Research Grants awarded for 2008 $620,410
Research Grants awarded for 2007 $232,600
Research Grants awarded for 2006 $384,551
Research Grants awarded for 2005 $378,510
Research Grants awarded for 2004 $345,810
Research Grants awarded for 2003 $284,851
Research Grants awarded for 2002 $215,000
Research Grants awarded for 2001
 

$301,238
 

Research Grants
To Apply: Research Grant Information Page


 

2008 Awards 

 
Shideng Bao, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Targeting glioma cancer stem cells through CD171 to overcome radioresistance
$30,000
Donald Bellgrau, Ph.D
UCDHSC
Organ specific targeting of immune responses to tumors
$30,000
Lius Pessoa-Brandao, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Analysis of MerTK contribution to initiation of leukemogenesis
$30,000
Jeannette E. Davies, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Decorin regulation of glioma invasion & proteoglycan expression
$29,760
Joaquin M. Espinosa
UC at Boulder
Mechanisms of cell fate choice upon therapeutic   activation of p53
$30,000
Elan Eisenmesser, Ph.D
UCDHSC
Understanding the dual role in cancer progression of the CD147 cellular receptor
$30,000
Thomas W. Flaig, M.D.
UCDHSC
In vivo validation of DAB389EGF for the treatment of   bladder cancer
$29,650
Barbara A. Frederick, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Serum Biomarkers to Determine Radiotherapy   Response of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme
$21,000
Marileila Varella Garcia, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Student Cancer Research Fellowship Program
$30,000
Kirk C. Hansen, Ph.D
UCDHSC
Proteomic identification of Tumor-associated Extracellular Matrix
$30,000
Cheng J. Hu, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Distinct Role of HIF1a and HIF2a in Tumor Progression
$30,000
Ritsuko Iwanaga, Ph.D
UCDHSC
Role of Six1 in maintaining mammary stem cells
$30,000
Tatiana G. Kutateladze, Ph.D.
UCDHSCStructure and function of CHD4 PHD fingers  
$30,000
Mary Reyland, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Role of PKCdelta in lymphomagenesis  
$30,000
Mara Stewart, Ph.D.
UC at BoulderAn in vivo screen for radiation sensitizers in Drosophila
$30,000
Jessica Tyler, Ph.D
UCDHSC
Discovering the Mechanistic Basis for the Epigenetic Inheritance of Transcriptional Activity
$30,000
Michael Wang, M.D.
UCDHSC
Polyoma virus infection and human malignancy 
$30,000
Trevor Williams, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
The role of the AP-2 gene family in breast cancer
$30,000
Hang Yin, Ph.D.  and Jennifer M. Martin, Ph.D.
UC at Boulder
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Investigate EBV Activation (Collaborative Project)
$59,583
Rui Zhao, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Identify small molecule inhibitors of the Six 1 transcriptional complexes using high throughput screening
$30,000
   

2007 Awards

 
Aftab Ahmad, Ph.D.
National Jewish
Mechanisma by shich HIF-2α promotes angiogenesis and tumorigenesis
$30,000
David Bentley, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
A new chromatin modifying enzyme, the JARID1B lysine demthylase and its targets in breast cancer cells
$29,000
Dawn Duval, Ph.D.
CSU
Ets Transcription Factors in the Development of Hormone Refractory Breast Cancer
$30,000
Heide Ford, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Lymphangiogenesis as a Mechanism of Six1-induced Metastasis
$30,000
Mark Gregory, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Targeting Wnt Pathway Components in James DeGregori, Ph.D. Combinationwith Bcr-Abl Inhibition for the  Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
$29,680
Fred Hirsch, Ph.D., M.D.
UCDHSC
Characterization of Molecular Abnormalities of  Insulin-like Growth Factor Signaling Pathway in Lung Cancer
$28,920
Mara Miller, Ph.D.
CSU
Acetylation-dependent trascriptional control by the HTLV-1-encoded oncoprotien Tax
$30,000
Marileila Varella Garcia, Ph.D.
UCDHSC
Student Cancer Research Fellowship Program
$25,000
 

2006 Awards

 
Conrado Stoldt
University of Colorado At Boulder
Molecular Imaging of CA-125 Expression in  Ovarian Carcinoma Cells
$23,965

Changwei Liu
UCDHSC
Mechanistic studies of polyubiquitlynation chains in protein degradation, providing  potential therapeutic strategies for multiple cancers

$30,000

Mair E. A. Churchill
UCDHSC
Defining the role of the C-terminus of the  Histone Chaperone ASF-1 in Chromatin Assembly

$29,696

Richard F. Bakemeier
UCDHSC
Student Cancer Research Fellowship Program

$22,000

Lynn E. Heasley
UCDHSC
FGF Auatocrine Signalling in Gefitinib- Resistant NSCLC

$30,000

Kelly Sawczyn
UCDHSC
Mer Expression in E2A-PBX1 Expressing B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

