December 2019
Meret Arter, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Molecular Biology
Lab Head: Scott Keeney, PhD
Project Title: Uncovering genetic conflict in mouse meiotic recombination
Awarding Agency:
European Molecular Biology Organization
Agata Agnieszka Bielska, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Craig B. Thompson, MD
Project Title: Defining and targeting the nutrient dependencies of mTOR driven tumors
Awarding Agency:
American Cancer Society
Joseph Chan, PhD
Title: Thoracic Oncology Fellow
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Dana Pe’er, PhD
Project Title: Integrative Single-Cell Sequencing in Lung Cancer Patients with Combined Neuroendocrine Histology to Identify Molecular Drivers and Targets of Small Cell Transformation
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Yudan Chi, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Dana Pe’er, PhD
Project Title: Microenvironmental effects on cancer cells in Leptomeningeal Metastasis
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Ty El Rayes, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Morgan Huse, PhD
Project Title: Characterization of tumor clonal and immune landscapes in early stage melanoma
Awarding Agency:
The Tow Foundation
Kaixian Liu, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Molecular Biology
Lab Head: Scott Keeney, PhD
Project Title: The study of double-strand break proteins in germline genome transmission
Awarding Agency:
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Patricia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Radiology
Lab Head: Jason S. Lewis, PhD
Project Title: Synergy between HER2-targeted immunotherapy and CAV1 modulation in HER2-driven metastatic gastric cancer
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Masahiro Uni, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD
Project Title: Identification of new therapeutic target in chemotherapy-refractory leukemia
Awarding Agency:
Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science
Christopher Warren
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Structural Biology Program
Lab Head: Nikola Pavletich, PhD
Project Title: Mechanisms of ATM activation by the MRN complex and DNA Double Strand Breaks
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
November 2019
Rebecca Beatrice Delconte, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Joseph Sun,PhD
Project Title: Targeting Natural Killer Cells as Immunotherapy in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Awarding Agency:
National Health and Medical Research Council
Luisa Fernanda Escobar Hoyos, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Omar I. Abdel-Wahab, MD
Project Title: Targeting a novel mutant p53-Kras cooperation mechanism in pancreatic cancer
Awarding Agency:
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Miguel Miranda-Roman, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Ping Chi, MD, PhD
Project Title: Overcoming Resistance to MEK Inhibitor Treatment in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST)
Awarding Agency:
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Grady Nelson, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Chemical Biology
Lab Head: Yueming Li, PhD
Project Title: Cancer Pharmacology Training Grant
Awarding Agency:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
October 2019
Thomas Boerner, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Surgery
Lab Head: Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, MD, FACOG, FACS
Project Title: Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma (STIC) found at the time of Risk-Reducing Surgery: The key to understand risk?
Awarding Agency:
Teal Tea Foundation
Hsuan An Chen, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Kenneth J. Marians, PhD
Project Title: Dissecting the mechanisms of immune surveillance and evasion in liver cancer
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Alvin Patterson Makohon-Moore, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Pathology
Lab Head: Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD., PhD
Project Title: Experimental evolution of pancreatic cancer
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Riccardo Ernesto Mezzadra, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Exploiting the cancer cell-extrinsic effect of drug-induced senescence to treat pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Awarding Agency:
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Scott Millman, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Exploiting Metabolic Dependencies in Complex Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Awarding Agency:
American Society of Hematology
Stella V Paffenholz, M.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Kenneth J. Marians, PhD
Project Title: Thermo Fisher Scholarship
Awarding Agency:
ThermoFisher Scientific
Ofer Reiter, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Allan C. Halpern, MD
Project Title: Differentiating Change Over Time In Melanoma As Compared To Benign Nevi
Awarding Agency:
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation
Aditi Kamlesh Sahu, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Milind Rajadhyaksha,PhD
Project Title: Exploring differential PARP1 expression for non-invasive melanoma diagnosis
Awarding Agency:
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation
Giulia Zago, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Justin Perry, PhD
Project Title: AICF Fellowship
Awarding Agency:
American-Italian Cancer Foundation
September 2019
Viswatej Avutu, MD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Andrew Kung, MD,PhD
Project Title: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering: Bridging the Divide
Awarding Agency:
