqP51Im9A> <https://secure.fredhutch.org/images/content/pagebuilder/fhcc-eml-hdr-shadow.png> <https://secure.fredhutch.org/images/content/pagebuilder/hdr-eml-hutch-news-fhcc.jpg> September 25, 2024 ⋅ A monthly digest of the latest from Fred Hutch Stories from a cross-section of Fred Hutch volunteers <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=Gz6FhV8_ROGEzdYPV1TsmXkDz355kS-t4E6njoItg8ZP2Y1f0TyABw> If providers and researchers are the backbone of Fred Hutch Cancer Center, volunteers are the heart. Fred Hutch Volunteer Services relies on a corps of more than 110 people who volunteer in the clinic to help provide support to patients and families. Some volunteers are former patients, grateful for the care they received and eager to pay it forward. Some volunteers are caregivers or relatives of people who have been in treatment or students interested in pursuing a career in health care. Others are professionals who spend their days at work and their free time using their skills to help patients; for example, cosmetologists will cut hair and style wigs for patients undergoing chemotherapy. This month, our team profiled several of the folks who volunteer in various ways across the organization. Volunteering strikes a chord with piano teacher <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=00DuziQljP69BdnIfmyzFiyqQ4bkgx_-hNE2IrGC3Ot6lHLTBkO0eQ> After finishing cancer treatment, a patient plays in the clinic for people like her. Almost as good as delivering flowers <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=fTIA2W3ED3BnZAhTt2GdgqUy7yUz9nqfGr5uJF7JsZKvaySyDOlUYA> Volunteer driver Bill Conquergood fights Seattle’s traffic so out-of-state patients don’t have to as they navigate treatment. Vaccine trial volunteer works to empower her community, end HIV <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=Cxq4Fpd2fUzOvHNdJuHNANhFouGzPFjvzlBabEqpqYPpG1EXb3pHIg> Community Advisory Board member Tasia Baldwin helps raise awareness of the ongoing HIV epidemic and how individuals can get involved in research aimed at ending it. Patient advocate can’t help helping others <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=wOye93hzeL-gPxGBy23b0leEtXLnlGjf_Fdj09Nmzk_X-UHhs_XLfg> For this podcaster, breast cancer patient and self-described “clinical trials fanatic,” advocacy starts with community building. A prescription for retail therapy <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=C0bD9BdlSbuQsTlrZbV1fIUoQbT_XTCP703mWX58HC2ur0VWvZmmlA> Inspired by their experiences as caregiver and patient, mother-daughter duo volunteers at the South Lake Union clinic gift shop. ________________________________ Science Education Partnership receives award <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=Q0Uuj4FYj4rhcG9p-8ge0lgthDLUnfTRT2zK8y61LUtpdKWBRjOhTg> Photo by Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service The Science Education Partnership (SEP) group at Fred Hutch received a $1.35 million, five-year grant earlier this year from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, to launch a new science education and training program called Reducing Inequities by Promoting Participatory Learning Experiences in Sciences <https://secure.fr edhutch.org/site/R?i=ieWViN2aheE7NO8SobhjZgXLF-pprizpTTjm5fb0jIZAQHOHV4bxdQ> (RIPPLES). ________________________________ The Latest Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists launches <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=VDYetqiKwExzzVEKltEdiPrQ51feoCJNdW8oyirBUdnJvg2ak21l_g> Fred Hutch launched an Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists. Led by Christina Termini, PhD, MM, the public, online resource of more than 380 Hispanic and Latinx scientists serves as a space to build community and create mentorship opportunities. CRISPR pioneer speaks at inaugural President’s Seminar <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=7Sb82FVGt5-vQrwGneRgLptgXJvoIK5s7fhyTp7BQ1zfBtVHlNE7dQ> Nobel Prize winner and CRISPR DNA-editing pioneer Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, kicked off the President’s Seminar series, presented by Fred Hutch President and Director Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD. To a packed crowd of staff, Doudna shared the work her lab is doing to improve gene therapies by making CRISPR-based DNA editing technologies more efficient and easier to deliver. Zeroing in on microbes that most increase HIV risk <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=nh8uJoACMt7OYVH4paUldSL-RpqYPYRWwjmKlWOASxbKrs2aperbVw> Fred Hutch scientists and a team of investigators from around the world identified 14 bacterial vaginosis associated bacteria — and one immune protein — that put women at highest risk of HIV infection. Fred Hutch expands South Lake Union campus <https://secure.fredhutch.org/site/R?i=l8GEUfSFXaPLLldaiQWJTYPN2K-Z6XF6FWyS_gGeDce3VeeFuG12-g> Fred Hutch finalized an agreement with an affiliate of Alexandria Real Estate Equities to that will add more than 300,000 square feet of research, lab and adaptable space to its South Lake Union campus. ________________________________ Base 2 Space Is This Weekend! Last chance to register for the amazing opportunity to climb the 832 open-air stairs of the Seattle Space Needle while fundraising for Fred Hutch. 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