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Huntsman Cancer Institute was founded with a pledge of $100 million of personal wealth from Jon Huntsman Sr., a philanthropist and businessman. To date, Huntsman has donated more than $250 million of his own money since Huntsman Cancer Institute was established. [1] Mary Beckerle is HCI's chief executive officer and director. [2]
Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Inc. [1]) is a nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides blood, blood products and services across the United States. It was founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, Arizona .
Texas Blood Institute [77] The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center [78] We Are Blood [79] Utah ARUP Blood Services [80] Virginia Inova Blood Donor Services [81] Washington Bloodworks Northwest [82] Wisconsin ImpactLife (Formerly: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center) [32] Memorial Blood Centers [83] The Community Blood Center [84]
You can donate as often as twice per week with at least two days in between donations at most private donation centers. This is possible because blood plasma regenerates every 24-48 hours.
Mary Beckerle in 2012. Mary C. Beckerle is an American cell biologist who studies cancer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah School of Medicine.At Huntsman Cancer Institute, she is the CEO, and is Associate Vice President for Cancer Affairs at the University of Utah.
2014 - They have collected 100,212 units of blood in single day and got their name registered in the Guinness Book of Records; 2016 - Conducted marathon world longest blood donation drive by organizing nonstop blood donation camps from 01 Jan 2016 to 31 December 2016 in parts of country. 2020 - Devoted their teams for Plasma Donation.
The Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. One of Huntsman's most notable causes is the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah, of which he was the founder and principal benefactor. He and his wife Karen established the Huntsman Cancer Institute in 1993 with a gift of $10 million from the Huntsman family.
As of November 2024, there are 57 Comprehensive Cancer Centers, 8 Clinical Cancer Centers, and 7 Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers. [1] Almost all are associated with a university. Receiving the NCI-designation places cancer centers among the top 4 percent of the approximately 1,500 cancer centers in the United States.