2009 Prouty Pilot Project Awards
Prouty Pilot Project awards support the development of creative new cancer research and the initial data needed to apply for national funding.
Project: "Vitamin D and Calcium Nutrigenetics in Colorectal Carcinogenesis"
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Barry
Co-Principal Investigator: Jason Moore
Research Type: Population Science
Award: $25,000
Project: "Targeting Aberrant S-Phase Cell Cycle Proteins as a Diagnostic Adjunct and Predictor of Disease Progression in Oral Mucosal Biopsies"
Principal Investigator: Candice Black
Co-Principal Investigator: Joseph Paydarfar
Research Type: Clinical
Award: $5,200
Project: "Generation of an Inducible Genetic Mouse Model of Metastatic Mucinous Ovarian Carcinoma"
Principal Investigator: Jose Conejo-Garcia
Co-Principal Investigator: Stephen Fiering
Research Type: Basic
Award: $25,000
Project: "Identification of Transcriptional Regulators of the Pro-Apoptotic Gene egl-1/BH3-only"
Principal Investigator: Barbara Conradt
Co-Principal Investigator: Scott Gerber
Research Type: Basic
Award: $25,000
Project: "Enhancing Therapy for Leukemia by Inhibiting BCL2 Proteins"
Principal Investigator: Alan Eastman
Co-Principal Investigator: Christopher Lowrey
Research Type: Basic, Clinical
Award: $25,000
Project: "Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Protocol to Distinguish Tumor Recurrence from Treatment-Related Necrosis in Patients with High Grade Gliomas"
Principal Investigator: Camilo Fadul
Co-Principal Investigator: Risto Kauppinen
Research Type: Basic, Clinical
Award: $50,000
Project: "Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Properties of the Nutritional Supplement Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) in Breast Cancer Patients"
Principal Investigator: William Kinlaw
Co-Principal Investigator: Burton Eisenberg
Research Type: Basic, Clinical
Award: $25,000
Project: "Development of a Novel Data System for Breast Cancer Detection Using Population-Based, Statistical, and Bio-Engineering Approaches"
Principal Investigator: Tracy Onega
Co-Principal Investigator: Eugene Demidenko
Research Type: Population Science
Award: $25,000
Project: "Identifying Novel Therapeutic Targets of Lung Cancer"
Principal Investigator: David Robbins
Co-Principal Investigator: Ethan Dmitrovsky
Research Type: Basic
Award: $25,000
Project: "Checkpoint Pathways as Therapeutic Targets for Pancreatic Cancer"
Principal Investigator: Yolanda Sanchez
Co-Principal Investigator: Murray Korc
Research Type: Basic, Clinical
Award: $25,000
Project: "Sensors for Detection and Quantification of Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure"
Principal Investigator: Susanne Tanski
Co-Principal Investigator: Joseph BelBruno
Research Type: Basic, Clinical, Population Science
Award: $50,000
