When Carole Ryan lost her daughter Suzanne to a brain tumor, she turned grief into action. Through more than $4 million in gifts, including a recent $2.5 million planned gift, Carole is advancing groundbreaking research at Duke Health in Suzanne’s memory.

In a study published in Nature, Duke researchers led by Trudy Oliver, PhD, reshape understanding of how small cell lung cancer begins, opening the door to developing therapies that could prevent this aggressive disease.