The ASCO Cancer Foundation Making a world of difference in cancer care.
       
 
 
Make A Donation
     
 
   
 


Young Investigator Award Recipients

2010 Recipients

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH
"Evaluation of Cardiac Glycoside, Digoxin, as a Novel Inhibitor of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1a and its Target Genes in Tumor Microenvironment"

Stefan Klaus Barta, MD

"Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials for AIDS-related Lymphoma"

Daniel Becker, MD
"Use and Duration of FOLFOX Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant Treatment of Resected Colon Cancer in the Elderly"

Trever Bivona, MD, PhD
"Identification of Synthetic Lethal Interactions Underlying Sensitivity to Kinase Inhibitor Therapy"

Elizabeth Iannotti Buchbinder, MD
"Targeting PI3-Kinase for the Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma"

Monika Leigh Burness, MD

"Real time in vivo imaging of breast cancer metastatic to bone and importance of CXCR4"

Timothy Francis Burns, MD, PhD
"The Development of Targeted Therapeutic Approaches in Kras Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"

Bradley Curtis Carthon, MD, PhD
"Characterization of Cav-1 as a Stromal Activator and a Serum Based Biomarker of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Treatment of Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer"

Aude Georgiana Chapuis, MD
"Targeting Melanoma With Anti-CTLA4 and NY-ESO-1-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells"

Nicole Chau, MD
"A Randomized Preoperative Window of Opportunity Study to Assess the Modulation of Biomarkers in Patients with Resectable Oral Cavity Cancer (OCC) Using a Pan-HER Inhibitor"

Lucy F. Chen, MD
"CD47 in Human Bladder Cancer as Therapeutic Target"

Simon K. Cheng, MD, PhD
"The Integrin-TGFß Axis in Radiation-Induced Acute Pneumonitis"

Anthony Paul Conley, MD

"Differential MicroRNA Expression and Positron Emission Tomography in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) after Treatment with Imatinib"

Aimee Marie Crago, MD, PhD
"Wnt/beta-catenin Signaling in Liposarcoma Pathogenesis"

Marco Davila, MD, PhD
"Enhancement of CD19-targeted T Cell Function in Immunocompetent Mice."

Farshid Dayyani, MD, PhD
"Targeting Oncogenes in Human Papillomavirus-16(+) Oropharyngeal Cancers with Cidofovir"

Christina Derleth, MD
"A Presurgical Trial of Metformin in Patients with Operable Breast Cancer"

Andrew Epstein, MD

"The Use of Video to Enhance Advance Directive Completion in Pancreas and Hepatobiliary Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial"

Felix Yi-Chung Feng, MD
"The Effect of ETS Gene Fusions on Radiation Response in Prostate Cancer"

Terence Ware Friedlander, MD
"Determination of Genotypic Markers of Docetaxel Resistance in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer"

Devika Gajria, MD, MPH

"Identifying Oncogenic Targets in Trastuzumab-refractory HER2-amplified and Triple-negative Breast Cancer: A Phase I/II Trial of EGFR/HER2 and mTOR Inhibition"

Ahmad Paiman Ghafoori, MD

"Dissecting the Role of Endothelial Cells in the Response of Primary Sarcomas to Radiation Therapy"

Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD
"Administration of a Novel PDE5 Inhibitor, SLX-2101 in Conjunction with a Revlimid Containing Regimen in Multiple Myeloma"

Shom Goel, MBBS
"Improving the treatment of brain metastases from HER2-positive breast cancer

Keerthi Gogineni, MD

"Community and Provider Determinants of Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis, Treatment, and Mortality"

Matthias Holdhoff, MD, PhD

"Development of a Blood-based Biomarker for Malignant Gliomas"

Andrew Caleb Hsieh, MD
"Pharmacogenomic Dissection of the Downstream Targets of the mTOR Pathway in Prostate Cancer"

Gopakumar Iyer, MD
"Defining the Role of the PI3 Kinase/Akt Pathway in Urothelial Tumorigenesis"

Richard Wayne Joseph, MD
"Role of BRAF Mutation in Immune Evasion of Melanoma"

Robin Kate Kelley, MD
"Markers of Response and Prognosis in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma"