Projects in Patient and Family-Centered Care
Helen Tian
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Ross L. Levine, MD
Project Title: Cell of origin influences p53 activity and sensitivity to LSD1 inhibition in AML
Awarding Agency:
American Society of Hematology
Wan Fung Wong, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Chemical Biology
Lab Head: Yueming Li, PhD
Project Title: The circadian regulation of secretase activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Awarding Agency:
BrightFocus Foundation
August 2019
Miguel A Miranda-Roman, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Ping Chi, MD, PhD
Project Title: Overcoming Resistance to MEK Inhibitor Treatment in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST)
Awarding Agency:
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Emily Dina Montal, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Richard White,MD, PhD
Project Title: Investigating cancer metabolism and its potential for therapeutic intervention
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Mandana Taghizadeh Manzari, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Daniel A. Heller, PhD
Project Title: Cancer Pharmacology Training Grant
Awarding Agency:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Liyang Zhao, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Richard N. Kolesnick, MD
Project Title: Cancer Pharmacology Training Grant
Awarding Agency:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
July 2019
Nermin S Bayin, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Developmental Biology
Lab Head: Alexandra Joyner, PhD
Project Title: Unraveling stem cell behaviors upon injury to the brain
Awarding Agency:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Radiology
Lab Head: Elizabeth A. Morris, MD, FACR, FSBI, FISMRM
Project Title: Multi-site deep learning initiative with decision support to improve diagnostic accuracy of breast MRI and reduce unnecessary biopsies
Awarding Agency:
Suleman S Hussain, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Radiation Oncology
Lab Head: Daniel Higgison, MD
Project Title: New assays to study target engagenment of DNA repair inhibitors in clinical trials
Awarding Agency:
American Association for Cancer Research
Estibaliz Lopez Rodrigo, PhD
Title: Special Fellow
Department/Program: Pediatrics
Lab Head: Andrew Kung, MD,PhD
Project Title: Lung macrophage synergy with L-MTP-PE to target metastatic osteosarcoma
Awarding Agency:
CURE Childhood Cancer
Judith Michels, MD, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Project Title: Characterizing the p53 activation in modulating antitumor immunity
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Adriana Marie Muja, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Joseph Sun,PhD
Project Title: Investigating post-transcriptional regulation of effector proteins in antitumor NK cells
Awarding Agency:
Cancer Research Institute
Maria Vitalevna Pokrovskii, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Frederic Geissmann, MD, PhD
Project Title: Junior Fellowship in the Simons Society of Fellows
Awarding Agency:
Simons Foundation
Yury Pritykin, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: Christina Leslie, PhD
Project Title: Systems biology of the T cell immune response in cancer and infection
Awarding Agency:
American Association for Cancer Research
Jan Remsik, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Adrienne A. Boire, MD, PhD
Project Title: Immunological determinants of metastatic colonization of leptomeninges
Awarding Agency:
American Brain Tumor Association
Evan Rosenbaum, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: William Tap, MD
Project Title: Utilizing CSF1R Inhibition to Deplete Tumor-associated Myeloid Cells and Increase Responses to Checkpoint Blockade in Advanced Sarcomas
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Marcus Andrew Ruscetti
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP) modulation of the tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic strategy for KRAS-driven tumors
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
June 2019
Paige Arnold, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Cell Biology
Lab Head: Kenneth J. Marians, PhD
Project Title: Coupling metabolic pathways with pluripotent gene regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells
Awarding Agency:
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Hannah Bruce Macdonald, PhD
Title: Special Fellow
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: John Chodera, PhD
Project Title: MolSSI “Investment" Software Fellowship
Awarding Agency:
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Andrew Chow, MD, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Charles Rudin, MD, PhD
Project Title: Assessment of Tim-4+ Pleural Macrophages as Negative Regulators of Anti-Tumor T Cell Immunity in Lung Cancer
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Weiran Feng, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Project Title: Identifying the molecular mechanisms of prostate tumorigenesis associated with multigenic 3p13-14 locus loss using a novel CRISPR-organoid platform
Awarding Agency:
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Javier Hernandez Hernandez Gil, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Radiology
Lab Head: Jason S. Lewis, PhD
Project Title: Marie Sk_odowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF) - Visual perception in deep neural networks
Awarding Agency:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tyler Hitchman, PhD
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Kenneth J. Marians, PhD
Project Title: Therapeutic Targeting of Gaq in Uveal Melanoma
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Dennis Ji-Huan Hsu, MD
