Funded Grants

The V Foundation’s grant making model ensures the most promising cancer research projects at state-of-the-art facilities around the country are funded. Cancer research grants are awarded to innovative researchers with the most cutting-edge ideas on how to improve cancer diagnosis methods, prevent cancer recurrences or defeat cancer. 100% of direct donations are used to fund projects we identify as the most likely to help those diagnosed with cancer.

2022
Ken Hu, PhD
Identification of mechanisms by which the non-immune stroma controls immune cell infiltration...
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2022
Derek Oldridge, MD, PhD
Deep profiling of the high-grade glioma immune microenvironment with cellular and spatial...
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2022
Bingfei Yu, PhD
PAIR-seq: precise mapping of T cell specificity and fate in tumors
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2022
Kathryn Weaver, PhD
Population Health Navigation: A Comprehensive Intervention to Increase Clinical Trial Participation
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2022
Margot Lazow, MD
Identification of multimodal biomarkers of response, recurrence, and resistance to targeted therapy...
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2022
Chrysothemis Brown, MD, PhD
Targeting novel early life antigen presenting cells for pediatric cancer immunotherapy
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2022
Vida Henderson, PhD, PharmD
Applying Business Marketing Strategies to Improve Equity in Cancer Clinical Trials
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2022
Claude Sirlin, MD
Screening Ultrasound for Early Detection of Liver Cancer
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2022
Debattama Sen, PhD
Engineering exhaustion-proof CAR T cells through epigenome editing *The research project that...
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2021
Valentina Hoyos, MD
Selectively targeting myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) through TRAIL receptor 2 to...
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2021
Gregory Friedman, MD
Overcoming Immunotherapy Challenges in Pediatric Brain Tumors
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2021
Margaret Callahan, MD, PhD
Immunotype Identifies Immune Checkpoint Blockade Responders: dissecting the mechanism and understanding the...
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2021
Melody Smith, MD
Donor CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells as a Strategy to Prevent...
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2021
Verline Justilien, PhD
RAB27B-Dependent Mechanisms in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Stem Cells
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2020
Shannon Stott, PhD
Microfluidics for circulating biomarker detection in pediatric brain tumors *The Translational research...
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2020
Tuoqi Wu, PhD
Adopting stem-like T cell program to enhance long-term antitumor immunity of CAR...
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