Posts by Kris Reese
Groundbreaking Research Maps Healthy Breast Cells

In a major advancement for breast cancer research, Dr. Harikrishna Nakshatri, a distinguished researcher at the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, has led a team in creating the most comprehensive map of healthy breast cells to date.

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Kris Reese
Celebrate Mom

Here at the Foundation, we work for all mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, roommates, and friends. We are working for a future where women can live long, fulfilling lives past their diagnoses.

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Kris Reese
Welcome Mat Opyrchal, MD, PhD

We are pleased to announce that Mateusz Opyrchal, MD, PhD, began the New Year with a new job as the inaugural Vera Bradley Foundation Scholar in Breast Cancer Discovery in the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research.

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Kris Reese
Enhancing the Care Team

From the day of her diagnosis, a woman becomes a breast cancer survivor forever. Research in the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research is empowering each survivor to live her life with strength and resiliency.

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Kris Reese
Better Survivorship

From the day of her diagnosis, a woman becomes a breast cancer survivor forever. Research in the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research is empowering each survivor to live her life with strength and resiliency.

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Kris Reese
Research Saves Lives

Stephanie Pemberton was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2020 and underwent treatment involving 16 weeks of chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.

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Kris Reese
Believe in Research

Researchers in the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research continue to improve the cure rate for women with the highest risk for recurrence of TNBC. Research builds on the highly successful Monogrammed Medicine program to develop better, more personalized therapies.

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Kris Reese
The Gift of Time

Jenny is a five-year triple negative breast cancer survivor. She’s been in complete remission since participating in the two-drug trial targeting TNBC’s most active genes. Her oncologist, Kathy Miller, MD, led the trial, and Jenny is alive today because of this Vera Bradley Foundation-funded research conducted by the Monogrammed Medicine team.

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Kris Reese