What's New 2008
Randy Pausch’s Journey with Pancreatic Cancer
April 2008
Many of you may have heard about Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University and father of three who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Last September, Randy gave an inspirational “Last Lecture” at Carnegie Mellon entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” Since that time, Randy’s lecture has garnered worldwide attention from both the public and the media, with appearances on Oprah Winfrey and Diane Sawyer. Importantly, on March 13, 2008, Randy testified before a US Senate subcommittee, advocating for greater federal funding for pancreatic cancer. Randy’s story is a testimony to the power of courage in the face of difficult battle: pancreatic cancer.
A number of you have asked for more information about Randy. We therefore thought it might be helpful to provide some key links.
Watch The Last Lecture on You Tube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
To read the transcript of Randy’s Last Lecture, click here:
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pauschlastlecturetranscript.pdf
Visit Randy’s webpage to learn more about his personal journey with pancreatic cancer here:
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
To see Randy Pausch on the Oprah Winfrey show, click here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8577255250907450469
For information of Randy Pausch’s new book, click here:
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Lecture-Randy-Pausch/dp/1401323251
One way you too can help us fight this disease is by participating in research studies such as the NFPTR. To learn more, please click here.
To make a donation to pancreas cancer research at Johns Hopkins, please click here.
Congratulations Dr. Anirban Maitra!
On March 4th, 2008 Dr. Anirban Maitra, Associate Professor of Pathology and member of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins, was awarded the Ramzi Cotran Young Investigator Award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. This award was presented at the Academy's annual meeting in Denver. The Young Investigator Award recognizes a body of work which has contributed significantly to the diagnosis and understanding of human disease. Dr. Maitra received this important award because of his ground-breaking work on pancreatic cancer. A complete description of the award can be found on the Academy's web site (http://www.uscap.org) and then go to 2008 Annual Meeting and Program Book, then click on Ramzi Cotran Young Investigator Award - Anirban Maitra. Congratulations Dr. Maitra!