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An adult woman and man with headsets sit on a couch on a stage across from another man also wearing a headset. There is a chalkboard easel between them with a green double helix drawn on it. The set background has the Games Done Quick logo repeated. There are various video game memorabilia placed on black shelves on both sides of the stage

EVENTS

Awesome Games Done Quick

Awesome Games Done Quick is an annual live-streamed video game marathon organized by Games Done Quick to raise funds for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Hundreds of all-star gamers from around the world meet to speedrun—play as fast as possible—their favorite games. People around the globe tune in online to watch the “best of the best” take on the most popular games.

With your help, we raised more than $2.5 million at AGDQ 2024!

Check out some of the highlights from the 2024 event.

Because of you, we can dare to imagine a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.

 

Research funded by AGDQ

2024 Awards

Brian Capell, M.D., Ph.D.

Brian Capell, M.D., Ph.D.

Project: Dietary Fatty Acid Modulation for the Prevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Genetics
Institution: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mya Roberson, Ph.D., MSPH

Mya Roberson, Ph.D., MSPH

Project: We Got Us: Promoting Cancer Family History Sharing Among Black Americans
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Perla Chebli, Ph.D.

Perla Chebli, Ph.D.

Project: Promoting Vaccine Acceptance in Immigrant Youths and Adults
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

Steve Skates, Ph.D. Co-PI: Amy Bregar, M.D.

Steve Skates, Ph.D.;
Co-PI: Amy Bregar, M.D.

Project: Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer via Biomarker Discovery in Uterine Lavage
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Associate Professor of Medicine;
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive, Biology
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

2023 Awards

Brandon Gheller, PH.D.

Brandon Gheller

Project: Dietary Intervention for Clonal Hematopoiesis, Myelodysplasia and Leukemia
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Research Fellow
Institution: Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Caner Saygin, M.D.

Caner Saygin

Project: Dissecting the Evolution of Clonal Hematopoiesis to Prevent Acute Leukemias
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Fellow
Institution: University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Ester Villalonga Olives, PH.D.

Ester Villalonga Olives

Project: Adaptation of Project HEAL for Hispanic/Latino Immigrants
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.

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