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From College Challenges to Clinical Trials: A Story of Resilience Little did Julia V. know that her troubling symptoms as an undergraduate were a precursor to a life-altering brain tumor diagnosis in college and a profound understanding of the patient experience as a health care professional years later. During her junior year at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, majoring in microbiology and anthropology, Julia […] August 25, 2023

Breakthroughs Ahead: Holly Gibbons Three months after delivering a baby boy, Holly returned to the same hospital where they discovered a brain tumor — grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. This 2016 diagnosis led her family to join National Brain Tumor Society events like Race for Hope DC and Head to the Hill to fundraise and advocate for increased funding for […] December 12, 2022