Published Nov. 14, 2018
For 13 years, the Louisiana Cancer Foundation has financially supported breast cancer
research at the University of Louisiana Monroe with donations totaling $117,500. Tuesday,
Dr. Paul Sylvester, Associate Dean of Research in the ULM College of Pharmacy, accepted
a $10,000 donation from LCF Executive Director James Adams.
Dr. Paul Sylvester, third from right, accepts a donation to the ULM Foundation for
$10,000 from James Adams, Executive Director of the Louisiana Cancer Foundation and
Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute. Sylvester is Associate Dean of Research and
Pfizer, Inc., B.J. Robison Endowed Professor of Pharmacology at the University of
Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy. Over the past 13 years, the Louisiana Cancer
Foundation has given $117,500 to support Sylvester's breast cancer research at the
College of Pharmacy. From left are, Carla Costello, President of the Cancer Foundation
League and member of the LCF Board of Directors, Dr. Glenn Anderson, Dean of the ULM
College of Pharmacy, Adams, Donna Nolan, Assistant Director of LCF, Sylvester, Dr.
Eric Pani, ULM Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Annie Staten, member of the LCF
Board of Directors.
Emerald McIntyre/ULM Photo Services
"Including the present donation, the Louisiana Cancer Foundation has given a total
of $117,500 to our program to support our cancer research activities over the past
13 years at the ULM College of Pharmacy," said Sylvester, who holds the Pfizer, Inc.,
B.J. Robison Endowed Professor of Pharmacology.
Adams, who is also executive director of the Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute,
was joined by LCF Assistant Director Donna Nolan, Cancer Foundation League President
and board member Carla Costello and board member Annie Staten.
"On behalf of the Louisiana Cancer Foundation and its board of directors, I’m pleased
to present a $10,000 donation to the ULM Foundation in support of Dr. Sylvester’s
continued cancer research," Adams said. "One of the mission goals of our organization
is to support cancer research. Since we are a local organization, we wanted to support
local research if possible. Approximately 13 years ago we discovered that a very well-known
and published scientist, Dr. Sylvester, was conducting breast cancer research right
here at ULM. Since that time we have tried to partner with Dr. Sylvester by donating
to his impressive research involving tocotrienols and breast cancer."
Sylvester explained the focus of his research is nutrition-based, specifically a form
of vitamin E.
"Our laboratory has been involved in breast cancer research for many years and our
current interests include examining the relationship between nutrition and cancer,
with particular emphasis on understanding the intracellular mechanisms mediating the
anticancer effects of tocotrienols, a rare form of vitamin E," he said. "The ultimate
goal of this research is the development of tocotrienol-based therapies that can be
used in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer in women."
The Louisiana Cancer Foundation is a local 501c3 organization that was formed in 1999.
The LCF has no administrative costs and all funds received through fundraising, donations
and grants are used to benefit the communities and cancer patients of Northeast Louisiana.
The LCF offers several free cancer screenings each year which benefit hundreds of
people in local communities. The foundation also oversees a patient financial assistance
program which has helped approximately 5,000 cancer patients in the amount of over
$1.8 million since the program’s inception in 2002.
