Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
Chairman's Message

American Federation for Aging Research, New York, New York – to fund the establishment of the "Fannie E. Rippel Foundation/ AFAR New Investigator Awards on Gender Differences in Aging" $145,000
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona – to support an ongoing research project directed at discovering and extracting anticancer agents from marine animal specimens $100,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York – to support a collaborative ovarian cancer project entitled,"Identification of Novel Targets for Therapy," being conducted by two Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists $350,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts – to support a research project,"Identifying Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer," within the Women's Cancer Program $175,000
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina – to establish the Integrative Medicine Research Institute at Duke Center for Integrative Medicine $300,000
Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, New York - to support a new PBS documentary entitled, "The Mysterious Heart" for primetime, nationwide presentation by PBS in 2006 $250,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington – to support a research project entitled "Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Ovarian Cancer" $250,000
Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rockville, Maryland – to support research on the "Data Collection Activities to Understand What Environmental Factors May Play a Role in the Development of Endometrial Cancer Among Racial Groups," which will be conducted under the direction of the Walter Reed Army Hospital. $200,000
HiTops, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey – to support the first phase of a capacity-building project designed to increase and improve its programs and services for youth and families $72,000
Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine – to support the implementation of a Post-Graduate Medical Education Program in Integrative Medicine at Maine Medical Center $110,000
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts – to support research on "Finding Genes for Heart Attack in Women" $300,000
sharingVillage Cancer Survivor Groups, Far Hills, New Jersey – to support the expansion of its programs and services to cancer patients and their families $75,000
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey – to fund the establishment of the "Cancer Control, Prevention and Population Science Division" $300,000
The Healthcare Chaplaincy, New York, New York – to support two pilot programs which aim to foster the integration of spirituality in formative and continuing education for medical professionals $250,000
The Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota – to support the Bravewell Fellowship in Integrative Medicine $100,000
The Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota – for a three year Bravewell Collaborative membership to provide support for the initiatives of the Collaborative $100,000
The Rex Hospital Foundation, Raleigh, North Carolina – to support the expansion of the "Mobile Heart and Vascular Diagnostics Screening Program" $50,000
The Rippel Scholars in Gender-Specific Medicine, Basking Ridge, New Jersey – to address research gaps and advance the knowledge base for both women and men in terms of general health, specific diseases and efficacy of treatment $300,000
The Wellness Community Central New Jersey, Bedminster, New Jersey – to fund the expansion of its support and networking groups $50,000
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – for the purchase of the Xenogen Bioluminescence Imager $265,000
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts – to fund the "Healthy Heart Program," which will develop an integrated community- based nutrition and physical activity program designed to reduce heart disease risk in women $300,000
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana – to support the emergency assistance efforts to reopen the Tulane University School of Medicine due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina $100,000
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana – to support the research on regulatory T-cells in ovarian cancer: biology and therapeutic potential $270,000
Twin Cities Public Television, Minneapolis, Minnesota – to support the production of a two-hour television documentary entitled "Good Medicine" scheduled to air on PBS early in 2006 as part of PBS' Health Initiative $150,000
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas – to support the expansion of the molecular markers research program in ovarian cancer at the Kleberg Center for Molecular Markers $300,000
Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts – to support research on "Effects of Early Embryonic Transcription Factors on the Invasive and Metastatic Properties Ovarian Epithelial Cells" $250,000
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut – to support a research project entitled,"Use of a Novel siRNA Delivery System to Restore Chemosensitivity to Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells" $150,000
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut – to support a research project entitled, "Determinants of Disparities in the Care and Outcomes for Young Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction" $150,000
Total Grants Appropriated $7,262,000