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2007 Cancer Grant Recipients

Dr. Toni M. Antalis, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Vascular Biology and Inflammatory Diseases. Title of Project: Targeting Testisin as a Therapy for Ovarian Cancer.

Dr. Ronald J. Buckanovich, Ph.D., University of Michigan Cancer Center. Title of Project: CD14+ Vascular Leukocytes in Ovarian Cancer: Their Role in Angiogenesis, Prognosis and Therapeutics in Ovarian Cancer.

Dr. Concepcion R. Diaz-Arrastia, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston. Title of Project: Development of a Genomic Profile for the Progression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia.

Dr. James M. Ford, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Oncology. Title of Project: A Novel Approach to Identify Chemoprevention Agents for BRCA1-Associated Malignancies.

Dr. Naomi J. Halas, Ph.D., William Marsh Rice University. Title of Project: Nanoengineered Vectors for Targeted Delivery-Triggered Release of Gene Therapies for Ovarian, Breast, Cervical and Uterine Cancers.

Dr. Patricia J. Keely, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison. Title of Project: Analysis of Collagen Signatures to Determine Breast Cancer Progression in Clinical Samples.

Dr. Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Title of Project: Predicting Treatment Response for Cervical Cancer:  Non-Invasive Assessment Using BOLD MRI.

Dr. Dan Mercola, M.D., Ph.D., The Regents of the University of California, UCI Dept. of Pathology. Title of Project: Development of a Diagnostic and Prognostic Test for Breast Cancer Based on DNA Methylation Signature.

Dr. Ben Ho Park, M.D., Johns Hopkins University. Title of Project: Mutational Somatic Cell Engineering for Breast Cancer Therapy.

Dr. Antoni Ribas, M.D., University of California Los Angeles. Title of Project: Immunotherapy of Cervical Cancer With Helper Dependent Adenovirus-Epstein-Barr Virus (HAD-EBV) Hybrid Vectors.

Dr. Shiladitya Sengupta, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Title of Project: Polyvalent Nanoparticles for Targeting Breast Cancer.

Dr. Dipali Sharma, Ph.D., Emory University. Title of Project: Adiponectin as a Protective Adipocytokine Against Leptin Signaling in Breast Tumorigenesis.

Dr. Lin Zhang, Ph.D., Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Office of Research Services. Title of Project: The Function of MicroRNA in Ovarian Cancer.







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