Grant Success Stories
2023 | Grants
In 2023, we continued our support of Dr. Riggins at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine by providing a 3-year grant to move his research with mebendazole into human trials for pancreatic and breast cancer. In breast cancer his research will determine if mebendazole can be used to help slow, treat or prevent metastasis to the brain, where, unlike many other drugs, mebendazole reaches in therapeutic concentrations. In pancreatic cancer, he hopes to determine if mebendazole can augment immunotherapy or the standard of care therapy for advanced disease.
Interested potential clinical collaborators may contact Dr. Gregory Riggins, MD PhD .
In 2023, we provided our initial grant to The University of Kansas Cancer Center. The Cancer Center has been an industry leader in CAR T-cell therapy for blood born cancers, which takes genetically modified T-cells and "teaches" them to attack specific cancer cells. CAR T-cell therapy has proven remarkably effective against blood cancers and is now able to target solid tumors. The KU Cancer Center is conducting more than 20 active CAR T-cell clinical trials to explore its efficacy in treating liquid and solid tumors.
For more information, including how to support the University of Kansas Cancer Center directly, please contact Krista Allen, Asst. Vice President for Medical Development.
Al's initial dream for the foundation was to create a web based free online resource to help high school students become college proficient. In essence, he wanted to create the Khan Academy. So rather than reinvent the wheel, we decided to provide a grant to support their excellent work.
To support the Khan Academy directly, click here.
In 2023, we provided the initial proof-of-concept grant to the University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences to start the Center for Reimagining Education (CRE). The CRE aims to accelerate the pace of change in schools and districts by leveraging technology and data and bringing together diverse teams of people to establish school-community driven partnerships and open pathways for learning. CRE seeks to help teachers, leaders, and districts innovate by taking ideas from conception to implementation.
To support this important initiative, please click here and specify you want to support the CRE.
