| 2008 Medical Grant Recipients |
Total Grants: $470,550 |
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
“Measurement of Aromatase in the Breast: Use for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Early Detection”
Dr. Sarah Aiyar, et al |
$40,000/2 years |
| University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
”Compact Microwave Array Imaging Chamber for Improved Early Breast Cancer Detection”
Drs. Anatoliy Boryssenko and Richard Arenas |
$39,915/15 months |
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
“Contribution of a Novel BRCA1 Promoter Polymorphism to Increased Breast Cancer Susceptibility”
Dr. William Coleman
|
$40,000 |
Duke University (Durham, NC)
”Validation of Novel Candidate Genes Involved in Early Breast Cancer Progression”
Dr. Joseph Geradts |
$40,000 |
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (Pittsburgh, PA)
”Development of Chimeric Biopolymers as Molecular MRI Contrast Agents to Detect Premalignant Breast Lesions, Breast Cancer, and Metastasis”
Dr. Qiuhong He
|
$40,000
|
University of Texas at Houston (Houston, TX)
”Developing a New Serum Assay for Detection of a Potential Novel Biomarker in Early Stages of Breast Cancer”
Dr. Wenzheng Zhang |
$40,000 |
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (Pittsburgh, PA)
“Biomarkers of Invasive and Metastatic Potential in Breast Cancer in Situ”
Dr. Stephen Grant |
$40,000 |
University of California at San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
“Targeted X-Ray Nano Molecular Imaging Agents for Breast Cancer Early Detection”
Dr. Ella Fung Jones |
$40,000 |
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
(Rochester, MN)
"Candidate Gene Approach for Identification of Novel Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes"
Dr. Csilla Szabo |
$39,973 |