Research Grants
2010 Grant Recipients

  1. Ahmed M. Aribi, MD - Novel understanding and treatment of Acute Leukemia (UCLA)

  2. Andre Scott Jung, MD - Thrombopoietin's stabilization of Tensin2, a protein with migrational implications (UCSD)

  3. Nu Lu, MD - Quercetin: A new heptocellular carcinmoa prevention paradigm (UCLA)

  4. Arun Singh, MD - Novel immunotherapies against chemotherapy refractory ovarian cancer (UCLA)
Previous Awards

    2009

  • Edward Kaverlerchik, MD - Targeting Prostate Cancer Stem Cells with Telomerase Interference - (USC) Ronnie Lippin - Tower Cancer Research Fellowship

  • Robert W. Chen, MD - Using SiRNA to CCND1 to Overcome Chemoresistence in Mantle Cell lymphoma (City of Hope)

  • Herbert A. Eradat, MD - Defining the Molecular Correlates that Determine Activity of Pan-PIM Inhibitor SGI-1776 (UCLA)

    2008

  • David Kim, MD - Pim-1 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Novel Therapeutic Target - (UCLA)

  • Fariborz Mortazavi, MD - Transcriptional Regulation of p120-catenin in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - (Wadsworth VA, Los Angeles) Research Publication

  • Eddie Garon, MD - Correlation of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Molecular Profile with Response to Therapeutics - (UCLA)

  • Amir Goldkorn, MD - Targeting Prostate Cancer Stem Cells with Telomerase Interference (USC)

    2007

  • Richard Schwab, MD - Anti-Neu5c Antibodies for Breast Cancer Detection - (UCSD) Ronnie Lippin – Tower Cancer Research Fellowship

  • Saskia Gueller, MD - Novel Gene Discovery and Classification for Mantle Cell Lymphoma - (Cedars Sinai Medical Center)

  • Zev Wainberg, MD - Inhibiting Src in Colorectal Cancer: Characterization and Identification of Molecular Biomakers - (UCLA)

    2006

  • Vincent Chung, MD - Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer : A New Era of Treatment - (City of Hope)
  • William D. Tap, MD - Myelodysplastic Inhibition of Protein Farnesylation: A promising and Potentially Unifying Treatment Modality in Sarcomas - (Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • Norihiko Kawamata, MD - MDS- Novel Gene Discovery and Classification (Cedars Sinai Medical Center) Research Publication