Stand Up To Cancer Recruits New Celebrity Ambassadors, Creates Dream Teams
Kirsten Dunst, David Archuleta, Sally Field, Marcia Cross, Mandy Moore, Dave Annable, Fran Drescher, Dana Delany, Patrick Wilson and Sofia Vassilieva have become the newest celebrity ambassadors for Stand Up To Cancer, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The organization also announced five research “Dream Teams” on Wednesday, which will receive $73.6 million, collectively, in three-year grants. The initiative was announced across the networks with Jimmy Fallon appeared with NBC’s Brian Williams on “Today,” Dana Delany with ABC’s Charles Gibson on “Good Morning America, “while Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Katie Couric was interviewed on CBS’s “Early Show.” A member of one of the Dream Teams or the SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee also appeared with the ambassadors and anchors to discuss the significance and potential impact of the research, which will encompass a range of cutting-edge topics and types of cancer. Precisely one year ago, the three network evening news anchors appeared jointly on each of the morning shows to launch Stand Up To Cancer.