$30,000

Dylan Taatjes
University of Colorado At Boulder
Function of TRRAP/GCN5 in regulating the p53 tumor suppressor

$30,000

Rui Zhao
UCDHSC
Targeting the two-component system to control bacterial infection in cancer patients

$10,000

William P. Schiemann
National Jewish Medical & Research Center
Mechanisms by which MAGP-2 promotes angiogenesis and tumorigenesis

$30,000

Steven Dow
CSU
Role of Phosphatidylsserine Expression in Regulation MCP-1and VEGF Production by Tumor Cells and Tumor Associated Macrophages

$30,000

Douglas H. Thamm
CSU Animal Cancer Center
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cancer Gene Delivery: Pilot Study in Canine Lung Tumors

$29,890

 

Linda F. van Dyk
UCDHSC
Molecular regulation of a viral cyclin required for gammaherpesvirus tumorigenesis                 
$30,000

Glen J. Weiss
UCDHSC
Advance Brochioloa
lveolar Carcinoma of the Lung: Clinical Parameters and Gene Expression Signatures that may ID patients for  lung Transplantation

$29,000

Brian Parr
UCDHSC
Analysis of erbin as a potential tumor suppressor gene

$30,000
   
2005 Awards  
Bruce Banfield, Ph.D., UCDHSC
Targeting Herpesvirus Infection to B-cell  Lymphoma
$30,000
Laurent Gapin, Ph.D., UCDHSC 
The role of T-bet in developing lymphocytes

$30,000

Lia Gore, M.D. and  Deborah DeRyckere, Ph.D. UCDHSC 
Pre-clinical Characterization of Histone DeacetylaseInhibitor Anti-tumor Activity Using In Vitro and in Vivo Models of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

$26,500

 

Douglas K. Graham, M.D., Ph.D., UCDHSC 
Ther Mer tyrosine kinase as a potential therapeutic target in lymphoblastic leukemias
$30,000
Paul Laybourn, CSU
Mechanism of Histone Gene Expression by HTLV-I Tax
$29,878
Christopher Porter, M.D.
and James DeGregori, Ph.D, UCDHSC
Modeling therapy related acute myelogenous  leukemia

$29,132

 

Yosef Refaeli, Ph.D.
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
 

Contributions of IKKgamma (NEMO) in the Ligand-independent component of BCR signals in homeostasis and neoplasia
$30,000
Jennifer Richer, Ph.D, UCDHSC
The Role of SDF-1 in Estrogen-dependent Breast Cancer Growth
$30,000
John M. Routes, M.D.,
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Induction of Tumor Specific Immunity Using E1A
$30,000
K. S. Shailaja, M.D.
and Pepper Schedin, Ph.D, UCDHSC

Identification of the extra cellular matrix proteome responsible for breast cancer metastasis
$26,500
Jill E. Slansky, Ph.D, UCDHSC  
Consequences of a hypoxic environment on tumors infiltrating lymphocytes

$30,000

Raul M. Torres, UCDHSC
Lsc Regulation of cell adhesion in tumor metastasis 
$26,500
Rui Zhao, UCDHSC
Structure-Function Analyses of the Six1 Transcriptional Complex in Breast Cancer
 

$30,000

2004 Awards:  
Jeffrey S. Kieft, Ph.D. UCHSC 
RNA structure-dependent regulation of a virus associated with Liver Cancer.
$15,810
William P. Schiemann, Ph.D. National Jewish Medical Center 
Use of Cystatin C to Combat Mammary Tumorigenesis Stimulated by TGF-B
$30,000
Sun-Young Han, Ph.D, UCHSC
Role of JNK MAPKs in Mouse Lung Tumorigenesis
$30,000
Roberta Pelanda, Ph.D, National Jewish Medical Center
Molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis 
$30,000
Kian Behbakht, M.D, UCHSC
Homeobox gene SIX1 over-expression and modulation of Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein-II(CRABP-II) in Ovarian Cancer
$30,000
Brooks M. Hybertson, Ph.D. Webb-Waring Institute, UCHSC
Beneficial effects of inhaled tocopheryl succinate aerosols in Lung Cancer
$30,000
Dahai Gai, Ph.D, UCHSC
Study of the Structure-Function Relationship of Simian Virus 40 (SV40) Large Tumor antigen

$30,000

Carla Van Den Berg, Pharm.D, UCHSC
Characterization of caspase-9 resistance in Breast Cancer Cells
$30,000
Britta M. Jacobsen, Ph.D, UCHSC
Role of Progesterone Receptor Ratio in Breast Cancer Cells
$30,000
Samir Witta, M.D. UCHSC
Improvement of Response to EGFR Inhibitors in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
$30,000
Tatiana G. Kutateladze, Ph.D, UCHSC
Structural basis of signaling by RUFY1
$30,000
Diego A.R. Zorio, Ph.D, UCHSC
A novel way of generating gene expression profiles in cancer cells
 
$30,000
2003 Awards:  

Virginia F. Borges, M.D. Ass’t Professor of Medicine UCHSC
Stimulation of immune response on human breast cancer by a novel vaccine-a pilot study.

