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A Closer Look

RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS

AWARDS LIST.

Totals by Year

2025 - $1,019,994

2024 - 1,139,000
2023 - $891,364

2022 - $1,199,966

2021 - $749,812

2020 - $630,000

2019 - $690,000

2018 - $750,000
2017 - $747,772

2016 - $720,000

2015 - $840,000

2014 - $810,000

2013 - $808,500

2012 - $720,000

2011 - $599,780

2010 - $438,000

2009 - $435,000

2008 - $619,993

2007 - $232,600

2006 - $384,551

Amounts flagged (*) below are funded by Cancer League of Colorado and a generous matching grant from MDC/Richmond American Homes Foundation

Raul Torres, PhD

Tumor-derived LPA immune suppression of CD8 T cell tumor immunity

       $30,000

2015

Elizabeth Wellberg, PhD

The role of the Androgen Receptor in obesity-associated postmenopausal breast cancer

       $30,000

2015

Anna Capasso, MD

Combination Therapies for Young Patients with late state colorectal cancer

       $30,000

2015

Dr. MoumitaGhosh

A novel preclinical model to test Iloprost and PPAR delta antagonist in lung cancer chemoprevention

       $30,000

2015

Sana Karam, MD, PhD

Role of EphB4 in radiosensitization in PDX model of head and neck cancer

       $30,000

2015

Dan Theodorescu

Identification and characterization of GON4L as a novel regulator of oncogene CD24 in bladder cancer

       $30,000

2015

Robert Annett, PhD

Novel Assessment of Neuropsychological Difficulties in Children (NAND-Child)

       $60,000

2015

Steve Anderson, PhD

Targeting breast cancer stem cells by inhibiting glucose metabolism

      $60,000

2015

Elan Eisenmesser, PhD

The anti-cancer mechanism of Il-37

       $30,000

2015

Laurel L. Lenz, PhD

Activation of NK cells for immunotherapy of lung tumors

       $30,000

2015

Jennifer Hintzsche, PhD

Identifying Molecular Targets in Melanoma Resistant to Braf/Mek Combination Therapy

       $30,000

2015

Margaret Wierman, MD

Role of Mammalian Sterile 20 like kinase 4 (MSTA) in Pediatric Brain Cancer

       $60,000

2015

Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades, DO

Approaches to Targeted Therapy in Adrenal Carcinogenesis

       $60,000

2015

Karen Ryall, PhD

Systems analysis of EGFR-inhibitor induced kinome reprograming and EMT in non-small cell lung cancer

       30,000

2015

Andrew Thorburn, PhD

Selective targeting of drug-induced autophagy to improve cancer therapy

      $ 60,000

2015

MarkGregory, PhD

Redox-targeted therapy for the treatment of FLT3 mutated leukemia

       $30,000

2015

Jeffery Kieft, PhD

How does miRNA modulation of mRNA structure regulate production of a pro-tumor chemokine receptor?

       $30,000

2015

Christopher Porter, MD/ Jill Slansky, PhD

Leukemia-cell Calcineurin as a central mediator of immune evasion

                    $60,000

2014

Maranke Koster, PhD

Consequences of TP63 loss on human skin squamous cell carcinogenesis

                    $30,000

2014

John Tentler, PhD

Cancer Research Summer Fellowship Program

                    $30,000

2014

Jing Hong Wang, PhD

A Novel Approach to Reveal the Impact of Genetic Mutations on Cancer Genome Stability

                    $30,000

2014

James Hagman, PhD

Functional analysis of EBF1:PDGFRB, a novel oncoprotein

                    $30,000

2014

Carol Sartorius, PhD

Quiescent estrogen receptor positive cells as a source of breast cancer recurrence

                  $30,000

2014

Martin McCarter, MD

Combined ATRA and Ipillmuma treatment to reduce immunosuppression in melanoma patients

                    $30,000

2014

Cheng-jun Hu, PhD

Role of PBRM1 mutation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

                    $30,000

2014

Paul Jedlicka, PhD

Evaluation of pharmacologic inhibition of histone demethylases in Ewing Sarcoma

                    $30,000

2014

Rui Zhao, PhD / Heide Ford, PhD

Developing stapled peptides for breast cancer theraphy

                    $60,000

2014

Lingdi Zhang, PhD

The effect of inhibiting splicing factor Snu114 in cancer

                    $30,000

2014

Lee Niswander, PhD / Heide Ford, PhD

Grhl2 Developmental Network to Identify Novel Suppressors of EMT in Breast Cancer

                    $60,000

2014

Daniel Merrick, MD

Characterizing the activation status of inflammatory infiltrates in persistent and regressive premalignanat bronchial dysplasia

                    $30,000

2014

Tullia Bruno, PhD

The function of tumor infiltrating B cells in non small cell lung cancer patients

