LOOKING PRETTY GOOD WITH THOSE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES.
JENNIFER: THANKS, LOWELL.
THE ANNUAL MARYLAND HALF MARATHON AND 5K ARE COMING UP TO
BENEFIT THE GREENBAUM COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER.
JOINING US, DR. KEVIN KOLLUM AND MICHAEL GREENBAUM.
THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE OVER MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND?
>> CORRECT.
WE'RE STILL VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.
THE MARYLAND HALF MARATHON AND 5K.
PICK THE TIME YOU WANT TO RUN, GO OUT, REGISTER, DO SOMETHING
WITH YOUR FAMILY, JUST, YOU KNOW, GET OUT, BE ACTIVE, AND
HELP DO SOMETHING FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
>> AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT CAUSE.
DR. CULLEN, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE MONEY RAISED HELPS
SUPPORT RESEARCH AT THE CANCER CENTER.
>> SURE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE MARYLAND HALF MARATHON,
MIKELE AND HIS TEAM HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $4 MILLION, WHICH IS
FABULOUS.
SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT'S SUPPORTED, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT
NOW, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT A DRUG THAT WAS INVENTED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENE BALM CANCER CENTER THAT'S MOVED
INTO A CLINICAL TRIAL IN PANCREATIC CANCER.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE DRUG WE INVENTED WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF RESEARCH THAT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY THE
HALF MARATHON.
JENNIFER: WE'VE SEEN AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN IN THE LAST YEAR
WITH COVID AND NOW WE'RE IN THE VACCINATION PHASE.
DOES THAT GIVE YOU HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CANCER, THAT WHEN ENOUGH MINDS GET TO WORKING ON
SOMETHING, GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN?
>> SURE.
YOU KNOW, RESEARCH IS REALLY PHENOMENALLY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S
NOT JUST THE CASE IN CANCER, BUT IT'S CERTAIN WHAT'S GOING TO
GET US OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE WORKED HARD TO GET OUR PATIENTS SAFE.
>> $4 MILLION, MICHAEL.
TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU.
>> NOT JUST ME.
CANCER TOUCHES EVERYBODY'S LIFE IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM.
SO MY MOM WAS A 28-YEAR CANCER SURVIVOR.
SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2018, BUT IRONICALLY, SHE WAS REALLY --
HER LIFE WAS EXTENDED BY THE DRUGS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AT THE
GREENBAUM CANCER CENTER BY DR.
ANGELA BRODY.
SO I AM FOREVER FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT CANCER CENTER.
PEOPLE LIKE DR. CULLEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY IN THE TIMES OF COVID, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS JUST
INCREDIBLE.
JENNIFER: CERTAINLY, VIRTUAL ISN'T THE WAY YOU'D WANT TO DO
IT THIS YEAR, BUT IT HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES TO GET INVOLVED AND TO BE A LITTLE BIT
CREATIVE WITH ALL OF THIS.
CAN YOU BOTH TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> SURE.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO PIVOT QUICKLY AND GO TO VIRTUAL.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST RACES TO DO THIS.
WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WOULD BE A LITTLE
INTIMIDATED FROM BEING IN A RACE OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE REAL
RACE IS AGAINST CANCER.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE FUN.
THIS IS A FUN EVENT.
AND EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE.
BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY GET INVOLVED,
AND EVERY LITTLE DONATION MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IT ALL ADDS UP.
THIS IS A REAL GRASS ROOTS EFFORT.
>> IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE TEAMS COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH
OTHER AT A DISTANCE AND REALLY, IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT KIND
OF EVENT THAN WE'RE USED TO, BUT IT'S REALLY BECOME A VERY
SPECIAL ONE, EVEN DESPITE THE PANDEMIC.
JENNIFER: THE IT HAS.
FOR AN AMAZING CAUSE, WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN ABOUT
THE MARATHON, HALF MARATHON AND THE 5K.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO SIGN UP, HOW DO THEY DO IT.
>> THEY CAN GO ONLINE TO MARYLAND5K.ORG.
THEY CAN JOIN A TEAM.
THEY CAN FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT ONLINE.
JENNIFER: THE RUNNING OR WALKING ASPECT NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT
AS THE RAISING MONEY ASPECT.
IF YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE PHYSICALLY, YOU CAN RAISE MONEY.
>> YOU CAN DO THAT, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, WE HAVE
TREMENDOUS SPONSORS.
I WANT TO DO A SHOUT-OUT TO ST.
JOHN PROPERTIES AND THE RESEARCH GROUP FOR MAKING THIS HAPP