In the face of a pandemic and a subsequent change of format, Pelotonia officials announced yesterday that this year s installment of the event raised $10.5 million.
That was less than half as much as the previous year, but president and chief executive officer Doug Ulman said he was thrilled with the final tally after COVID-19 forced the group to alter the format of the popular, annual bike ride.
This year, organizers created a virtual platform called My Pelotonia, which allowed participants to be creative in what they did to raise money for cancer research.
“Anytime you do something totally new, it’s hard to predict how it will go,” Ulman said. “Everybody has been overwhelmed and impacted in various ways with what’s going on in the world, so we’re ecstatic with the results and we can’t wait to build upon them.”
Ohio State announces passing of longtime cancer genetics researcher Albert de la Chapelle
His work helped lead to the statewide Ohio Colorectal Cancer Prevention Initiative
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) has announced the passing of Dr. Albert de la Chapelle, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics at Ohio State who played a key role in developing and leading the university’s human cancer genetics program to prominence.
De la Chapelle, 87, died Thursday of natural causes, just nine months after the March 2020 passing of his wife Clara D. Bloomfield, also a Distinguished University Professor who for many years served as cancer scholar and senior adviser to the OSUCCC – James. He was in the Cancer Biology Program and formerly co-led that program when it was known as Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics.
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