2026 Walk Ahead for Brain Tumor Discoveries

Walk Ahead for Brain Tumor Discoveries is a day of hope and celebration that honors brain tumor patients across the region. The event supports the ongoing work of the University of Cincinnati Brain Tumor Center to one day find a better treatment for brain tumors.

The UC Brain Tumor Center offers hope, compassion, expertise, and the world's most advanced treatments to brain tumor patients from across Greater Cincinnati and around the world. Our dedicated experts use their experience, groundbreaking research, and the latest technology to treat complex, benign, and malignant tumors of the brain, pituitary gland, and skull base.

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"A wise African proverb teaches us "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

The Walk Ahead 5K exemplifies this mindset, proving that we are truly stronger together! The energy on "Walk Day" created by thousands of patients, survivors, caregivers, loved ones, medical professionals and supporters
can be felt from miles away and is healing in and of itself. It means the world to me and so many others to have a day, a space, a moment to look forward to every year where we feel seen, supported, appreciated, encouraged and inspired by one another!"

Billi Ewing
Brain Tumor Survivor

Thanks to your support, Walk Ahead provides critical funding for:

UC investigator-initiated clinical trials.
Access to new therapies for brain tumors, right here in Cincinnati.
Research to discover and deliver the next breakthrough concepts in brain tumor care.

"We thank our supporters for the opportunity to lead this work, so that future patients and families will have better options for brain tumor care.”

- Drs. Norberto Andaluz and Jonathan Forbes

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The brain tumor community never ceases to amaze us!

Even with the rain, more than 500 people showed up to Walk Ahead 2025 in support of life-changing brain tumor research at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute. Your resilance, spirit, and dedication inspire us every single year--thank you for showing that nothing can stop this incredible community!

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2026 Walk Ahead for Brain Tumor Discoveries

Walk Ahead with the UC Brain Tumor Center