Overview

• The Weill Family Foundation has donated $50 million, matched by partner institutions, bringing total funding for the new Weill Cancer Hub East to over $125 million.
• The hub will unite Princeton University, The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research to advance cancer immunotherapy research.
• Research efforts will focus on reprogramming the tumor microenvironment, exploring the role of nutrition and metabolism, and investigating emerging therapies like GLP-1 agonists.
• A scientific steering committee and leadership committee have been established to guide the hub's research strategy and activities.
• This initiative builds on the foundation's history of funding multidisciplinary biomedical research, including the Weill Neurohub established in 2019.