Week of Gratitude
Watch JAX President and CEO Lon Cardon, Ph.D., FMedSci, celebrate his first day at JAX by kicking off our Week of Gratitude and expressing his appreciation for the many people who support our mission.
This year, during the week of November 29th, JAX will be celebrating its second annual #JAXweekofgratitude — a week in which we celebrate and thank you, our greatest supporters! Your generosity is integral to our mission to improve human health on a global scale, and we could not do this important work without you. Thank you for your continued partnership, we are so proud to count you among our closest friends.
Follow our #JAXweekofgratitude activities via Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram or access them below.
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Lighting a way out of darkness
Read more about Lusia Milch, JAX donor and Holocaust survivor who donated $1.5 million to establish The Bernard and Lusia Milch Endowed Chair, named after her late husband Bernie, and currently held by JAX associate professor and computational biologist Gregory Carter, Ph.D.
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Life Connections
Learn about how a longstanding friendship between Edison Liu, M.D. and Esther Koch inspired support for JAX blood cancer research.
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Importance of Philanthropy
Watch Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D. explain in her own words the importance of philanthropy at JAX. Palucka is the newest director of The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center, one of only seven National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Centers with a focus on basic research in the country.
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JAX Establishes new chairs in cancer research, innovation, and scientific leadership
Read our exciting announcement about the establishment of three new endowed chairs at The Jackson Laboratory, all made possible by the generosity of our donors.
