We thank the amazing team of Circle Web Agency in Bergamo (Italy), Stefano Ferre’ and collaborators, for designing and donating the new website of our Foundation. In particular we want to thank Miriam Rotondi for her incredible help in designing an efficient and easy to surf website!
Nadia Valsecchi Foundation sponsored a Travel Grant of 4,000 Euros for Marta Chiaravalli, a medical student at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Marta will spend the next five months at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York working on pancreatic cancer clinical research and preparing her graduate thesis in Medicine.
Here below the story of Marta. We are happy to contribute to the formation of a young doctor who will complete her training in this prestigious research center in the United States.
“I am a student at the school of Medicine and Surgery at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan (Italy). Since the first years of my studies I realized that my primary interest was the oncology field, with particular focus on gynecology, urology, gastroenterology. Therefore I joined the Department of Medical Oncology at San Raffaele Hospital, initially focusing on the “liquid tumors” and on “solid tumors” later. At the fifth year of my studies I joined the Oncology department as an internal student under the supervision of Dr. MICHELE RENI. Together with his team I worked directly with patients affected by pancreatic cancer and I joined the clinical research.
Dr. Reni was able to transmit me the passion and strength for this challenging work, therefore I decided that after graduation, scheduled for July 2017, I will continue the medical specialization in oncology.
With the help of Nadia Valsecchi Foundation, I have just arrived in The United States to improve my knowledge on pancreatic cancer, during five months of training experience. In particular, I will follow the work of Dr. EILEEN O’REILLY at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, one of the most prestigious center known for advanced research in oncology. In this center there are numerous ongoing experimental studies for patients with pancreatic cancer. Some of the studies provides both genetic and molecular approaches for the development of new therapies and the identification of new biomarkers, that can be used to select the most suitable treatment for each individual patient.
I’m really glad to have this opportunity to improve my professional growth in such a challenging environment which is the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
I’m sure I’ll learn as much as possible from this experience in order to help patients with pancreatic cancer”.
For more information:
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/eileen-o-reilly
http://www.hsr.it/research/organization/divisions-centers/experimental-oncology/michele-reni/
October 15th 2016
The Pharmaceutical Company CELGENE has decided to sponsor the second edition of “CORRI PER LA RICERCA”, the second race organized by Nadia Valsecchi Foundation. Celgene is in the first line for the treatment of pancreatic cancer both in Italy and abroad.
For more information click here
June 6th 2016
During the V TORNEO CITTA’ DI CAPRIOLO, TROFEO BCC BASSO SEBINO (football tournament), and with the support of ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE SAN LORENZO, 4.000 EURO were donated to Nadia Valsecchi Foundation to support scientific research on pancreatic cancer. Thanks to “ASD Capriolo”, the participants and organizers, thank you for your extraordinary support.
June 28th 2016
TL Memorial 2016: 10.000 euros donated for pancreatic cancer research
During the first “Tiberio Lonati Memorial” held in Brescia last June 14th, 10,000 EURO have been donated to our Foundation to support scientific research on pancreatic cancer.
Many thanks to FONDAZIONE LONATI and to “CORRIXBRESCIA” : thanks to you we promoted the educational value of sport in order to encourage a healthy lifestyle necessary for the prevention of any disease. We hope to collaborate again with you in the future, promoting the combination between sport and solidarity.
A warm thank also to the Tecnopulizie srl and all the sponsors.