National Brain Tumor Society - 2024 walk in Brian's memory
We’re coming back again in 2024!
Once again, we are honoring Brian by supporting the effort to develop effective treatments for Glioblastoma (GBM). Please join me so that in the future, others will have options that he did not.
My husband, Brian George Palestis, was diagnosed with GBM in late 2018. He underwent two brain surgeries, many weeks of chemotherapy and radiation, as well as other treatments. He passed away in January 2020, at the age of 46. He left me behind, as well as his two children, his mom, his dad and stepmother, his brother and his family, and many others who loved him. We miss him every day.
After growing up in Pompton Lakes, NJ, Brian graduated from Princeton with high honors in 1995, and will forever be a Princeton Tiger! He went on to earn his PhD in Ecology at Rutgers, taught at Monmouth and Barnard, and ultimately joined the Biological Sciences faculty at Wagner College (Staten Island), where he was a Professor for the better part of two decades. Starting with his PhD research, he studied common terns in Barnegat Bay. He loved the Jersey shore, having spent many family vacations there as a child and later with his own children. It's fitting to be a part of this event in a place that meant so much to him.
We are walking to honor Brian's life and remember him, and to support the research that will someday lead to a cure. Thank you to all who are joining us, however you choose to do so.
-Meghan
National Brain Tumor Society is fiercely committed to finding a cure for brain tumors. They are aggressively driving strategic research; advocating for public policies that meet the critical needs of the brain tumor community; and providing comprehensive patient, family and caregiver resources. Your support ensures this important work will continue.
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