Eliza Vellines Phillips is a seasoned executive with experience in raising funds, designing and implementing advancement programs, and recruiting fundraisers.
She established Phillips Philanthropy Advisors, a successful independent philanthropic advisory firm, and previously worked at the University of Virginia and The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.
She will lead the Foundation’s efforts in fundraising and increasing awareness of the technology.
The Foundation’s Associate Chief Medical Officer, Lauren Powlovich, MD, recently presented an overview of focused ultrasound applications for brain tumors.
She addressed current clinical trials and the Foundation’s efforts to fund additional research for glioblastoma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
The Foundation’s Research Awards Program has initiated six preclinical studies this year.
All funded projects this quarter are brain projects, ranging from improving treatment planning to treating brain metastases and delivering gene therapy for neurological disorders.
