翻译：张达菲

近日，玫琳凯基金会宣布捐资50万美元，与其长期合作机构德克萨斯大学西南医学中心共同发起一项开创性的全球奖金计划。

这项为期一年的全新奖金计划将在国际范围内选出最多5名博士后科研人员，为其提供在全球知名的德克萨斯大学西南医学中心研究设施中进行前沿性癌症治疗研究的机会，此后也将继续支持他们在自己的国家进行研究。这项新的奖金计划将助力玫琳凯一直以来所致力于在全球范围内终结女性癌症的计划，同时亦标志着基金会首次将癌症研究奖金计划推广至全球。

玫琳凯基金会董事会成员、玫琳凯·艾施之孙Ryan Rogers 表示，“我们的企业创始人玫琳凯·艾施女士亲眼目睹了癌症为我们的独立美容顾问、她们的家庭乃至全世界女性所带来的影响。因此，致力于消除女性癌症成为了她的一项使命。我们与德克萨斯大学西南医学中心的扩大合作，将使得我们能在全球范围内继续进行这项拯救生命的工作。”

通过与德克萨斯大学西南医学中心细胞生物学教授Jerry W. Shay博士良好而密切的合作，玫琳凯基金会与该医学中心建立了一项长期而稳固的合作关系。兼任玫琳凯基金会荣誉教授的Jerry W. Shay博士，已担任基金会美国癌症研究奖金计划科学审查委员会主席一职长达22年，而现在他也将在这项新的全球奖金计划中担任主要研究者。

“将这项计划扩大至国际化范围，使我们能最大化专注于攻克影响女性的各种癌症，” Jerry W. Shay博士表示，“我们计划在全球范围内选出一群博士后研究者，邀请他们来到达拉斯，提供他们所需要的一切资源和工具，使得他们能在我们先进的实验室里继续开创性的研究。他们的成果一定能为我们掌握并治愈世界范围内的癌症带来巨大的帮助。”

自1996年玫琳凯基金会成立以来，该机构便一直支持着玫琳凯·艾施本人致力于维护女性权益以及创建一个没有癌症的世界的计划。迄今为止，玫琳凯基金会已经累计奖励2300万美元用以支持全美国共计225名顶尖的女性相关癌症研究者的工作，资助他们寻找治愈乳腺、宫颈、子宫以及卵巢部位癌症的方法。

“对抗癌症是玫琳凯·艾施女士的个人愿望，也是我们每个人的愿望。而当她的遗愿——为女性服务，通过我们的努力在更广阔的范围内持续地进行下去时，她一定会为此感到骄傲。”玫琳凯公司首席科学官员Gildea博士如是说。

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Mary Kay Foundation, UT Southwestern Partner to End Cancers Impacting Women

The Mary Kay FoundationSM recently announced a $500,000 grant to fund a groundbreaking global fellowship program with long-time partner UT Southwestern Medical Center.

The new one-year fellowship will offer up to five international post-doctoral researchers the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge cancer research at the world-renowned UT Southwestern facility in Dallas, and allow them to continue research activity in their native country. This new grant program supports The Mary Kay Foundation’s continued commitment to ending women-related cancers around the world and marks the first time the Foundation’s cancer research grants program goes global.

“Mary Kay Ash, our founder, saw firsthand the impact that cancer had on our independent beauty consultants, their families, and women around the world,” said Ryan Rogers, board member of The Mary Kay Foundation and grandson of Mary Kay Ash. “It became a mission for her to eradicate cancers affecting women. Our expanded partnership with UT Southwestern will allow us to continue that lifesaving work on a global scale.”

The Mary Kay Foundation has a long-standing partnership with UT Southwestern through a strong collaboration with Dr. Jerry W. Shay, cell biology professor at UT Southwestern and The Mary Kay Foundation Distinguished Professorship honoree. Dr. Shay has served as chair of the scientific review committee for The Mary Kay Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant Program in the U.S. for the last 22 years and will now serve as principal investigator over the new international fellowship program.

“Expanding the program internationally will allow us to focus on cancers that affect women the most,” said Dr. Shay. “We plan to identify a group of dedicated postdoctoral candidates from around the globe, invite them to Dallas, and equip them with all the tools and resources they need to continue their groundbreaking research in our outstanding cancer lab. Their work could have a tremendous impact on how we understand and treat cancers around the world.”

Since its establishment in 1996, The Mary Kay Foundation has supported Mary Kay Ash’s dedication to advocating on behalf of women and her vision of creating a cancer-free world. To date, The Mary Kay Foundation has awarded nearly $23 million to support the work of 225 top women-related cancer researchers across the U.S., funding efforts to search for cures for breast, uterine, cervical and ovarian cancers.

“Fighting cancer was personal for Mary Kay Ash,” said Dr. Gildea, chief scientific officer at Mary Kay Inc. “And it’s personal to us. She would have been proud that we’re continuing her legacy of serving women on an even larger scale.”