$27,470
G.S. Capelluto, Ph.D. Pharmacology UCHSC
Defining the Molecular basis of Prickle interactions in the Wnt signaling pathway.
$29,500

Richard Coletta, D.D.S. Fellow, UCHSC
Heide Ford, Ph.D. UCHSC

The effect of Breast Cancer associated w/six 1 homebox gene on cellar proliferation via induction of cyclin A 1

$28,777

Arthur Gutierrez-Hartman, Director Medical Scientist Training Program, Professor
Biological function of ETS transcription factors in mammalian lung tumorigeneis

$19,000

Jian Huang, Fellow, UCHSC Trevor William, Associate Professor, Mentor UCHSC
The role of AP-2 Beta Breast Cancer

$30,000

Joseph J. Lucas, Ph.D., Staff Scientist/Assoc. Professor National Jewish Medical & Research Center
Function of p57KIP2, a protein deficient in T and B cell cancers

$30,000 

Jennifer Richer, M.D, Ass’t Professor Div. of Endocrinology
Role of ZEB 1 in Normal Mammary Gland Development & Breast Cancer

$30,000

Robert Sclafani, Ph.D, Professor, UCHSC
Mechanism of Tobacco-Induced Mutagenesis in Oral Cancers

$30,000

Juan Sun M.D. Post Doctoral Fellow
AMC Research Center
Jaimie Modiano V.M.D., Ph.D. Scientist
Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention

Fas ligand based gene therapy

$30,104
Angela Trobaugh-Lotraio
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Fellow Physician, UCHSC & The Children’s Hospital

James
Degregori, Assistant Professor, UCHSC
The Role of decreased ASFL-B expression in abnormal S phase progression, altered hematopoiesis and increased tumorigenesis in E2F1/E2F2-mutant mice.
 
$30,000

2002 Awards:
 
Michele Basche, M.D.  UCHSC
An age-stratified phase I clinical trial of the combination capecitabinem, ZD 1839, and oxaliplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors
$29,960.
Neehar Bhatia, Ph.D.  AMC
Analysis for Beta-catenin/Tcf Signaling in Skin Carcinogenesis
$23,682.
Andrew P. Bradford, Ph.D. and Twila Jackson, Ph.D. UCHSC
FGF Regulation of Cell Proliferation in Pituitary Cancer:
Role of Id2
$23,682.
Lin Qi, Ph.D.  UCHSC
EGF-PAP Fusion Protein to Target Prostate Cancer
$29,560.
Peter McSweeney, M.D.  UCHSC
Vaccination with Mutated VHL Genes as a Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma
$28,060.
John Routes, M.D. and Tanya Miura, Ph.D., M.D.  NJMRC
The Role of Lipid Rafts in Signaling by TNF-related
Apoptosis-inducing Ligand
$30,000.
Jill Slansky, Ph.D.  UCHSC
Binding Properties of T cells Responding to Tumors
$30,000.
Harriet Watkin, Ph.D.  UCHSC
Mammary Gland Development & Signaling in Mice lacking Akt1
$20,055.

2001 Awards:
 
Thomas E. Allen, Ph.D.  CSU
Investigation of the Pathogenesis of a Retrovirus
Induced Lung Cancer in a Transgenic Mouse
$30,102.
Anne Brauweiler, Ph.D. and John C. Cambier, Ph.D. National Jewish  The Role of Interferon-Gamma in
Macrophage Meditated ADCC
$30,000.
Dawn R. Clark, Ph.D.  National Jewish
B and NK Cell Lineage Decisions
$30,000.
Bruce D. Cuevas, Ph.D.  UCHSC
Induced Breast Tumorigenesis and Metastasis
Defining the Role of MEKK1 in Oncogene
$30,000.
Zonghan Dai, Ph.D.  UCHSC
The Role Rac Signal Transduction in Bcr-Abl-Induced Leukemogenesis
$30,000.
S. Gail Eckhardt, M.D.  UCHSC
Correlative and Biological Studies of the Integrin Antagonist, EMD 121974
$31,280.
Gongyi, Zhang, Ph.D.  National Jewish
Domain characterization and Crystallization of Polo-Box
Domain, Kinase Domain and Entire Kinase of P1x1
$30,000.
Daniel L. Gustafson, Ph.D.  UCHSC
Antiangiogenic Scheduling of CPT-11
$29,890.
William P. Schiemann, Ph.D.  National Jewish
Induction of SPARC by TGF-Beta: Effects on Tumor Growth
and Metastasis
$30,000.

Julie Flieitz, M.D. and Robert Garcea, M.D.  UCHSC and
The Childrens Hospital

Prospective Study of the Association Between Polyomaviruses
(JCV, BKVmSV40) and Pediatric Neuroblastomas and Brain Tumors
 

$29,966.
 

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