Winship investigators Kimberly Hoang, MD, Jaydev Desai, PhD, MA, Gabe Kwong, PhD, and Madhav V. Dhodapkar, MBBS, have been awarded pilot grants from the Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund.
Investigators from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have been awarded pilot grants from the Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund, a unique funding opportunity offered jointly by Winship, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Each one-year grant of $125,000 is funded in part by contributions from the Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust. The grants are intended to advance collaborative research at the intersection of basic science, biomedical engineering and clinical care, with the goal of accelerating innovations that improve the lives of children and adults with cancer.
This cycle's Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund pilot grant recipients are below:
"Real-time Characterization of Malignant Brain Tumors with Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)"
- Kimberly Hoang, MD (Principal Investigator)
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine - Jaydev Desai, PhD, MA (Co-Principal Investigator)
Professor and BME Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
"In Situ Programming of Virus-Specific T cells for CAR T Cell Therapy"
- Gabe Kwong, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Assistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University - Madhav V. Dhodapkar, MBBS (Co-Principal Investigator)
Professor and Anise McDaniel Brock Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Cancer Immunology
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Visit Winship Awards & Pilot Grants for more information about pilot grants and other funding opportunities for Winship investigators.