Jan. 16, 2017

Winship Names ACS-IRG Award Recipients

Four cancer researchers are the newest recipients of pilot funding through Winship's American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, designed to support new projects by promising early-career investigators.

Investigators who received funding in the current American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant cycle are:

Karen Effinger, MD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Improving Physical Function and Fitness in Pediatric Sarcoma Patients: A Feasibility Study

Vikas Gupta, MD, PhD
Instructor, Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
B Cell Markers Predict Response to Venetoclax in Multiple Myeloma

Bernardo Mainou, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Development of Designed Combinatorial Viral Oncolytic Therapeutics Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Targeting medulloblastoma with benzodiazapines delivered using tunable biodegradable hydrogels

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