Jenny J. Kim, MD, MSc
"Predicting Toxicity and Clinical Response to Sunitinib Therapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Holbrook Edwin Kohrt, MD
"A Phase I Trial of PR1 Peptide Immunization of Matched Related Donors and Recipients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome Receiving Reduced Intensity Conditioning for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation"

Maxwell Masters Krem, MD, PhD

"Kelch Proteins and the Spindle Checkpoint in Hodgkin Lymphoma Pathogenesis"

Nicole M. Kuderer, MD

"Genomic Prediction Signature for Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients"

Christopher Hanyoung Lieu, MD
"Role of FGF in the Resistance to Anti-VEGF Based Therapy in Colorectal Cancer"

Frederick L. Locke, MD

"Reversal of T Cell Anergy as Anti-tumor Immunotherapy: An Unbiased High Throughput Screen for Immunopotentiating Agents"

Maryam Beheshti Lustberg, MD

"MicroRNA Regulation of the Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)"

Kami Maddocks, MD

"A Phase I Trial of the Oral Hsp Inhibitor 17-DMAG in Relapsed Chronic Lymhocytic Leukemia (CLL)"

Ana Maria Molina, MD
"Determining Sunitinib Response of Renal Cell Carcinoma by HIFa Signature"

Janet Elaine Murphy, MD
"Polymorphisms in the VEGF Gene and Bevacizumab Response: A Multivariate Analysis of Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced Colorectal Cancer"

Taylor Matthew Ortiz, MD
"Predictive Use of Circulating Tumor Cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"

Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD

"A Phase II Trial of Erlotinib in Recurrent EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer After Prior Adjuvant Exposure: A Test of T790M Mutation and Volumetric Response as Predictive Biomarkers"

Navin R Pinto, MD

"Population-specific Genetic Variants Important in Susceptibility to Cyclophosphamide in Pediatric Patients"

Ran Reshef, MD
"Role of CCR5 inhibition in prevention of Graft-versus-Host Disease"

Jeffrey Harold Rothman, MD, PhD
"Obstruction of Transcription at Tumorigenic Chromosomal Translocations as Therapy"

William Gary Rule, MD

"Phase I Study of Single Fraction Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Patients with Hepatic Metastases"

Philip James Saylor, MD

"A Prospective Study of Changes in Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) Activity Among Men Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) with a GnRH Agonist for Prostate Cancer"

Theresa Shao, MD
"Effects of Prolonged Use of Intravenous Bisphosphonates on Bone Quality in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer to the Bone"

Rachna Shroff, MD

"The Significance of Polymorphisms in the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Type I Receptor Pathway in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer"

Grace K Suh, MD

"Targeting ARHI-induced Autophagy to Inhibit Ovarian Cancer Dormancy"

Iain BeeHuat Tan, MBBS

"Predicating Benefit of 1st Line Chemotherapy Regimens in Gastric Cancer Molecular Subclasses by Performing Whole Genome DASL Assay on Fixed Archival Tissues"

Jeanne Tie, MBBS  
"Rationalizing Therapeutic Development Targeting BRAF in Colorectal Cancer: Correlation with PI3K Signaling and Clinical Parameters"

Neeta Kiran Venepalli, MD A
"Prospective Clinical Trial evaluating Endothelial Dysfunction and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Levels as Potential Biomarkers For Bevacizumab Related Toxicities"

Shaveta Vinayak, MD, MS
"Chemoprevention of Basal-like Breast Cancer in a Mouse Model Using Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) Inhibitors"

Channing Yu, MD, PhD
"Decoding Cancer Vulnerabilities Simultaneously in Mixtures of Barcoded Tumor Cell Lines"

Jingsong Zhang, MD, PhD
"Targeting the DNA Damage Repair Pathways in Metastatic Prostate Cancer"
 
< Previous Next >
 
 
Print Page  



Jump to Section



   
 
  Visit other ASCO sites ASCOCancer.NetShare with a Friend  
       
  ©2008 The ASCO Cancer Foundation. All rights reserved worldwide. Terms & Conditions  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us
2318 Mill Road, Suite 800, Alexandria, VA 22314  |  571-483-1300 | CFC # 28783