Robin Rittenhouse Quataert

Robin, Kate's sister, developed breast cancer at age 26 and sadly died 5 years later at 31.  This was 39 years ago.

Kate was already a doctoral student at the time of Robin's death, and 2 things helped Kate through this time.

The first was that Robin had already accomplished so much, she was a counselor and helped teenagers through their life's problems.  Robin had a special knack, she perfected tough love before it became a buzz word. She knew when to be kind, when to be tough, when to laugh and when to show empathy. Robin needed to know that she made a difference before she died and the letters and visitors before she died made her realize that she had. Robin made a difference in For-Robin's mission as well, a personal mission adds so much to the fight. We think about the people with cancer every day.

The second thing that helped Kate with the loss of Robin, was that Kate was learning how to fight breast and other cancers.  We are looking forward to our first in human clinical tumor imaging trials beginning in 2026!