Welcome to Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation

The Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation supports cancer research at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Current annual fund-raising by the foundation, through it's annual Jake Gittlen Memorial Golf Tournament and other events, exceeds $830,000, and continues to grow! Investigators at the Foundation are working on many facets of cancer research, including carcinogenesis, immunotherapy, metastasis, genetic instability, and gene regulation.  Learn More >>