Title: Medical Oncology & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department/Program: Medical Oncology
Lab Head: Sohail Tavazoie, MD, PhD
Project Title: Characterization and Exploitation of preferred tRNAs in Lung Adenocarcinoma
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Michael Kinnaman, MD
Title: Clinical Instructor
Department/Program: Pediatrics
Lab Head: Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD., PhD
Project Title: Tracking the Origins and Drivers of Metastatic Expansion in Osteosarcoma
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Project Title: Tracking the Origins and Drivers of Metastatic Expansion in Osteosarcoma
Awarding Agency:
Rally Foundation
Project Title: Tracking the Origins and Drivers of Metastatic Expansion in Osteosarcoma
Awarding Agency:
Hyundai Hope On Wheels
Ritesh Kotecha, MD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Robert J. Motzer, MD
Project Title: Characterizing Tumor-Associated Macrophage Dynamics in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Jose Reyes Lopez, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Dynamics and consequences of complex karyotype evolution in p53 driven acute myeloid leukemia
Awarding Agency:
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Lindsey Roeker, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Anthony Mato, MD, MSCE
Project Title: Checkpoint inhibition with PI3K inhibitor and anti-CD20 antibody for CLL and Richter's transformation
Awarding Agency:
American Society of Hematology
Maria Rubinstein, MD
Title: Medical Oncology & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Vicky Makker, MD
Project Title: Pilot Phase Ib Study of the PI3K Inhibitor Copanlisib in Combination with Ketogenic Diet in Patients with recurrent P13K pathway-mutated endometrial cancer
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Adam Schoenfeld, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Gregory J. Riely, MD, PhD
Project Title: Combination Dacomitinib and Osimertinib in Patients with Metastatic EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Zvi Yaari, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Daniel A. Heller, PhD
Project Title: Implantable nanosensor for early stage detection of ovarian cancer
Awarding Agency:
Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation
Xian Zhang
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology
Lab Head: Ming Li, PhD
Project Title: Nutrient Sensing and mTORC1 Signaling in Control of Tumor Immune Evasion
Awarding Agency:
Cancer Research Institute
May 2019
Karmen Condic-Jurkic, PhD
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: John Chodera, PhD
Project Title: Open Force Field (OpenFF) Consortium
Awarding Agency:
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Elham Elham Azizi, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: Dana Pe’er, PhD
Project Title: MSK Award recipient of the 2019 Tri-Institutional Breakout Prize for Junior Investigators.
Awarding Agency:
MSK
Stanley Chun-Wei Lee, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Omar I. Abdel-Wahab, MD
Project Title: Understanding and targeting aberrant innate immune activation in spliceosome-mutant MDS
Awarding Agency:
Edward P. Evans Foundation
Ying Liu, PhD
Title: Medical Oncology & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Carol Aghajanian, MD
Project Title: Synergy of checkpoint blockade and radiation as adjuvant treatment for locally advanced, high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) endometrial cancers
Awarding Agency:
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Sydney X Lu, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Omar I. Abdel-Wahab, MD
Project Title: The role of FAM46C in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma
Awarding Agency:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Christina Yeaeun Yim, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD
Project Title: Mechanism and function of kinase-dependent dysregulation of MEF2C in acute myeloid leukemia
Awarding Agency:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
April 2019 Grantees
Daniel Ball, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Chemical Biology
Lab Head: Daniel Bachovchin, PhD
Project Title: SKI Basic Research Innovation Fellowships (BRIF)
Awarding Agency:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Turgut Dogruluk, PhD
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD
Project Title: SKI Basic Research Innovation Fellowships (BRIF)
Awarding Agency:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Suleman Hussain, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Radiation Oncology
Lab Head: Daniel Higgison, MD
Project Title: New assays to study target engagement of DNA Repair inhibitors in clinical trials
Awarding Agency:
AACR-AstraZeneca START fellowship
Darpan Medhi, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Developmental Biology
Lab Head: Maria Jasin, PhD
Project Title: SKI Basic Research Innovation Fellowships (BRIF)
Awarding Agency:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Benjamin Alexander Nacev, PhD
Title: Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: William Tap, MD
Project Title: Therapeutically targeting epigenetically-driven sarcomas
Awarding Agency:
QUAD W Foundation
Andrea Rizzi, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: John Chodera, PhD
Project Title: Open Force Field (OpenFF) Consortium
Awarding Agency:
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Ryan Walsh, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Developmental Biology
Lab Head: Lorenz Studer, MD
Project Title: Probing schizophrenia associated neurodevelopmental defects in integrated neocortical organoids
Awarding Agency:
National Institute of Mental Health
Yuchen Xie, B.S.
