Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center received a $78 million gift, the largest single gift in its 47-year history, from Stuart and Molly Sloan.
The gift will support the center's precision oncology efforts, which integrate fundamental biology, technology, immunology, data science and clinical experience into strategies to prevent, detect and treat cancer, according to a Sept. 8 news release from the cancer center.
The gift will be used to:
- Support a new precision oncology institute called Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute.
- Recruit scientific leaders, create an endowed chair and provide funds for postdoctoral fellowships and other investments.
- Build a new 390,000-square-foot building for precision oncology research named after Stuart and Molly Sloan.