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.

2021
Tullia Carmela Bruno, PhD
Determining the impact of stromal: immune interactions in the ovarian cancer tumor...
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2021
Luisa Cimmino, PhD
Reprogramming the epigenome of malignant hematopoietic stem cells with retinoic acid and...
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2021
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD
Optimizing Enrollment of Blacks living in Los Angeles County in Clinical Cancer...
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2021
Nita Lee, MD, MPH
EMPOWERED U: Community-Engaged Action to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion in Cancer Clinical...
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2021
Hanlee Ji, MD
Gastric Cancer Registry and Related Genome Portal
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2021
Stefani Thomas, PhD
Proteome-level mechanisms of PARP inhibitor sensitivity in BRCA1/2-mutated high-grade serous ovarian cancer
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2021
Marcia Tan, PhD
Addressing tobacco use in adults outside of primary care: Developing a tobacco...
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2021
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD
Exploring the Role of Diet, Lifestyle, and the Gut Microbiome in Young...
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2021
Jasmine McDonald, PhD
The Tumor Microenvironment and Lymphatic Remodeling in Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer
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2021
Catherine Marshall, MD
Clonal hematopoiesis on outcomes in men with advanced prostate cancer
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2021
Avery Posey, Jr., PhD
Dual CAR-T and CAR-NK cell therapy for multiple myeloma
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2020
Stephen Mack, PhD
Perturbation of Metabolic and Epigenetic Programs to Treat H3K27M Pediatric Glioma
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2020
Michael Verneris, MD & Steven Dow, DVM, PhD
Tumor Microenvironment Disruption to Augment CAR T Therapy in Dog Osteosarcoma Model
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2020
Sascha Tuchman, MD, MHS
Enhancing underrepresented minority recruitment to clinical trials in multiple myeloma through augmentation...
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2020
Linda Sutton, MD
Advancing Cancer Care in the Rural Southeast: Enhancing Precision Medicine and Institutional...
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2020
Manali Bhave, MD
Increasing Clinical Trial Accrual Through Improving Patient Education on Next-Generation Sequencing
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