'Help Defeat Cancer' Project Launched on IBM's World Community Grid Expected to Speed Cancer Research22 July 2006
quite literally bringing research to life. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Network is comprised of 17 hospitals throughout the state and provides a mechanism to rapidly disseminate important discoveries into the community. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. To support CINJ, please call The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation at 732-235-8614. For more information, please visit www.cinj.org. About UMDNJ The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences university with more than 5,500 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and a school of public health on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, a mental health and addiction services network. For more information, go to. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. For more than 10 years, IBM has been one of the largest corporate contributors of cash, equipment and, most important, people to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions across the United States and around the world. For more information on IBM's philanthropic endeavors, visit http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility. About the Lance Armstrong Foundation The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. We help people with cancer focus on living; we believe that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. From the moment of diagnosis, the LAF provides the practical information and tools people with cancer need to live life on their own terms. The LAF serves its mission through advocacy, public health and research. Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, the LAF is located in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit livestrong.org. Contacts: Catherine Collins IBM ckc@us.ibm.com 646-598-5507 Kaylyn Kendall Dines UMDNJ 973-972-5000 dineskd@umdnj.edu Courtney DiNicola CINJ 732-235-9872 Stephanie H. Elsea Lance Armstrong Foundation 512-279-8417 SOURCE: IBM
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