DALLAS, Dec 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Mary Kay Inc., the world’s No. 1 direct selling skin care and color cosmetics brand1 and its company-sponsored foundations, including the Mary Kay Ash Foundation in the U.S., continue to provide unwavering support to women’s cancer research through funding a variety of research programs and projects, awarding grants to world renowned scientists, and facilitating clinical trials, all in the name of finding a cure.
Mary Kay recently hosted a virtual meeting between Dr. Joyce O’Shaughnessy, Celebrating Women Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research at Baylor University Medical Center and Chair, Breast Cancer Research at U.S. Oncology based in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Eva Ciruelos, Breast Cancer Unit Coordinator, University Hospital and HM Hospitals and Chair, SOLTI Group on Breast Cancer Research, and FERO Foundation grant recipient supported by Mary Kay Spain, based in Madrid, Spain. Both lead their own research teams in their respective home countries focused on investigating the rare and aggressive form of cancer in women: triple negative metastatic breast cancer (TNBC). Despite being separated by thousands of miles, the two go way back – they have collaborated for years on TNBC research in their fight to find solutions and a cure for this devastating disease.