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Announcement, Cancer Research Heroes

02.28.23

PICI Honors CAR T-cell Pioneer Carl H. June, MD

March 11 Event Includes Screening of Award-Winning Documentary Featuring Dr. June, and Q&A with PICI Founder and Chair Sean Parker and Filmmaker Ross Kauffman

SAN FRANCISCO – The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) will celebrate the career of legendary immunologist and PICI Center Director Carl H. June, MD, of The University of Pennsylvania, with a March 11 screening of the award-winning documentary, “Of Medicine and Miracles.”

Sponsored by Triatomic Capital, the event will be hosted by PICI’s founder and chair, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker, and will include a Q&A with Dr. June and the film’s director, Academy Award-winning documentarian Ross Kauffman.

Hosted as a fundraiser to support PICI’s mission to accelerate the development of breakthrough cancer therapies for patients, various donor-level registration packages are offered for purchase, and donations of all sizes are welcome for the general admission event. Learn more and register here.

Event Details

WHEN: Saturday, March 11

3:30 p.m. – Registration
4:20 p.m. – Film screening
6 p.m. – Q&A with Sean Parker, Carl H. June, MD, and filmmaker Ross Kauffman
6:30 p.m. – Closing reception

WHERE: Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco

TICKETS: Reserve your seats here

SPONSORED BY:

“Of Medicine and Miracles” portrays Dr. June’s pioneering work and its lifesaving effect on 6-year-old Emily Whitehead, the first pediatric patient in the world to receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

For his work, Dr. June has been named to the TIME 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world and elected to the Institute of Medicine and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among many other honors. In April he will receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Association for Cancer Research.

“Of Medicine and Miracles” premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival to critical acclaim and more recently received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Event Details

WHEN: Saturday, March 11

3:30 p.m. – Registration and refreshments
4:20 p.m. – Film screening
6 p.m. – Q&A with Sean Parker, Carl H. June, MD, and filmmaker Ross Kauffman
6:30 p.m. – Closing reception

WHERE: Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco

TICKETS: Register here

SPONSORED BY:

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