Our Funding

Gail's Fun Run

Each Labour Day weekend, Katherine Crooks hold Gail's Fun Run to honour the memory of her mother, Gail Morrison, and to raise funds in support of ovarian cancer research. To date, Gail's Fun Run has donated over $14,225 to the Toronto Ovarian Cancer Research Network, and we sincerely thank Katherine and her family and friends for their outstanding support. Event details can be viewed here.

We would like to thank the Toronto Fashion Show for their outstanding support of ovarian cancer research.

Past Donations:

Mrs. Lesley Foreman

Our sincere thanks to the family of Lesley Foreman for directing donations that were made from friends in loving memory of Lesley to ovarian cancer research.  This was a request that Lesley, herself, had previously made to her family.

GlaxoSmithKline

Much appreciation for a year-end $2,000 donation from GSK.

The Marie Curie Sklodowska Association

An outstanding $12,550 gift in support of ovarian cancer research from the Marie Curie Sklodowska Association ( Apr 25, 2006).

Grant Support

• DOD US Army, Ovarian Cancer Research Program, Idea Grant 2007-10 #060168

Characterization of hereditary serous carcinoma precursors in fallopian tube epithelium $650,671 US

Principal Investigator: Patricia Shaw

Co-investigators:T.J. Brown, M. Letarte, I. Jurisica, K.J. Murphy

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant, 2005-2008
  Functional characterization of androgen-altered genes with a putative role during early events in ovarian carcinogenesis, $394,291
  Principal Investigator: Ted Brown
  Co-investigators: Michelle Letarte, Igor Jurisica and Patricia Shaw
  
  
• DOD US Army, Ovarian Cancer Research Program, New Investigator Grant 2004-2007 # OC040038.
  Integrated computational biology approach to marker selection for early detection and treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer, $640,347
  Principal Investigator: Igor Jurisica
  Co-investigators: Ted Brown, Amit Oza, Patricia Shaw and Jeff Wrana
  
  
• Ontario Cancer Research Network, Operating Grant 2002-2005
  Molecular cytogenetics and microarray expression analysis of EOC, $285,840.
  Principal Investigator: Jeremy Squire
  Co-investigators: Pascale MacGregor, Patricia Shaw and Barry Rosen
  
  
• Ontario Cancer Research Network, Operating Grant 2002-2005
  Identification of genes involved in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, $495,235
  Principal Investigator: Irene Andrulis
  Co-investigators: Patricia Shaw, Barry Rosen, Joan Murphy and Shelly Bulls