Past Recipients
The Andrew Christian Bryce Pediatric Grant $25,000
Vidya Gopalakrishnan, PhD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Project Title: Harnessing Apoptosis for Medulloblastoma Therapy
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Oligodendroglioma Grant (Two Awards at $50,000 each )
Claudia Petritsch, PhD
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Studying the step-wise transformation of neural stem cells into oligodendroglial cancer stem cells
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John A. Maguire, MD
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, British Columbia
Project Title: Targeted and Global Methylation Analysis of Epigenetic Events in the Progression of Oligodendrogliomas in Serial Biopsies.
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The Low-Grade Oligodendroglioma Brain Tumor Research Grant (Two Awards at $50,000 each)
Fraser Sim, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Project Title: Targeting CD24 in oligodendroglioma tumor progenitor cells
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Marcela Assanah, PhD
Columbia University, New York, NY
Project Title: Tumorigenic potential of progenitor cells in low-grade oligodendrogliomas.
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Glioblastoma Multiforme Grant (Five Awards at $50,000 each)
Abhijit Guha, MD
The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario
Project Title: Regional variation in Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs) in GBMs and their role in apoptosis and therapeutic resistance
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Cho-Lea Tso, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: Identification of therapeutic targets in glioblastoma stem cells
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David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
Project Title: Identification of Molecular Drivers of Brain Tumor Stem Cell Functions Using a Lentiviral RNAi Screen
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E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Project Title: Validation of GSK-3 as an Anti-Invasive Target in Glioma
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Ken Aldape, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Project Title: Towards personalized medicine in neurooncology: multigene predictor of response in glioblastoma
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NBTF/TMF Caregiver Research Grant $30,000
Martin Klein, PhD
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project Title: Maintaining health-related quality of life of caregivers of glioblastoma patients:a randomized, two-group, controlled trial
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AACR National Brain Tumor Foundation Fellowship in memory of Bonnie Brooks
Donghong Zhao, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Durate, CA
Project Title: The role of hypoxia in neural stem cell mirgration to glioma cells
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The Brain Tumor Epidemiology Research Grant $50,000
Siegal Sadetzki, MD, MPH
The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel
Project Title: Ataxia Telangiectasia (ATM) haplotypes and risk of sporadic and radiation associated meningiomas
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The Jean Logsdon Epidemiology Grant $75,000
Michael E. Scheurer, PhD, MPH
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Project Title: Antihistamines and Adult Gliomas
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Quality of Life Research Grant $50,000
Susan Chang, MD
University of California San Francsico
Project Title: CCSI (Cancer Care and Survivorship Initiative)
Mahaley Clinical Research Award $1,000
Dr. David Mathieu
University of Pittsburgh
Project Title: Gamma knife radiosurgery for malignant melanoma brain metastases
Dr. Stefan Kim
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Project Title: Awake craniotomy for brain tumor near eloquent cortex: correlation of intraoperative cortical mapping with neurological outcome
Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS) $50,000
Carol Kruchko
Project Title: To supplement NCI and CDC funding
Gliogene International Brain Study $100,000
Melissa Bondy, PhD
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Brain Tumors Funders Collaborative $50,000
