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.

2018
Karen Winkfield, M.D., Ph.D.
African American Patient Navigation: An Intervention to Increase Clinical Trial Participation
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2018
Carrie Lee, M.D.
The Use of Clinical Trial Navigators to Increase Minority Patient Enrollment and...
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2018
Nadine Barrett, Ph.D.
Just ASK: Increasing Diversity in Clinical Research and Trials
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2018
Aniruddha Deshpande, Ph.D.
Identifying Novel Oncogenic Vulnerabilities in AML using Genome-scale Approaches
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2018
Zhijie (Jason) Liu, Ph.D.
Functional and Architectural Studies of ERα Enhancer in Breast Cancer Hormone Resistance
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2018
Michael Zinner, M.D.
2018 Clinical Trials Outreach
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2018
Jim Zhong, M.D.
Health care disparities in patients with advanced breast cancer with brain metastases:...
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2018
Guogin Yu, Ph.D.
A novel look at Helicobacter pylori toward microbe-microbe interaction in gastric carcinogenesis
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2018
Jared Weiss, M.D.
Targeting GD2 Ganglioside in Small Cell Lung Cancer
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2018
Margaret von Mehren, M.D.
Clinical Trials Literacy: A Community Approach to Breast Cancer Research
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2018
Hatem Soliman, M.D.
Prescreening strategies to increase clinical trial participation
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2018
Jesse Nodora, DrPH
Engaging breast medical oncologists to increase minority accrual in clinical trials
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2018
Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.
2018 C3O Program Grant
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2018
Baoli Hu, Ph.D.
Functional Characterization of SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex in MYC-Driven Medulloblastoma
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2018
Pavani Chalasani, M.D.
Campaign to Improve Access to Clinical Trials
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2018
Jianjun Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Elucidating the mechanism of MALAT1 involve in A-NHEJ pathway in multiple myeloma
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