More than 300 industry executives attended the Spirit of Life gala, held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, which raised nearly $475,000.

Han’s research and clinical interests include chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer and biomarkers to predict response to targeted therapies.   

The research team’s work, led by City of Hope’s Li Zheng, Ph.D., staff scientist, and Binghui Shen, Ph.D., professor and director of radiation biology, was published in a recent issue of the journal Molecular Cell.

A $2.5 million gift from Arthur M. Coppola will establish an endowed chair in City of Hope’s Department of Supportive Care Medicine.

The James S. McDonnell Foundation awarded a research grant to Benham Badie, M.D., director of City of Hope’s Brain Tumor Program, to study the role a gene receptor linked to complications from diabetes may play in treating brain tumors.

On July 20, 2009, the Professional Salon Industry Council for City of Hope will present Cheryl and Jim Markham, founders of PureOlogy, with the 2009 Spirit of Life® Award, City of Hope’s most prestigious honor, in recognition of their outstanding philanthropic and business achievements.

More than 850 executives from City of Hope’s Los Angeles Real Estate and Construction Industry (LARE) honored A. Larry Chapman, executive vice president and group head of commercial real estate for Wells Fargo, with The Spirit of Life® Award, City of Hope’s most prestigious philanthropic honor, at a gala dinner October 23.

In recognition of his philanthropic work and professional achievements, CNA Financial Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen W. Lilienthal will be presented with City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award at a gala dinner on November 20 in Chicago.