A $27 million donation to the Medical College of Wisconsin will expand personalized cancer care and accelerate cancer research.
The gift comes from Tim and Barbara Michels and the Michels Family Foundation in honor of daughter Sophie, a childhood cancer survivor.
A new building to be constructed with the money and will be called the Medical College of Wisconsin Michels Center for Cancer Discovery.
The gift is the largest the Cancer Center has received.
“Our family knows firsthand what it means to face a rare cancer diagnosis with few treatment options, and even fewer answers,” Tim and Barbara Michels said in a statement.
“We’re investing in the Medical College of Wisconsin because we believe in their extraordinary scientists and physicians to turn today’s breakthrough cancer discoveries into tomorrow’s cures. No family should have to face cancer without hope, and that’s exactly what this gift is about — giving more families hope and giving cancer researchers the resources to deliver on it.”
