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.

2010
Shands Cancer Center
Pediatric Bone Marrow Unit   
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2010
Rajeshwar Rao Tekmal, Ph.D.
Novel therapeutic approach to overcome resistance to endocrine therapies of breast cancer
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2010
James M. Ford, M.D.
Gastric Cancer Genetics Research
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2010
St. Helena Hospital
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration & Caring for the Future...
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2010
Thomas Look, M.D.
Pathway Addiction Due to Autocrine Activation of MET Provides a New Therapeutic...
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2010
Ignacio I. Wistuba, M.D., Edward Kim, M.D.
The Identification of Biomarkers for Predicting Response to Treatment in Advanced Non-Small...
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2010
Mark Alan Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., William Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Use of PET and MR Imaging Biomarkers to Predict Response of Renal...
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2010
Cory T. Abate-Shen, Ph.D., Edward Gelmann, M.D.
Pre-clinical and clinical approaches for developing new treatments for castration-resistant prostate cancer 
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2010
A. Craig Lockhart, M.D.
Whole genome sequencing to identify predictive markers and novel therapeutic targets in...
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2010
Amir Goldkorn, M.D., Parkash Gill, M.D
Targeting the Ephrin Pathway:  A Phase 1 Therapeutic Trial with Circulating Tumor...
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2010
Garrett M. Brodeur, M.D., Robert J. Levy, M.D.
Nanoparticle Delivery of TRK Inhibitors in Neuroblastomas
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2010
Nancy Lin, M.D., Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D.
Targeting the IL-6/JAK2/Stat3 pathway in human breast cancer
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2010
Christopher E. Touloukian, M.D.
The Use of Gene-modified Lymphoid Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Patients with...
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2010
Derek C. Radisky, Ph.D., Lynn Hartmann, M.D.
Lobular Involution and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
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2009
Rajat Rohatgi, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissecting the role of the tumor suppressor Sufu in Hedgehog-driven cancers *The...
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2009
Mohammad Azam, Ph.D.
Molecular and therapeutic analysis of myeloid leukemia using human induced-pluripotent stem cells
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