City of Hope and the Faces of Diabetes Innovation

• Prize
  Winner in Integrated campaigns / Advertising
• Company
  W2O
• Lead
  Ian Beckman
• Team
  Franco Galimberti
• Client
  City of Hope
• Credits
  Chantal Roshetar, Josh Jenisch, Marissa Nakamichi
• Video
  Link to video

City of Hope charged W2O with increasing awareness and enhancing the reputation of its Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute to support its ongoing goal of attracting financial donations for research. Since the Institute primarily focused on research, City of Hope initially had few relationships with diabetes patient advocacy groups. It became critically important to strengthen the existing relationships and develop new ones, as they were vital for engaging the patient community in conversations around diabetes innovation.

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