| Year |
Investigator Name, Degree, Academic Title (at time of award) |
Department |
Project Title |
| 2013 |
Ryan Fields, MD, Assistant Professor |
Surgery |
Identifying mechanisms of metastasis to improve outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer |
| Albert Kim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Neurosurgery |
Ubiquitin signaling genes in the control of glioblastoma cancer stem cell function |
| Jonathan McConathy, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine |
A feasibility study of FDOPA-PET/MRI for treatment monitoring in recurrent pediatric brain tumors |
| Nima Mosammaparast, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Pathology Immunology |
Tumor specific functions of the ALKBH3 complex in DNA alkylation damage repair |
| 2012 |
Parag Banerjee, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science |
Atomic ‘cloaks’ for carcinogenic nanoparticles: Assessing their viability and potential |
| Kimberly Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Public Health |
Inherited tumor predisposition syndromes as model populations for pediatric brain cancer |
Mary Markiewicz, PhD, Assistant Professor
|
Pathology and Immunology |
The role of NKG2D in immunosurveillance of spontaneous lymphoma |
| Robert Pufahl, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine |
Mutations in DDR2 kinase in esophageal cancer and their functional implications |
| 2011 |
Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD, Instructor |
Psychiatry |
Investigating responses to increases in cigarette taxes |
Jaebok Choi, PhD, Research Instructor
|
Internal Medicine |
Molecular Mechanisms of Regulatory T cells: Identification of epigenetically regulated molecules |
| Stephen Oh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine |
Functional characterization of LNK mutations in myeloproliferative neoplasms |
Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
|
Radiation Oncology |
Exploring the mechanisms of Akt regulation of glucose metabolism in cervical cancer |
| 2010 |
Walter Akers, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Radiology |
Optical imaging for improved resection and photodynamic therapy of glioblastoma multiforme |
| Daniel Rauch, PhD, Research Instructor |
Internal Medicine |
Inflammation-activated photodynamic chemotherapy |
| Jieya Shao, PhD, Research Instructor |
Neurology |
Profilin as a regulated tumor supporessor: the role of Ser-71 phosphorylation |
| Seth Strope, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor |
Surgery |
Increasing efficiency of surveillance for bladder cancer survivors |
| 2009 |
Kenneth Carson, MD, Assistant Professor
|
Internal Medicine |
Evaluation of obesity and African-American race on survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
Andrea Wang-Gillam, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
|
Internal Medicine |
MicroRNA expression signatures to predict cervical cancer outcome |
Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
|
Radiology |
Quantitative advanced MR imaging to predict brain tumor response to stereotactic radiosurgery |
Thomas Brett, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
|
Internal Medicine |
Structural and biophysical studies of hCLCA2/a6ß4-integrin interaction in cancer metastasis to lungs |
| Xiaowei Wang, PhD, Instructor |
Radiation Oncology |
MicroRNA expression signatures to predict cervical cancer outcome |
| Zhongsheng You, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Cell Biology and Physiology |
Temporal regulation of DNA double-strand break repair |