                    $30,000

2014

James Finigan, MD / Aik Choon Tan, PhD

Kinome Essential Screen for Discovery of Novel Targets in Small Cell Lung Cancer

                    $60,000

2014

Rytis Prekeris, PhD / Dr. Xiao-Jing Wang

Elucidating the roles of midbodies during squamous cell carcinoma progression

                    $60,000

2014

Tobia Neff, MD

Novel Therapeutic Targets in Ezh2-Inactivated Acoute Leukemia

                    $30,000

2014

Sunny Guin, PhD

HAS2 is a critical effector for AGL mediated regulation of tumor growth

                    $30,000

2014

Rebecca Schweppe, PhD / Bryan Haugen, MD

Targeting Src kinase with dasatinib in thryoid cancer

                    $60,000

2014

Michael Morgan, PhD

Autophagy and RIP#-dependent necrosis in cancer chemotherapy

                    $30,000

2014

Dohun Pyeon, PhD

The Roles of APOBEC3 in Human Papillomavirus Infection and Oncogenesis

                    $30,000

2014

Eric Clambey PhD

Role of hypoxic signaling in influencing T cell mediated cancer immunotherapy

30,000

2013

Lindsey Hoffman DO

Unique patterns of progression in recurrent pediatric Ependymoma

30,000

2013

Michael Graner PhD

Metabolomics of primary and recurrent high grade gilomas: a role for the UPR

30,000

2013

Shi-Long Lu MD

In Vivo modeling of salivary gland tumor formation progression

30,000

2013

Elaine Lam and Aik Choon Tan

Genomic sequencing-based predictive biomarker development for targeted anti- cancer therapies

60,000

2013

Sunny Guin, Fellow

AGL, a glycogen debranching gene is a novel suppressor of bladder cancer growth

28,500

2013

Cheng-Jun Hu PhD

Role of HIF in regulating RNI splicing of HIF target genes

30,000

2013

Marybeth Sechler

H3K9 histone demethylases in Ewing Sarcoma

30,000

2013

Philip Reigan PhD and Heide Ford PhD

Novel allosteric inhibitors of Eya 2 phosphate for treatment of metastatic breast cancer

60,000

2013

Andrew Thorburn MD with Paola Maybeth, Fellow

Targeting autophagy for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer

30,000

2013

Todd McKinley director

Collaborative Project to increase accrual to cancer trials

30,000

2013

Christopher Lieu MD

Discovery of novel targets for young patients with colorectal cancer

30,000

2013

Xuedong Liu PhD

Profile specific HDAC inhibitors for triple negative breast cancer

30,000

2013

Daniel A. Pollyea MD

A dose escalation study of Ibrutinib with Lenalidomide for relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma

30,000

2013

Ke Jun Han PhD with Changwei Liu

Regulating EGFR protein levels by a deubiquitinaying enzyme in cancer cells

30,000

2013

Nicholas Foreman MD

Development of Antibody as immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors

30,000

2013

John Tentler PhD

Cancer Research Fellowship Program

 $30,000

2013

Chu An Wang, Dept. of Pharm.

Targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C in the cancer stem like population sensitizes breast Ccncer cells to oxidize stress and onhibits tumor progression

30,000

2013

Steven Anderson and Mary Reyland

Protein Kinase C Delta and breast cancer therapeutics

30,000

2013

Quinghong Zang PhD

Targeting Melanoma Photocinogeneses by blocking C+BP1

30,000

2013

Robert Keith MD with Gregory Hickey, Fellow

Pre-Clinical Investigation of Treprostinil as a Cemopreventive Agent for non-small cell lung cancer

30,000

2013

York Miller MD and Mark Geraci MD

Bronchial Somatic Chromosomal Alterations in lung cancer risk

30,000

2013

Elizabeth Kessler MD, Fellow

Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on geriatric health and physical function in men over 70 years of age with prostate cancer

30,000

2013

Joy Hesselberth PhD

Defining the role of SF 381 mutations in Leukemia

30,000

2013

Thomas Rodger, postdoctoral fellow

Targeting the Kynurenine Pathway to inhibit breast cancer metastases

30,000

2013

Pepper Schedin, PhD

Investigating the role of lymphangiogenesis and lymphovascular invasion in metastasis of postpartum breast cancer

30,000

2012

David Astling, PhD

Development of an Improved Classifier for Predicting Multiple Drug Classes and Molecular Targets for Tumor Subtypes

30,000

2012

Peter Kabos, MD

Role of alternative polyadenylation in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer

30,000

2012

Uday Kompella, PhD

Novel Lung Cancer Therapeutics

30,000

2012

Ann Thor, MD/ Reema Wahdan-Alaswad, PhD

Metformin Inhibits Metastasis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

30,000

2012

Jill Slansky, PhD Tullio Bruno, PhD

Characterizing the Function and Location of B Cells in Lung Cancer

30,000

2012

Shi-Long Lu, PhD

Tumor cell Dissemination and Metastasis Initiation in Head and Neck Cancer

30,000

2012

Michelle Guney, PhD

The Role of Eya in breast cancer metastic progression

30,000

2012

Bolin Liu, MD

Epignetic induction of erbB2/erbB3-targeting miRNAs in breast cancer

30,000

2012

Eduardo Pajon, MD

Colorado Cancer Research Program

30,000

2012

Catherine Musselman, PhD

The Role of PHF1 in the repressive activity of PRC2

30,000

2012

Michael J. Morgan, PhD

Autophagy Dependence and Chloroquine Sensitivity in Metastatic Cancer

30,000

2012

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