*January 2020*
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will create the Chen-Huang Center for EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) Mutant Lung Cancers to stimulate research, promote clinical trials, and strengthen the Institute’s capabilities for studying and treating lung cancer. The Chen-Huang Center is being established with a $5 million gift from Winston Chen, PhD, and his wife, Phyllis Huang, of Silicon Valley.
For many years, the couple’s family foundation, the Paramitas Foundation, had focused on supporting higher education, their recent funding has shifted to health care projects, specifically lung cancer care and research led by Pasi Jänne, MD, PhD, director of the Carole M. and Philip L. Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, and director of the Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science at Dana-Farber.
“Phyllis and I hope our gift will bring much needed attention to lung cancer and illustrate how vital financial support is for making discoveries,” said Chen. “We support Dr. Jänne and Dana-Farber because of their impressive centers, research facilities, and the discoveries they are making every day.”
