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.

2009
Zhong Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
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2009
Shiao-wen Hsu, MD, PhD
Development of a paraffin-based assay to predict patients with early stage colorectal...
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2008
Lloyd C. Trotman, Ph.D.
Identification of Critical Gene-Alterations for the Progression of PTEN-Mutant Prostate Cancer
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2008
University of North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Center
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2006
Vadim Backman, Ph.D.
Noninvasive Diagnosis of Early Pancreatic Cancer: a Biophotonics Approach
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2004
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
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2002
Victoria Seewaldt, M.D.
Research-focused breast cancer chemoprevention clinic
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2002
Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D.
The functional role of serine protease hepsin in prostate cancer
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2001
Zhuohua Zhang, Ph.D.
APC Signaling in tumorigenesis
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2000
Victoria Seewaldt, M.D.
Tamoxifen-mediated apoptosis: a model of chemoprevention
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1996
Powel Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Role of the AP-1 transcription factor in regulating breast cell growth, invasion,...
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2022
Daniel Lee, MD
Development of a self-regulating feedback system of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell...
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2022
Stephanie Sullivan, MD
Exploration of candidate biomarkers of allostatic load, microbiome, and cytokine expression as...
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2022
Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD
Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Equity in Oncology Genomic Testing
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2022
Carrie Lee, MD & Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD
Mechanisms to Enhance Our Workforce and Accrual of BIPOC Individuals into Clinical...
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2022
Deepali Sachdev, PhD
Novel Immunotherapy Targeting IGF1R/IR in TNBC
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