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Baylor continues medical sponsorship of Houston Avon Walk in 2015

April 28, 2015October 7, 2016 Avon Foundation, Avon Walk, Baylor College of Medicine, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dr. Polly Niravath, Events, Glenna Vickers, Grants, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Research, Women's Health

For the eighth year in a row, Baylor College of Medicine served as the official medical sponsor of the Houston Avon Walk, held April 25

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Celebrating the end of chemo

May 21, 2014October 7, 2016 Avon Foundation, Avon Walk, Baylor Clinic Infusion Center, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Community, Dr. Polly Niravath, Events, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Women's Health

Claire Nguyen, a patient at Baylor’s Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, signed up for the 39-mile, two-day Houston Avon Walk because she wanted to help other

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The volunteer effect: Making an impact

April 4, 2014October 7, 2016 Avon Foundation, Avon Walk, Cancer, Community, community events, Events, Houston, Women's Health

Baylor College of Medicine teams up with many different local non-profit health organizations for events throughout the year, including the upcoming Houston Avon Walk April

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‘Science Guys’ merge research and entrepreneurship

January 15, 2014October 7, 2016 Avon Foundation, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Startup Challenge, Cancer, Center for Advancing Innovation, Education, National Institutes of Health, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

David Ferguson and Ryan Fleischmann, two self-proclaimed “science guys” at Baylor College of Medicine, are expanding their horizons from the lab to the board room