University of Minnesota Athletics
Each year, teams across the country host “Pink Games” to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and treatment.
These games honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors while paying tribute to those who are no longer with us.
In 2024, we partnered with the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota and introduced our first online auction,
allowing fans, families, and friends to bid on the team’s game-worn pink jerseys. 100% of the proceeds went directly to the
Masonic Cancer Center through the University of Minnesota Foundation.
We are honored to once again host an online auction featuring game-worn pink jerseys from all 15 Gopher Women’s Basketball student-athletes.
These jerseys will be worn during our game versus Oregon on February 16.
Pink is more than just a color - it’s a powerful symbol of strength, solidarity, courage, and hope.
We invite you to join us in the fight against breast cancer.
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to support the Minnesota community, it’s also an educational tool for our young ladies.
Through our partnership with Masonic Cancer Center, we have been honored to have breast cancer survivors
and representatives from medical and research teams spend time with our team sharing their stories.
Our interaction with these amazing individuals truly reflects what it means to be part of something that is bigger than basketball.
Katina Lane-Fomby
Katina Lane-Fomby is a Human Resources Director and has been in Human Resources for 23 years.She is married to her husband Christoper and has four Godchildren. She is a 10-year and counting breast cancer survivor, and her mom is also a 13-year breast cancer survivor. Outside of work, she is very involved in her church (including singing in the choir) and the community, and she has a non-profit called "Tina's Loving Treasures" where she provides essential goods to the homeless, and nursing home facilities in St. Louis, MO. She is passionate about cancer awareness, and she volunteers, donates, and advocates for all the colors of cancer, and her wish is that one day we will live in a world without cancer!
2024 Cancer Survivorship Conference featuring Katina Lane-Fomby
Dr. Nikitha Vobugari, MBBS
Dr. Nikitha Vobugari received her medical degree from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India. As a medical student, she received a Merit Scholarship for her training. She relocated to the USA and completed her internal medicine residency at Medstar Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Before residency, she worked as a research intern at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. She was involved in a meta-analysis of immune checkpoint inhibitors’ adverse effects. During her residency, she worked on several clinical research projects, including retrospective studies, and review articles focusing on breast cancer, convalescent plasma in COVID-19 outcomes, and artificial intelligence in oncology. She completed her first year of hematology and medical oncology fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, and is moving to the University of Minnesota for the rest of her training in July 2023. Her current clinical interests include solid tumors, including breast and GI oncology. Her current research interests include quality of life among breast cancer survivors, post-solid organ transplant-associated malignancies, and artificial intelligence and machine learning in medical oncology. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.MORE INFORMATION
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