Nancy Key winning the Powerful Patient Award from Andrew Schorr
Nancy Key explains Inflammatory Breast Cancer to attendees at Andrew Schorr's Patient Power event.
November 2009 University of Washington Tumor Vaccine Group Open House. The
IBCF participated and hopefully educated that evening.
Back row, left to right: Jennifer Childs, Josh Aaseng, Dr. Lupe Salazar, Emily Jackson, Molly Boettcher; Front row: Ekram Gad, PhD
Left to right: Heidi Marble, Patti Bradfield, Nancy Key
October 2009 (and other months added)
Our Foundation is very proud of Jacqueline Miller from
Houston Texas, who joined our group in 2009. Her accomplishments in education of IBC are vast, and below her picture are but a few.
05/06/20009 AFSCME 1550 Union Meeting - IBC Presentation 09/23/2009 Greater New Testament BC (Women Meeting) 10/05/2009 Harris County Hospital Dist, supplied pamplets for Cancer Clinic 10/04/2009 Agapa Community Church, Pearland TX 10/11/2009 Christ Deliverance Church, Missouri City Texas 10/17/2009 Christ Deliverance Church Health Fair, Missouri City, TX 10/17/2009 True Holiness Penacoastal Church - Women Conference 10/17/2009 9th Annual Ride For a Cure -Trail Ride 10/18/2009 The Hand of God BC, Missouri City TX 10/19/2009 Volunteer for Phone Bank, Channel 2 News ( IBC Awareness) 10/24/2009 Pamela Thompson Breast Cancer Walk, supplied pamphlets and bookmakers 10/23/2009 Memorial Hermann Breast Clinic (Spoke to Head Nurse re: bringing IBC brouchers) 10/25/2009 The Hand of God BC, Missouri City TX
Jacqueline at one of her many advocacy meetings, explaining Inflammatory Breast Cancer to a group she was asked to speak.
You GO GIRL, Very proud of you.
October 9, 2009 Washington D.C. Pink Virus Summit
Click picture for slideshow of event.
April 2009
VP Mare Kirschenbaum was invited to present for our
foundation at American Society of Breast Disease Conference April
2-4 2009
Mare with Brooke Breslow, Executive Director of the ASBD
Below, Karen Kirschenbaum 10 year IBC survivor, and daughter of our VP, with Brooke Breslow,
Executive Director of the ASBD
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December, 2008 Houston Texas
First International Conference and CME on Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patient's and patient advocates met with doctors from around the globe. Pictured from Left to right:
Dorothy Slator Paterson, Houston, Texas Heather Patrick, Houston, Texas Jacqueline Miller, Houston, Texas Jenee Bobbora, Houston, Texas Aimee Shaw, Bakerfield, CA Alan Shaw, Bakersfield, CA Mary Jennings-Smith, San Marcos, CA Mare Kirschenbaum, Des Plaines, Ill Maggie Kirk, The Woodlands, TX? David Baker, Houston, Texas Patti Bradfield, Redmond, Washington *Laney Cummings, Durham, United Kingdom Ileene Robinson, Houston, Texas Sunnie Jacobs, Boca Raton, FL Charles Manning, Russellville, AR Kathleen Livingston, Waterford, MI Peggy Stephens, Michigan Alan Stephens, Michigan Tina Qualls, Austin, Texas Rose Batson, Austin, TX Phil Willingham, Woodinville, WA
photo by Ken Levy, Brooklyn, NY, also an advocate.
*Laney passed away unexpectedly December 23, 2008 at her home in Durham England. We are all deeply saddened by the loss of this amazing woman, and friend to all of us.
August 11, 2008
The largest peer reviewed
funding ever awarded for IBC research, was announced as American
Airlines unveiled two planes in Dallas, TX, featuring a pink ribbon
running the length of the fuselage in honor of its partnership with
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which includes a $7.5 million pledge from
the airline to research Inflammatory Breast Cancer at the IBC Clinic at
M.D. Anderson.
The Komen Promise Grant was awarded to Dr. Fredika M. Robertson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics and Massimo Cristofanilli, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Cristofanilli is the Co-Director of the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic. Dr. Robertson is the Director of Translational Research for the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic.
Click here for Jenee Bobbora's speech at Dallas (This link will take you to YouTube, use your back button to return to this site.)
May 28, 2008
RADIO SHOW sponsored by "Through Our Eyes" and hosted by Steve Kovac's of the Steve Kovac's Prospective show. Steve invited Patti Bradfield, Mare Kirschenbaum and Dr. Paul Levine to talk for an hour about IBC, and we were honored to accept. You can click HERE to listen to the podcast.
February 14, 2008
A loss and a gain is bittersweet news: Jenee Bobbora
our Secretary was interviewed on Channel 2 News in Houston.
Congratulations Jenee on passing the 5 year mark with a great interview. Click picture for news.
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* * 2008 Awareness Actions
Barbara Hartraft, New Jersey, won a 2008 Yoplait Champion award for all her hard work through advocacy and education of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Fighting her own battle with IBC, Barb continued on and made major inroads with both the public and the politicians on the East Coast. We will all be forever grateful for all Barbara did to bring education and awareness to Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Click here to see Barb's video.
Barb also worked tirelessly with the State of New Jersey to advocate for better awareness in the medical community. Because of her efforts, THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON CANCER RESEARCH issued the below: (click below to see a PDF copy of the report.
*ED Note: Barbara lost her 7 year battle with IBC on October 30, 2008. She was the ultimate fighter and strongest proponent for better education of IBC. She will be truly missed.
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December 3, 2007, New Mexico State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center and the University of Texas -
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center came together in a joint working
relationship to research Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Sen. Tim
Jennings and Patty Jennings, spearheaded the effort which culminated
in $3.2 million for IBC research, with New Mexico being the first
state in the Union to fund this aggressive breast cancer.
Left to right: UNM President Dr. David Schmidly; Patty Jennings; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Research Program Director Dr. Massimo Cristofanalli; UNM Cancer Center Director Dr. Cheryl Willman; UNM Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Dr. Paul Roth.
October 25,2007
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
announced it had received a $4 million appropriation from the Texas
Legislature for research into IBC.
The largest peer reviewed
funding ever awarded for IBC research, was announced as American
Airlines unveiled two planes in Dallas, TX, featuring a pink ribbon
running the length of the fuselage in honor of its partnership with
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which includes a $7.5 million pledge from
the airline to research Inflammatory Breast Cancer at the IBC Clinic at
M.D. Anderson.
