3rd Annual Race to Beat Women's Cancers
Join us at North Park on Sunday, September 3 for the 3rd Annual Race to Beat Women's Cancers 5K Run/Walk. For more than two decades, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation, and A Glimmer of Hope Foundation have worked together as leaders in the fight against women's cancers. Your participation will play a major role in our efforts to advance women's cancer research and patient care.
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Why Join
Your participation helps improve cancer care through patient programming and research. Help us provide hope, support survivors, and raise funds that stay in Pittsburgh, while fueling scientific research with global reach.
OUR SUPPORT AND RESEARCH OF WOMEN'S CANCERS INCLUDES:
- Providing integrative health services for cancer patients, including yoga, massage therapy, and acupuncture
- Supporting and comforting patients in real-time through transportation solutions and childcare
- Developing and testing new biomarkers to help predict and diagnose cancers
- Identifying and testing new therapies for women's cancers
- Utilizing new imaging techniques and integrating them into screening programs
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RBWC 2023 Hosts
UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is western Pennsylvania’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, an elite class of top-performing centers for cancer care and research. As one of the largest integrated cancer networks in the country – with more than 70 locations – UPMC Hillman connects patients to the expertise of leading clinicians, academic researchers, and specialty programs, bringing nationally recognized care to people close to home. With the collective strength of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman is transforming cancer research, care, and prevention one patient at a time.
UPMC MAGEE-WOMENS HOSPITAL
Located right across the street from Magee-Womens Research Institute is UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for excellence in gynecology. As one of the nation's top hospitals specializing in women, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital combines a wealth of specialty services with a traditional focus on gynecologic and obstetric services. It offers services for both men and women including cardiology, geriatrics, urology, bone and joint, bariatric surgery, and spine surgery, to name just a few.
MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION
The fight to defeat women's cancers is a team effort that begins with the Women's Cancer Research Center (WCRC), a collaboration between UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI). The WCRC's mission is to reduce the incidence and death from women's cancers. This mission is achieved through the development and fostering of vibrant basic, translational, and clinical research aimed at turning novel discoveries into improved patient care. As the largest research institute in the United States devoted to women's health and reproductive biology, MWRI is an interactive community of top-tier researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and physician-scientists from diverse disciplines who work with clinicians at UPMC, an integrated global health care enterprise. With partnerships in more than 20 countries, we focus on expanding our understanding of reproductive biology and women's health and translating discovery into diagnostics, treatment, and disease prevention that promote wellness around the world.
A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOUNDATION
For more than 20 years, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation has supported world-class breast cancer research at Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation. Our commitment to breast cancer patients extends to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, where we have invested in a variety of initiatives designed to ensure patients have all the resources they need to fight their battle with breast cancer. This support extends from proper diagnostic testing to transportation and patient resources to help mitigate the treatment side effects with integrated oncology services. We have also supported researchers at Magee-Womens Research Institute working on metastatic breast cancer research. A Glimmer of Hope Foundation has received tremendous support because of the transparency of the programs we support, the satisfaction donors receive from seeing their contributions at work, and the knowledge that the funds we raise stay in Pittsburgh.
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Our Shared Goal
The Race to Beat Women's Cancers recognizes the importance of patient care initiatives and funding laboratory research while supporting women currently facing a breast or gynecologic cancer diagnosis.
Together, we will beat these diseases.
Contact information
- Event contact
- Gina Litterini
- events@mageewomens.org
- Phone
- 412-641-8950
Event schedule
- Sun, September 3, 2023 6:00 AM - Shuttle Starts
- Sun, September 3, 2023 7:00 AM - Registration Open
- Sun, September 3, 2023 8:00 AM - Opening Remarks
- Sun, September 3, 2023 8:30 AM - March of Hope
- Sun, September 3, 2023 8:45 AM - Warm Up
- Sun, September 3, 2023 9:00 AM - 5K Start
- Sun, September 3, 2023 10:00 AM - 5K Runners Award Ceremony
- Sun, September 3, 2023 12:00 PM - Last Shuttle
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