We are so thrilled to announce that the feature documentary we have been working on with Academy Award winning director Ross Kauffman will officially debut at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in June! The film, titled Of Medicine and Miracles, tells the incredible story of Dr. Carl June, Dr. Stephan Grupp, Emily Whitehead, and the […]
For the past few summers, the Emily Whitehead Foundation has had the privilege of being the beneficiary to a series of very successful bake sales at UMI Motorsports Park. Each of these have been led by Emily Whitehead Foundation board member, and mom to a cancer survivor, Jodie Potter. In her own words, Jodie summarizes […]
The Emily Whitehead Foundation is pleased to announce that the 6th Annual Tee Off for T-Cells Charity Golf Tournament, sponsored by CNB Bank, will take place as scheduled on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Philipsburg Elks Lodge & Country Club in Philipsburg, Pa. As the Emily Whitehead Foundation’s longest standing fundraising event, Tee Off for […]
Despite having higher incidence and mortality rates for some cancers, minority patients make up less than 10% of clinical trial participants — of which only 4% are Black. The National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 mandates that minority groups be represented in federally sponsored clinical trials; however, most drug approvals are industry funded, and […]
Welcome to the Emily Whitehead Foundation! We officially launch the foundation in January 2015 – watch for an announcement!
It’s our birthday! To celebrate our 6th anniversary since officially launching the Emily Whitehead Foundation, we are hosting a Birthday Bake Sale at our office in Philipsburg, Pa. How it works: To make this event as safe and socially distanced as possible, we are asking everyone to pre-select bake sale items using an online form, […]
Tom Whitehead (Co-founder, Emily Whitehead Foundation) Dr. Carl June, MD (University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center) Chris Barkey (CEO, Barkey) Olga Bukatova (Manager, Aseptic Technologies) Register
Get active to Activate The Cure by signing up to participate in the Pittsburgh Marathon on behalf of the Emily Whitehead Foundation! In response to concerns regarding the containment of COVID-19, the 2020 Pittsburgh Marathon has been cancelled. Team EWF runners will have the opportunity to: Participate in the Pittsburgh Marathon virtually, for which they will […]