Paula Heister died on April 26th 2025, aged 40, after a brave two-month battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/announcement-death-bye-fellow

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/aug/12/paula-heister-obituary

One year later, on April 26th 2026, Paula's husband, Chris, is running the London Marathon to raise money for Brain Tumour Research (https://braintumourresearch.org/): the only UK-based charity devoted exclusively to UK research into brain tumours, supporting work at two universities to which Paula had been affiliated as a clinician and scientist (Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London).

Paula lived an incredibly full life, and touched the lives of a tremendous number of people. Paula's family believe that her wide network of friends, relatives, and colleagues can easily raise a significant amount of money in her memory, and help in the fight against some of the most lethal cancers.

Chris, meanwhile, is not a marathon runner (or not yet, anyway...). Please give whatever you can to motivate him through the weeks of training ahead, and the big day itself.