How are your research dollars spent?
NBTF makes grants to support cutting-edge research in the United States and Canada. Because brain tumors are relatively rare, making research more challenging, our grants often focus on funding collaborative projects that can leverage the work of multiple researchers into new treatments.
The types of research projects we fund:
1. Focus on Epidemiology – the “causes” of brain tumors
Some examples of research projects we have recently funded with donor’s generous support:
Melissa L. Bondy, PhD
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Project Title: A Pilot Study of the Association of Inflammation-related Genes and
Glioblastoma
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Joseph L. Wiemels, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: The Role of Tumor Antigens in the Immunologic Rejection of Brain
Tumors (BTEC Pilot Study)
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2. Funds Quality of Life / Caregiver Grants
Some examples of research projects we have recently funded with donor’s generous support:
Richard A. Hollow, Jr. Quality of Life Grant
Mladen Golubic, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Brain Tumor Institute
Project Title: Stress reduction program for patients with malignant
brain tumors and their family caregivers
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NBTF/TMF Caregiver Research Grant
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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3. Funds Brain Tumor Specific Grants: GBM, Oligodendroglioma and Pediatric
Some examples of research projects we have recently funded with donor’s generous support:
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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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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Marcela Assanah, PhD
Columbia University, New York, NY
Project Title: Tumorigenic potential of progenitor cells in low-grade oligodendrogliomas.
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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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4. NBTF Funds Research through Other Organizations
American Association of Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AANS/CNS)
For more information, click here to visit the AANS/CNS web site.
Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative (BTFC)
NBTF has formed a partnership with seven other non-profit philanthropic and advocacy organizations to fund collaborative research studies. To learn more, click here to visit the BTFC web site.
Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS)
NBTF awards a grant to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States each year for data collection to be used for epidemiological research.
For more information, click here to visit the CBTRUS web site.
Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO)
Annually, NBTF funds a retrospective award for Excellence in Epidemiology thorough the Society for Neuro-Oncology. For more information, click here to visit the SNO web site.
