Art Therapy

Foundation announces awards totaling $2,307,000 in grants including 18 scientific research projects, 5 music therapy programs and select symposia

Board Member Lorraine Schwartz takes a team of professional jewelry makers to Children’s National in Washington, D.C. for a special day of art therapy with pediatric cancer patients. These one-of-a-kind pieces, designed by the children & created by Lorraine’s team, were worn on the red carpet at the GRAMMY Awards by pop stars such as Taylor Swift, Pharrell and Katy Perry

The FDA approves ibrutinib as a treatment for patients with a particularly aggressive form of NHL known as mantle cell lymphoma. The drug is also studied to determine whether it may help fight another type of NHL, follicular lymphoma, and the results are promising.