After losing their beloved patriarch to diabetes complications in September 2022, the family of the late Frank Calandra Jr. decided to come together to advance diabetes research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and with clinical partners at UPMC.
This summer, the Frank Calandra, Jr. Family Foundation, led by Calandra-Tohme, foundation board chair Tony Calandra and co-chair Kara Calandra-Charbonneau, hosted the inaugural Frank Calandra, Jr. Golf Outing and Dinner at Longue Vue Club and Golf Course to raise critical funds to formally establish The Frank Calandra Jr. Research and Innovations in Diabetes Fund. The new fund will be used by Erin E. Kershaw, chief of Pitt’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, to further ongoing research initiatives within her laboratory.
— Sierra Smith, photo by Victoria Douglass Photography