ANN ARBOR, MI - While Chad Carr's name has been synonymous with pediatric brain cancer since his battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) ended in 2015, it will now be synonymous with fighting the disease with the establishment of the Chad Carr Pediatric Brain Tumor Center at the University of Michigan.
Multiple donors have committed $30 million to establish the center as part of an initiative to advance research and treatment for children with brain cancer.
Chad Carr, the grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr and All-American Tom Curtis, died in November 2015, 14 months after being diagnosed with DIPG.