Immunotherapy Foundation

Throwback to our one-night only Drive-In to Drive Out Cancer last October! We were joined by our friends, family, and supporters for a fun, drive-in movie experience at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and watched the iconic School of Rock movie!

K**I News stopped by to check out all the fun and talked with Dr. Ezra Cohen about how the money raised from this event will be put back into the community for essential cancer research. Check out the full video here: https://youtu.be/zUQz2aK-EtY

Immunotherapy Foundation Hosts Drive-In to Drive Out Cancer Event – on K**I (Part 1)

Pardon the dust, but we’re back! 🎉🎉 The IF has team has been busy working behind the scenes on some exciting things and we can’t wait to share them with you! Stay tuned!! 😄

Today, the Immunotherapy Foundation and our incredible team of leaders are celebrating our 6th anniversary! This last year was anything but easy for just about everybody, but our year became an incredible journey of innovation, determination, and included an outpouring of support from our community that was unparalleled.

In 2020, IF granted our largest research grant in a fiscal year since our founding to support the collaborative precision cancer immunotherapy research at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology! Those dollars have been dedicated to the personalized cell therapy trial launched in 2017. In December 2020, Patient #1 received his treatment and is now back home with his family. This achievement was only possible because of our amazing community.

As we look ahead to 2021, IF is continuing to solidify our community partnerships with our fellow non-profits and our research partners. Stay tuned for more exciting news. Thank you all!

In honor of San Diego Padres' Opening Day, our awesome partner, Padres Pedal the Cause, chatted with CBS 8 - San Diego News to share more about their incredible Groceries4Good program and also gave a sneak peek of their upcoming virtual event on May 8th! Watch the video below to learn more!

www.cbs8.com Development Manager for the Padres, Megan Waddell joined the show to talk about how you can get in the game and make a difference.

Springtime is finally here! For today's , we are encouraging you to do your own thing and not worry about what others think of you. It might be hard but try not to compare your journey with someone else's - just bloom.

to last year's Help Our Cancer Heroes, our COVID-19 relief project for front-line cancer patients and caregivers.

We delivered more than 1,500 delicious meals and 1,300 surgical masks, 53 face shields, more than 200 nitrile gloves and additional gloves, and 50 KN95 face masks to healthcare workers and staff at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center! And thanks to a very special partnership with Valley Vaughan Foundation and Islands Restaurants, IF also enabled the delivery of more than 1,000 meals to seniors at St Paul’s Senior Services assisted living facilities!

We are so incredibly grateful to our important cancer and healthcare heroes, and to all of our amazing partners that helped this project succeed - thank you!

Stay tuned to find out more information about how we're going to Help Our Cancer Heroes again this year...

to when our incredibly strong founder, Fernanda Whitworth, chatted with Authority Magazine about why moving scientific research forward is not always a linear process. She shares more about lessons learned throughout her career, IF's impact on health and wellness, and 5 things she wishes someone told her before starting!

Read Fernanda's amazing story here:

Women In Wellness: “Why moving scientific research forward is not always a linear process” With… I had the pleasure of interviewing Fernanda L. Whitworth, Co-Founder and President of the public non-profit, Immunotherapy Foundation (IF)…

We're giving you some today to help you power through the time change! 👍 Remember that you can do anything you put your mind to - you got this! Enjoy your week! 🎉

Today is International Women's Day and we're taking a moment to recognize and appreciate the amazing women in the field of immunotherapy.

For instance, Phillippa Marrack, Ph.D, FRS, is an English immunologist who is best known for her research and discoveries regarding T cells (immune system cells that are vital to killing cancer cells). She has an incredible history and has been recognized for her work for many years. One of her milestones includes being the first female member in the Cancer Research Institute's Scientific Advisory Council. In 2000, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Immunologists, and in 2015, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

We thank Dr. Marrack for her incredible work and we look forward to furthering immunotherapy as a cancer treatment option!

Today is International HPV Awareness Day and we're proudly doing our part to encourage everyone to take action and learn more about and how it affects all of us! There are over 200 related viruses that make up Human papillomaviruses, and while most are low-risk, there are certain ones that are cancer-causing, high-risk strains.

As of August 2020, the CDC says that over 21,000 cancer cases in women and over 14,000 cancer cases in men were linked with HPV each year. So how can you reduce your risk?

1. Get vaccinated! Vaccines can help to protect against some types of HPV, so make sure you talk to your healthcare provider about this option.

2. Get screened! For example, getting screened for cervical cancer to check for abnormal cells is a painless and quick test.

To completely understand your risk, make sure you have a conversation with your healthcare provider about your options. For more information about HPV-related cancers, visit our page: https://www.theimmunotherapyfoundation.org/hpv-related-cancers/