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.

2019
Guang-Shing Cheng, M.D.
Early Detection of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
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2019
Smita Bhatia, M.D., MPH
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy
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2019
Saro Armenian, DO, MPH
Clonal hematopoiesis and its impact on outcomes after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation
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2018
Carey Anders, M.D. & Ben Vincent, M.D.
Immunotherapy to treat Triple Negative Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
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2018
Leonard Zon, M.D.
The Efficacy of Retinoic Acid in Targeting MYB and Treating Patients with...
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2018
Jaime Modiano, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Novel Immunotherapy for Sarcomas using Combination Oncolytic VSV and IL-18 Superkine
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2018
Yong Zhang, Ph.D.
Mapping Post-Translational Modification-Dependent Interactome in Cancer Cells
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2018
Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of pancreatic cancer-driven re-programming of tumor promoting B lymphocytes
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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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