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
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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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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