Fred Hutch Cancer Center has received a $2 million gift from philanthropists Bob and Pat Herbold to create the Bob and Pat Herbold Computational Biology Endowed Chair. This investment will permanently fund the leadership role of the Bob and Pat Herbold Computational Biology Program. These funds will be used to support researchers who are using the field of computational biology to find new cures for cancer.
This generous donation from the Herbolds reaffirms their commitment to the program, which they initially helped establish with a $1.5 million gift to Fred Hutch in 2005. The current program leader is Phil Bradley, PhD, who will now hold this esteemed position. Bradley is a world-renowned leader in the field of de novo 3D protein design.
It takes a forward-thinking philanthropist to truly grasp the possibilities that exist within computational biology. Bob Herbold, a former chief operating officer at Microsoft, was one of those visionaries who understood the potential nearly two decades ago and realized his commitment could help bring this emerging area of research forward more rapidly.
