DONOR HIGHLIGHTS
Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz are longtime benefactors of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, dating back to January 1987. The couple recently announced that they are donating $7 million to start a major new research program within the medical college’s Cancer Center.
The $7-million gift will create the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Program that will bring together Einstein scientists to design new methods for promoting the health of Bronx residents. It will include population studies to identify lifestyle and environmental factors that cause cancer, as well as cancer prevention initiatives focusing on smoking cessation, exercise, healthy nutrition and preventing obesity.
The establishment of the new program will expand the scope of population-based research at Einstein's Cancer Center and will lead to new approaches to the prevention and early detection of cancer. In doing so, the program will benefit not just our community but will contribute to cancer control efforts throughout the United States.
In her remarks announcing the gift, Mrs. Katz noted, “I’ve dedicated my life to honoring the memory of someone I loved dearly by doing all I can to help find a cure. Stan and I have such wonderful memories of growing up in the Bronx, so it’s especially gratifying to be able to 'give back' to the community in this way. I know that our involvement in this vitally important program would make my parents very proud.”
