Area of Research: BRCA Mutations
2023 Grant Recipients
- Simon Gayther, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Collaborative Research Development GrantiPSC Modeling of Ovarian Cancers in BRCA1 & 2 Mutation Carriers
2022 Grant Recipients
- Jasmine Plummer, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Early Career Investigator GrantChemopreventative Targets in BRCA1 Carrier Models with P53 Lesions (Gail Baird Foundation Research Grant Recipient)
- Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Early Career Investigator GrantBRCA-deficient Ovarian Cancer and IFITM3: a New Power Couple
2021 Grant Recipients
- Anup Singh, PhD, La Jolla Institute for Immunology Mentored Investigator GrantStudying the Role of BRCA1 in Regulating Heterochromatin Structure and Function in Ovarian Cancer
2020 Grant Recipients
- Morozov Yaroslav, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Mentored Investigator GrantThe BRCA1-A as a Determinant of Chemotherapy Response in ATM Mutated Cells
2019 Grant Recipients
- John Krais, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center Mentored Investigator GrantExamining the Role of RNF168 in BRCA1 Mutant Ovarian Cancer
- Zihua Gong, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Early Career Investigator GrantDNA Repair Pathways as Targets for Therapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
2018 Grant Recipients
- Shih-Hsun Chen, PhD, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Mentored Investigator GrantTargeting de-poly (ADP-ribosyl)ation for Ovarian Cancer Therapy
- Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis Early Career Investigator GrantInhibition of Metastasis in BRCA2-associated Ovarian Cancers
- Jian Yuan, PhD, Mayo Clinic Early Career Investigator GrantThe Role of BRD9-Rad51 Axis in Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer
2017 Grant Recipients
- Priyanka Verma, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Mentored Investigator GrantBRCA-Independent DNA Repair Pathways in Ovarian Cancer
2016 Grant Recipients
- Nur Yucer, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Mentored Investigator GrantModeling Mullarian HGSC Using BRCA1 Patient Derived iPSCs
- Alberto Ciccia, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center Early Career Investigator GrantDefining the Molecular Mechanisms of BRCA1-dependent Tumor Suppression
- Zihua Gong, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Early Career Investigator GrantDNA Repair Pathways as Target for Therapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
2015 Grant Recipients
- Petar Jelinic, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Mentored Investigator GrantEMSY Suppresses HDR in a BRCA2-interaction-independent Manner
- Sarah Adams, MD, University of New Mexico Early Career Investigator GrantA Combination Therapy for Hereditary Ovarian Cancer
2014 Grant Recipients
- Ryan B. Jensen, PhD, Yale University Early Career Investigator GrantA Cellular Switch to Modulate BRCA2-mediated Tumor Progression
- Ronen Marmorstein, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Collaborative Research Development GrantChromatin Regulatory Mechanisms in Ovarian Cancer
2012 Grant Recipients
- Melinda Yates, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Mentored Investigator GrantUnraveling the Initiation of Ovarian Cancer: The BRCA1-Heterozygous Mouse as a Model System
2011 Grant Recipients
- Sarah Adams, MD, University of Pennsylvania Early Career Investigator GrantDevelopment of Combination Therapy with PARP-Inhibitors and Immunomodulation for BRCA1-Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
2007 Grant Recipients
- Qin Yang, MD, PhD, University of Washington Individual Investigator AwardBRCA/AKT1 Pathway in Ovarian Cancer
2005 Grant Recipients
- Xiaochun Yu, MD, PhD, University of Michigan Individual Investigator AwardHow Hereditary and Non-Hereditary Cancer May Have Something in Common
2004 Grant Recipients
- Wael El Shamy, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Individual Investigator AwardAnother Protein Made by BRCA1 and its Role in Ovarian Cancer