Area of Research: Genetic Markers

2016 Grant Recipients

• Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Unexpected Role of CLDN11 cdRNA in Ovarian Cancer

2015 Grant Recipients

• Michael Yaffe, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Using Functional Genetics and Nanomedicine for Ovarian Cancer Treatments
• Nicole Spardy, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Identification of New Genetic Dependencies in HR-deficient Ovarian Cancers
• Daniela Dinulescu, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Modeling Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Using Genetic Markers Specific for the Distal Fallopian Tube

2014 Grant Recipients

• Rachel Grisham, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Determining the Molecular Drivers of Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
• Barbara Stulken Norquist, MD, University of Washington
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Molecular Biomarkers to Predict PARP Inhibitor Response in Ovarian Cancer
• Ellen Cheon, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Collagen-Remodeling Genes Provide a Niche for Ovarian Cancer

2013 Grant Recipients

• Simon Gayther, PhD, University of Southern California
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Functional Analysis of Genetic Susceptibility Loci to Identify Biomarkers and Candidate Genes Associated with Ovarian Cancer Initiation, Progression and Outcome
• Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Role of microRNAs in the 3q26 Amplicon in Ovarian Cancer Pathophysiology and Therapy
• David Pepin, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Mechanisms and Markers to Target a Stem Enriched Population of Primary Ovarian Cancer Ascites with the Müllerian Inhibiting Substance

2012 Grant Recipients

• Bin Guan, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Functional Characterization of the Tumor Suppressor ARID1A in Ovarian Cancer
• Kate Lawrenson, PhD, University of Southern California
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Modeling Stem Cell Origins of Epithelial Ovarian Carcinomas
• Daniela Dinulescu, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Modeling Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Using Genetic Markers Specific for the Distal Fallopian Tube
• See-Hyoung Park, PhD, Stanford University
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Targeting Ovarian Cancer with Combination of Olaparib and Bepridil

2011 Grant Recipients

• Sharmistha Sarkar, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Finding a Marker to Detect Early Stage Ovarian Cancer

2009 Grant Recipients

• Andrew Berchuck, MD, Duke University Medical Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  International Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium: Finding Genetic Markers of Ovarian Cancer Using Polymorphisms

2008 Grant Recipients

• Takayo Ota, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Characterizing the Genetic Alterations of Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

2007 Grant Recipients

• John Risinger, PhD, Michigan State University
  Individual Investigator Award
  Understanding the Genetics of Metastasis May Help Prevent and Stop It

2006 Grant Recipients

• Ramandeep Rattan, PhD, Mayo Clinic
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Gene May Be an Early Marker for Ovarian Cancer
• Andres Matoso, MD, Cornell University
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  An Animal Model to Study Major Genetic Alterations in Ovarian Cancer
• Maria Barbolina, PhD, University of Illinois - Chicago
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Epigenetic Regulation of Metastasis-Associated Gene Expression in EOC

2005 Grant Recipients

• Andrew Berchuck, MD, Duke University Medical Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  International Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

2004 Grant Recipients

• Xiaoyan Ni, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer

2003 Grant Recipients

• Changping Zou, MD, PhD, University of Arizona
  Individual Investigator Award
  Finding Biomarkers for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
• Monique Spillman, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Role of MAP2K4 Suppressing Metastasis of Serous Ovarian Cancers
• Kuan-Chun Huang, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  A Possible New Marker for Drug Resistance of Ovarian Cancer

2002 Grant Recipients

• Andrew K. Godwin, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Individual Investigator Award
  Identification of Novel Genetic Markers of Response to Imatinib Mesylate in Ovarian Carcinomas
• Fergus Couch, PhD, Mayo Clinic
  Individual Investigator Award
  Finding Genes Associated with Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer

2001 Grant Recipients

• Jingwei Yu, PhD, Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
  Individual Investigator Award
  Development of DNA Methylation Based Ovarian Cancer Specific Molecular Markers

2000 Grant Recipients

• Iman Osman, MD, University of New Mexico
  Individual Investigator Award
  Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 alpha (HIF-1): A Potential New Prognostic Marker for Advanced Ovarian Cancer and Target of Treatment