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.

2013
St. Helena Hospital
Clinical Research Program at St. Helena Hospital Martin-O’Neil Cancer Center
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2013
Calvin Lee, M.D.
BMI1’s Role in the Regulation of Myogenic Differentiation in Rhabdomyosarcoma
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2013
John Cavanagh, Ph.D.
Developing New Cancer Chemotherapeutics
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2013
James M. Ford, M.D.
Gastric Cancer Genomic Research
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2013
Daniel S. Wechsler, M.D., Ph.D. Catherine P. Lavau, DVM, Ph.D.
A Novel Role for the CRM1 Nuclear Export Receptor in Leukemogenesis:  Mechanisms...
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2013
Nika Danial, Ph.D., Margaret Shipp, M.D., Jarrod Marto, Ph.D.
Fueling DLBCL Proliferation and Survival:  A Role for Fatty Acid Metabolism
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2013
Ralph Deberardinis, M.D., Ph.D., Kemp Kernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Translational Studies in Lung Cancer Metabolism:  Creating New Paradigms in Diagnosis and...
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2013
Pengbo Zhou, Ph.D., Leonard Salta, M.D., Yao-Tseng Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Ubiquitin Ligase as a Novel Diagnostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Colorectal...
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2013
Ite A. Laird-Offringa, Ph.D., Barbara Gitlitz, M.D., Martin W. Kast, Ph.D., Kimberly Siegmund, Ph.D., Lina Wang, M.D., Michael Wong, M.D., Ph.D.
Development of Immunotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer using Novel Modified Antigens
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2013
Daniela Matei, M.D., Kenneth P. Nephew, Ph.D.
An Epigenetic Strategy for Restoring Carboplatin Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer
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2013
Toshi Tanuiguchi, M.D., Ph.D., Elizabeth M. Swisher, M.D.
Defining Genomic Scarring and Functional DNA Variants that Predict Response to PARP...
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2013
John V. Heymach, M.D., Ph.D., Varsha Gandhi, Ph.D., Christine Stellrecht, Ph.D., Carlo Toniatti, M.D., Ph.D., Timothy Heffernan, Ph.D.
Attacking the Specific Vulnerability of LKB1-Mutant NSCLC to Energy Depletion Using an...
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2013
Tanja A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., James R. Downing, M.D.
Identification of  Active Compounds in Infantile Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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2013
Benjamin L. Ebert, M.D., Ph.D., Ann Mullally, M.D., William Kaelin, Jr., M.D., David Steensma, M.D.
Identifying and Targeting Oncogenic Pathways in TET2 and IDH Mutant Myeloid Malignancies
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2013
Gianpietro Dotti, M.D., Cliona Rooney, Ph.D., Caridad Martinez, M.D.
Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections and Leukemic Relapse after Allogeneic Stem...
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2012
Monte M. Winslow, Ph.D.
Functional characterization of Nkx2-1 regulated genes that govern lung cancer metastasis *The...
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