Caption: The Circle Team and Paulinda Schimmel Babbini present Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh with a check for $75,000.
For the past 13 years, The Ovarian Cancer Circle/Inspired by Robin Babbini has supported the gynecologic cancer research of Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh (RES ’00, FEL ’03, PhD ’08), professor and gynecologic cancer surgeon in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the UCLA G.O. (gynecologic oncology) Discovery Laboratory. Its most recent fundraiser was held in May at the Woodland Hills Hilton to honor Dr. Memarzadeh.
Inspired by the strength of her daughter, Robin, who lost her battle to ovarian cancer at the age of 20, Paulinda Schimmel Babbini founded The Ovarian Cancer Circle/Inspired by Robin Babbini. “The death of my daughter, Robin, took me in a direction that was totally unexpected and life changing,” said Babbini.
On founding the nonprofit, she said, “The goals that are extremely important are shining a light on Robin’s memory, educating women about the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and fundraising for research to improve treatments and develop an early detection test that does not exist at this time.”
To date, The Ovarian Cancer Circle/Inspired By Robin Babbini has contributed more than $1 million to Dr. Memarzadeh’s research, and it has been a remarkable partner in the effort to find a cure for ovarian cancer.
For more information or to make a donation, contact Paulinda Schimmel Bambini at paulinda@theovariancancercircle.org or visit our donations page.
This article has been shared courtesy of UCLA’s G.O. Discovery Lab.
