
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
