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• The Greater Boston Food Bank Awards Transformational Grants to Expand Regional Food Access

  September 11, 2025

  Supported by Gerstner Philanthropies, the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) has awarded $700,000 in multi-year transformational grants to expand food access in Eastern Massachusetts. These initiatives are designed to strengthen community-based responses to food insecurity and build lasting capacity across the region. The South Shore Food Bank/Weymouth Food Pantry will use the grant to double warehouse space and launch a regional food rescue program, while the YMCA of Greater Boston will establish a choice-based, grocery-style pantry with expanded hours and integrated social services. “The Greater Boston Food Bank plays an indispensable role throughout Eastern Massachusetts, providing fresh, nutritious food to our most vulnerable neighbors,” said Dr. Elizabeth Gerstner. “We are proud to support these important projects both on the South Shore and in Boston.” These transformational gifts were made possible due to a three-year, $1M commitment to GBFB to support food access and emergency food programs in high-need areas of Boston.

  Read more at GBFB.org
  

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Announces 2025 Cohort of Gerstner Scholars

  Biomedical Research News

  September 10, 2025

  Memorial Sloan Kettering has announced the 2025 Cohort of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Physician Scholars Program, honoring four Gerstner Scholars: Brinda Alagesan, MD, PhD, Phillip Choi, MD, PhD, Alexander Goglia, MD, PhD, and Quinlan Sievers, MD, PhD. Established in 2021, the program supports outstanding early-career physician-scientists working to advance translational cancer research. This year also marks the graduation of the program’s inaugural 2022 cohort, with 11 physician-scholars supported to date. Congratulations to the classes of 2025 and 2028!

  Read more at mskcc.org