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Cancer Research Past Awardees

Cancer Research Awardees

Awarded Year

Awardee(s)

Pilot Project Title

2025Lei Duan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
Synthetic lethality of YBX1 inhibition in triple-negative breast cancer with RB1 deficiency
2025Carl Maki, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
Predictive markers of zotatifin sensitivity in triple-negative breast cancer
2024Kyle Amber, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, RMC
Impact of immunomodulators on checkpoint inhibitor induced psoriasis
2024Carl Maki, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
A novel strategy to target P53 and RB deficient small cell lung cancer
2024Jeffrey Schneider, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, RMC
Targeting sialic acid on triple-negative breast cancer in order to increase efficacy of immunotherapy
2024Christopher Seder, MD
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, RMC
Defining proteomic biomarkers associated with recurrence in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
2023Jeffrey A. Borgia, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
Enhancement of a blood-based risk stratification method to select patients for lung cancer screening
2023Lei Duan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
A synthetic lethality approach for NSCLC with co-occurring KRAS and KEAP1 mutations
2023John Martin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RMC
A multi-institution consortium to improve pathological analysis of chondrosarcoma
2023Jitesh Pratap, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RMC
Regulation of the tubulin code and growth factor signaling in bone metastasis of breast cancer
2022

Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, RMC

Lin Cheng, MD, PhD (Co-I)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, RMC

Studying intratumoral fibrin as a potential target in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
2022

Kevin C. Jones, PhD (PI)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, RMC

Julius Turian, PhD (Co-I)
Associate Professor, Chief of Medical Physics. Department of Radiation Oncology, RMC

Yixiang Liao, PhD (Co-I)
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, RMC

Development of a gamma camera to image high-dose-rate brachytherapy sources
2022Adrian Mansini, PhD (PI)
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, RMC
Developing a novel NK-92 cell-based immunotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer treatment
2022

Gaurav Marwaha, MD (PI)
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, RMC

Soumyajit Roy, MBBS, MSc(c) (Co-I)
Post-graduate Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, RUSU Medical College

Jeffrey A. Borgia, PhD (Co-I)
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, RMC

Effect of esomeprazole on radiation induced esophagitis in non-small cell lung cancer (EERENS)
2022Ira J. Miller, MD, PhD (PI)
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, RMC
Restoring nature to defeat lymphoma