Grant Recipients

Joanna Gell, md

University of California Los Angeles

Utilizing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Evaluate the Role KIT and KRAS Play in Germ Cell Development and Tumorigenesis

Masanori Hayashi, MD

John Hopkins Universtiy

Identification and targeting of circulating Ewing sarcoma stem cells

Jessica L. Heath, MD

University of Vermont

Critical Contributions of CRM1 to Pediatric Leukemogenesis.

Andras Heczey, M.D.

Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

Glypican-3 specific T-cells for the adoptive immunotherapy of pediatric liver cancers

Christopher Ott, Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Discovery of Epigenetic Factors Essential for T Cell Leukemia

John Carter, MD, PhD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at Seattle Children's Hospital

Identification of novel cdk4/6 effectors in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Gregory Owens, PhD

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Targets of the Intrathecal B-Cell Response in Pediatric Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome

Bethan Lang, MD

Oxford University

Detection of novel autoantibodies in children with OMS

Ying Zhang, PhD

Mayo Clinic

The role of the de-ubiquitinase USP44 in childhood germ cell tumorigenesis

Shilpa Pathak, PhD

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Development of anti-tumor molecules targeting the Wilms tumor oncogene, LIN28B

Shizen Zhu, MD, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Role of the GAB2-SHP2 network in childhood neuroblastoma pathogenesis

Monica Thakar, MD

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin

A Phase I/II Trial Evaluating NK Cell Immunotherapy in Relapsed and Refractory Pediatric Solid Tumors

Boris Wilson, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Elucidating epigenetic mechanisms for therapeutic targeting in aggressive pediatric cancers

Chungling Yi, PhD

Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University

Develop Small Molecule Yap Inhibitors to Treat Childhood Cancer

Elizabeth Mullen, MD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Identification of Clinical Biomarkers of Wilms Tumor Using High Accuracy Mass Spectroscopy Urine Proteome Profiling

Holly Meany, MD

Children's National Medical Center

Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Sorafenib/Irinotecan Combination Therapy in Pediatric Relapsed Solid Tumors

Loretta Lau, MD

The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres in Neuroblastoma

Jessica Panzer, M.D., Ph.D. and Miriam Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Autoantigen discovery in OMAS-an innovative multidisciplinary approach