Seven investigators will receive nearly $200,000 in funding for prostate cancer research pilot grants through Winship Invest$.
Winship Invest$ has announced that seven investigators will receive nearly $200,000 in funding for prostate cancer research pilot grants thanks to contributions from the Dunwoody Country Club Champions Golf Association and the club's John H. Kauffman Prostate Cancer Fundraiser. The Prostate Cancer Research Pilot Grant program is designed to enhance the development of robust prostate cancer research at Winship and fund innovative proposals that address basic or translational research, investigator-initiated clinical trials, health disparities, imaging, survivorship or quality of life.
This cycle's Winship Invest$ Prostate Cancer Research Pilot Grant recipients are:
- Lara Harik, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Molecular Genetic Profiling of African American Patients with Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic to the Lymph Nodes - Brian Olson, PhD
Instructor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Utilizing BET inhibition to induce DNA damage in Rb-deficient prostate cancer to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy - Manoj Bhasin, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Characterization of Wnt/b-catenin pathway in modulating the anti-tumor immune response in advanced prostate cancer - Daqing Wu, PhD
Professor, Center for Cancer Research and Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University
A novel inhibitor of bone metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: efficacy and toxicology - Eric Miller, PhD
Scientist, Department of Chemistry
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Looking Backward to Move Forward - Cost-Effective Drug Combinations for Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer - Carlos Moreno, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Validation of Protein Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Prognosis - Valeria Milam, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Implementing an efficient platform to identify superior ligands for sphingolipid targets
