Shannon Moser

I have decided to step out of my comfort zone and run the Chicago Half Marathon this fall! I am running to help survivors of pediatric cancer who are suffering long-term side effects from past treatment live a better life, and I need your help in reaching my goals!

 

My team of Endure to Cure's Chicago Half Marathon runners, along with other courageous fundraising athletes within our foundation, are trying to raise $50,000 to fund a pediatric cancer survivorship study at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in 2011. The study will enable a clinical psychologist to research methods to reduce the long-term effects of harsh treatments on pediatric cancer patients. Your donation will directly go towards funding a Masters or PhD-level clinical research psychologist’s salary for a year. The clinical psychologist will be the sole person involved in this study.

 

So why this is this study important? Many people do not realize that 60% of pediatric cancer patients will suffer long term side effects, often times severe, after they have been deemed "survivors." Post-survivorship is a very underfunded and under-examined area of study. This study can have an immediate impact with patients the psychologist examines, and a long-term effect as more data can be used to put new post-survivorship treatment methods into place.

  

Please join me in my fight against pediatric cancer by donating to this amazing foundation. No contribution is too small!  Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you out on the lakefront path this summer!