Title: Graduate Student
Department/Program: Gerstner Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Lab Head: Emily Chen, MD, PhD
Project Title: The Role of Epigenetic Tumor Suppressors in Regulating Tumorigenesis and Tumor-Immune Crosstalk
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Zvi Aharon Yaari, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Molecular Pharmacology
Lab Head: Daniel A. Heller, PhD
Project Title: Implantable nanosensor for early-state detection of ovarian cancer
Awarding Agency:
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Fei Yi, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Christopher A. Klebanoff, MD
Project Title: Fas Non-apoptotic signaling via Caspase-8
Awarding Agency:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
March 2019 Grantees
Colleen Lau, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology
Lab Head: Joseph Sun,PhD
Project Title: Investigating the impact of cytomegalovirus on NK cellmediated tumor immunity
Awarding Agency:
Cancer Research Institute
Roberta Zappasodi, PhD
Title: PICI Bridge Scholar
Department/Program: Medicine
Lab Head: Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Project Title: Dissecting the role of CD4+ TFH-like cells as a therapeutic target and biomarker of immunotherapy activity
Awarding Agency:
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
February 2019 Grantees
Elizabeth Adams Wicher, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Human Oncology & Pathogenesis (HOPP)
Lab Head: Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Project Title: Winner-Helena Johnson Hackley Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Luis Felipe Campesato, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Immunology
Lab Head: Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
Project Title: Winner-MSK Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Shlomo Elias, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology Program
Lab Head: Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Project Title: Cooperativity between the transcription factor Foxp3 and its ancestor Foxp1 in Treg cells
Awarding Agency:
Cancer Research Institute
Sameer Farouk Sait, PhD
Title: Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Department/Program: Pediatrics
Lab Head: Luis Parada,PhD
Project Title: Combined SHP2 and MEK Inhibition - a novel therapeutic strategy in Neurofibromastosis type 1 assiciated Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Awarding Agency:
Indiana University
Jing Hu, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Joan Massagué, PhD
Project Title: The role of tumor intrinsic STING in mediating immune surveillance of cancer metastasis
Awarding Agency:
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation
Lijuan Kan, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Developmental Biology
Lab Head: Eric C. Lai, PhD
Project Title: Winner-MSK Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Ashley Laughney, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Joan Massagué, PhD
Project Title: Winner-MSK Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Shih-Han Lee, PhD
Title: Research Associate
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Christine Mayr, MD, PhD
Project Title: Winner-Ophelia Branca Snyder Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Estibaliz Lopez Rodrigo, PhD
Title: Special Fellow
Department/Program: Pediatrics
Lab Head: Andrew Kung, MD,PhD
Project Title: Microglial Mosaicism in BRAFV600E Glioma Progression.
Awarding Agency:
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Marcus Ruscetti, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Winner-Jane Stebbins Greenleaf Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Francisco Sanchez Rivera, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Winner-The Davis Family Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Maria Sjostrand, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Immunology
Lab Head: Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD
Project Title: Winner-MSK Society Scholar
Awarding Agency:
MSK Society Scholars Prize
Shyamal Subramanyam, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Radiation Oncology
Lab Head: Simon N. Powell, MD, PhD, FRCP
Project Title: Targeting CHK2 regulation of BRCA1 in DNA End Resection for Novel Therapies
Awarding Agency:
American Association for Cancer Research
January 2019 Grantees
Madelyn Marie Espinosa Cotton, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Pediatrics
Lab Head: Nai-Kong Cheung,MD, PhD
Project Title: Compartmental bi-specific antibody and cytokine therapy for advanced desmoplastic small round cell tumors
Awarding Agency:
National Cancer Institute
Ting-Hsiang Huang, PhD
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Richard White,MD, PhD
Project Title: Investigate the relationship between fatty acids and melanoma progression through epigenetic reprogramming
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Josef Leibold, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Scott W. Lowe, PhD
Project Title: Dissecting mechanisms of immune surveillance and evasion during metastatic spread using non-germline mouse models of gastric cancer
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Deepti Mathur, PhD
Title: Research Scholar
Department/Program: Computational Biology
Lab Head: Joao Xavier, PhD
Project Title: The influence of the metabolic microenvironment on metastatic tropism: quantitative experiments and mathematical models
Awarding Agency:
Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Lin Tian, PhD
Title: Research Fellow
Department/Program: Cancer Biology & Genetics
Lab Head: Joan Massagué, PhD
Project Title: Dissecting Extracellular Matrix-mediated Immune Evasion of HER2+ Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis
Awarding Agency:
Cancer Research Institute