V Scholar Grants in 2016

These exceptional researchers were all funded by the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund.

Jessica Blackburn, Ph.D.

University of Kentucky

Mario Suva, Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Anupriya Agarwal, M.S., Ph.D.

Oregon Health and Science University

James Alvarez, Ph.D.

Duke Cancer Institute

Justin M. Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Raymond Blind, Ph.D.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Aniruddha Deshpande, Ph.D.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Camila Dos Santos, Ph.D.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Michael Gatza, Ph.D.

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Daniele Gilkes, Ph.D.

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, John Hopkins University

Gianna Hammer, Ph.D.

Duke Cancer Institute

Diana Hargreaves, Ph.D.

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Mark Hatley, M.D., Ph.D.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Arminja Kettenbach, Ph.D.

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Birgit Knoechel, M.D., Ph.D.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Zhijie (Jason) Liu, Ph.D.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Cancer Therapy and Research Center

Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D.

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jeffrey A. Magee, M.D., Ph.D.

Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis

Marcela Maus, M.D., Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Florencia McAllister, M.D.

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Michelle Mendoza, Ph.D.

Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

Javier Gordon Ogembo, Ph.D.

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jianfei Qi, Ph.D.

University of Maryland School of Medicine Greenebaum Cancer Center

Eric Snyder, M.D., Ph.D.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.

The Jackson Laboratory

Ian Watson, Ph.D.

Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University

Yanzhong Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Yong Zhang, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center