Grants Awarded in 2016

These researchers are making waves in the field of pancreatic cancer research, which is highlighted in November during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

Jessica Blackburn, Ph.D.

University of Kentucky

Mario Suva, Ph.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Mazhar Adli, Ph.D.

University of Virginia

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

Oregon Health and Science University

Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Ph.D

Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ash Alizadeh, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanford University School of Medicine

James Alvarez, Ph.D.

Duke Cancer Institute

Michael Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D.

Duke University

Shahab Asgharzadeh, M.D.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Terry Badger, Ph.D.

University of Arizona College of Nursing

Jamie Bakkum-Gamez, M.D.

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

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Bradley Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D. and John Mullen, M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Raymond Blind, Ph.D.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Patrick Brown, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University

Lewis Chodosh, M.D., Ph.D.

Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania

Jeffrey Clarke, M.D.

Duke University

John Cole, M.D.

Ochsner Medical Center

Vincent Cryns, M.D.

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

Christina Curtis, Ph.D

Stanford Cancer Institute

James DeGregori, Ph.D.

University of Colorado

Aniruddha Deshpande, Ph.D.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Camila Dos Santos, Ph.D.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Emily Dykhuizen, Ph.D.

Purdue University

Nick Dyson, Ph.D

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Angela Fleischman, M.D., Ph.D.

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California

Christopher Flowers, M.D., MS

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

James Ford, M.D.

Stanford University School of Medicine

Luigi Franchi, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Michigan

Robert Gatenby, M.D.

Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Michael Gatza, Ph.D.

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Daniele Gilkes, Ph.D.

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, John Hopkins University

Steven Grant, M.D.

Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University

Stephan Grupp, Ph.D., M.D.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Wenjun Guo, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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

Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.

Duke Cancer Institute

Arminja Kettenbach, Ph.D.

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Randy Kimple, M.D., Ph.D.

Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin

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

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Andrew Lane, M.D., Ph.D.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Corinne Linardic, M.D., Ph.D.

Duke University School of Medicine

Corinne M. Linardic, M.D., Ph.D.

Duke University School of Medicine

Zhijie (Jason) Liu, Ph.D.

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

Indiana University Simon Cancer 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

Megan McNamara, MD and Daniel George, M.D.

Duke University Medical Center

Megan McNerney, M.D., Ph.D.

The University of Chicago

Michelle Mendoza, Ph.D.

Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

Leonid Metelitsa, M.D., Ph.D.

Texas Children's Hospital

Sabine Mueller, M.D., Ph.D.

Benioff's Children's Hospital (UCSF)

Adam Murphy, M.D.

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University

Jesse Nodora, Dr PH

John and Rebecca Moores Cancer Center

Javier Gordon Ogembo, Ph.D.

Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

Chad Pecot, M.D.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charles Perou, Ph.D.

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

Hatem Soliman, M.D.

Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.

The Jackson Laboratory

David Tuveson, M.D., Ph.D.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eliezer Van Allen, M.D.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Ian Watson, Ph.D.

Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University

Michael Weber, M.D.

University of Virginia Cancer Center

Michael Weber, Ph.D.

University of Virginia Cancer Center

Kenneth Westover, M.D., Ph.D.

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Tian Zhang, M.D.

Duke University

Yong Zhang, Ph.D.

University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michael Zinner, M.D.

Miami Cancer Institute