Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Awards More Than $5.1 Million in Research Grant Funding
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is pleased to award more than $5.1 million in research grant funding in 2014. Overall, the organization has awarded nearly $23 million through 110 research grants to bright and dedicated scientists and clinicians throughout the country.
We invite you to read the profiles of each of our distinguished grant recipients listed below, as well as our press release about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network 2014 grants program.
2014 Research Grants
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Innovative Grant Michael Barrett, PhD Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Scottsdale Genomic Drivers of Therapeutic Responses in Metastatic Disease |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Innovative Grant Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD New York University School of Medicine PDA Development: Heads or Tails? |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – Rising Tide Foundation – Gateway Clinical Continuation Research Grant David Boothman, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Exploiting an NQO1 ‘kiss of death’ for pancreatic cancer therapy |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award David DeNardo, PhD Washington University in St. Louis Origins and Impact of Macrophages in Pancreatic Cancer |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant Gina DeNicola, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College Therapeutic Targeting of NRF2-regulated Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer |
2014 Skip Viragh – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Research Acceleration Network Grant Giulio Draetta, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Co-Principal Investigator: Lewis Cantley, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College Developing a Novel Oxidative Phosphorylation Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer |
2014 Samuel Stroum – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Fellowship Barbara Grüner, PhD Stanford University Multiplexed In Vivo Drug Screening: Inhibitors of Metastatic Seeding |
2014 Skip Viragh – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award Eugene Koay, MD, PhD MD Anderson Cancer Center Changes in Mass Transport as a Biomarker of Response in Pancreatic Cancer |
2014 Fredman Family Foundation – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Research Acceleration Network Grant Dung Le, MD, Johns Hopkins University Co-Principal Investigator: Todd Crocenzi, MD, Providence Portland Medical Center GVAX + CRS-207 Heterologous Prime Boost Vaccination with PD-1 Blockade |
2014 Robert Aronson – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Innovative Grant Anirban Maitra, MBBS MD Anderson Cancer Center Macrophage Function in Pancreatic Cancer-associated Diabetes |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award Florencia McAllister, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center Targeting IL-17 Signaling Axis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma |
2014 Celgene Corporation – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Innovative Grant George Miller, MD New York University School of Medicine Regulation of Pancreatic Tumorigenesis by Necroptosis |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award Kenneth Scott, PhD Baylor College of Medicine Functionalizing Metabolic Pathway Driver Aberrations in Pancreatic Cancer |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Innovative Grant Diane Simeone, MD University of Michigan Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer Biology and Therapeutic Development |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – Translational Continuation Research Grant David Ting, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Circulating Tumor Cells to Assess Pancreatic Cancer Disease Status |
2014 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award Kathryn Wellen, PhD University of Pennsylvania Understanding Metabolic Control of the Pancreatic Cancer Epigenome |