2007

Kris DeMali, Ph.D. ($30,000 Award)
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, College of Medicine
Vinculin targets as breast cancer chemotherapeutics

Paloma H. Giangrande, PhD ($30,000 Award)
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Targeting Her2/neu Expressing Cells in the Setting of Breast Cancers Using RNA Aptamers

Toshiki Itoh, MD, PhD ($30,000 Award)
Assistant Professor, Pathology, College of Medicine
The role of DDB2 in lung cancer suppression

John H. Lee, MD ($30,000 Award)
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, College of Medicine
Immune cell requirements for clearing HPV+ head and neck cancer

Aliye Uc, MD ($20,000 Award)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Heme Oxygenase-1 as a Modulator of Colonic Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Carcinogenesis

2006

Adam J. Dupuy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Generating solid tumor models in mice using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system

Ernesto J. Fuentes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Characterizing Tiam1, a RhoGEF Protein Activated by Ras

Jon C.D. Houtman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Investigating the sequential phosphorylation of the clinically important adaptor protein, linker for activation of T cells

Peter L. Nagy, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
SET-domain containing methyltransferases in human malignancies

Aliasger K. Salem, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutics
Synergistic TLR ligands in microparticle based cancer vaccines

2005

Vladimir P. Badovinac, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Microbiology
Anti-tumor immunity mediated by early memory CD8+ T cells after dendritic cell vaccination of tumor bearing mice

Ned B. Bowden, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Bioactive Monolayers on Silicon that Resist the Adsorption of Cells for Applications as New Biosensors

Natalie L. Denburg, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Neuropsychological Sequelae of Anthracycline- and Non-Anthracycline-Containing Chemotherapy Regimens in Follicular Indolent Lymphoma Survivors

Tannin J. Fuja, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Investigating the invasive potential of activated vocal fold stellate cells in laryngeal cancer

Bruce S. Hostager, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Understanding the Role of TRAF Ubiquitination in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Family Signaling

Laura L. Stunz, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Microbiology
Establishing a kinase signature for signals to lymphocytes through the Epstein-Barr virus protein, LMP1

Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate, Pediatrics
Targeting N-myc with RNA Interference for Medulloblastoma Gene Therapy

Xiaodong Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Radiation Oncology
Real-time Tracking to Compensate for Tumor Motion in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy