Area of Research: Microenvironments

2022 Grant Recipients

• Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  BRCA-deficient Ovarian Cancer and IFITM3: a New Power Couple
• Chi Lam Au Yeung, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Cancer-derived Exosomal miRNAs Modulate Ovarian Tumor Microenvironment
• Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD, Magee-Womens Research Institute
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Role of Macrophage-secreted BIGH3 in Tumor Immunity
• Veethika Pandey, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Overcoming T Cell Exhaustion in Ovarian Cancer Tumor Microenvironment

2021 Grant Recipients

• Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Spatially-Resolved Cellular and Transcriptome Analyses of Ovarian Cancer
• Sandra Cascio, PhD, Magee-Womens Research Institute
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  EGFL6 as a New Regulator of Myeloid Cell Expansion and Function in HGSOC
• Xueyang Yu, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Macrophage Control of the Microenvironment Drives HGSOC Progression

2020 Grant Recipients

• Mark Eckert, PhD, University of Chicago
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  The Fate and Function of Adipocytes in Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
• Sunila Pradeep, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Epigenetic Causes of Acquired Resistance of Anti-VEGF Therapy
• Camilla Salvagno, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Dissecting How ER Stress Responses Shape Ovarian Cancer Immuno-Environments
• Sohrab Shah, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Profiling Co-Evolution of Ovarian Cancer and its Immune Microenvironment
• Ugo Cavallaro, PhD, Fondazione Istituto Europeo di Oncologia e Centro Cardiologico Fondazione Monzino
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Interplay Between Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells and the Tumor Microenvironment

2019 Grant Recipients

• Elaine Stur, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Re-activating Anti-tumor Immunity Targeting PSEN1 in CAFS in Ovarian Cancer
• Min Soon Cho, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  The Role of Platelet in the Regulation of Immune Response to Ovarian Cancer
• Rugang Zhang, PhD, The Wistar Institute
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Developing Epigenetic Therapies for Ovarian Cancer

2018 Grant Recipients

• Matthew Dean, PhD, University of Illinois - Chicago
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  The Ovarian Microenvironment in Metastasis of Fallopian Tube Derived Cancer
• Marcela Haro, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Cancer Associated Fibroblasts Hinder the B Cell Anti-Tumor Response
• Ye Hu, MD, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Reciprocal Roles of CAFs and CD4+ T Cells in Cancer Progression
• Hilary Kenny, PhD, The University of Chicago
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  The Role of Mesothelial Cells in Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

2017 Grant Recipients

• Venkatesh Krishnan, PhD, Stanford University
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Omental Macrophages: Drivers of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

2016 Grant Recipients

• Beth Y. Karlan, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Co-Evolution of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and Tumor Stroma
• Abir Mukherjee, PhD, University of Chicago
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Microenvironment Mediated Stabilization of Hif-1 Alpha in Ovarian Cancer
• Debarshi Roy, PhD, Mayo Clinic
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Crosstalk Between Glycolytic Pathway Inhibition and Increased Autophagy

2015 Grant Recipients

• Anna Lokshin, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Microenvironmental Control of Premalignant Lesions in Ovarian Cancer

2013 Grant Recipients

• Anil K. Sood, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Power of Platelets in Ovarian Cancer
• Christine Lawson, PhD, University of California - San Diego
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Testing the FAK and Talin Signaling Linkage in Ovarian Tumor Cell Metastasis
• Mythreye Karthikeyan, PhD, University of South Carolina
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Investigating the TGFß Superfamily as Therapeutic Targets in Ovarian Cancer

2012 Grant Recipients

• Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, University of Chicago
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Reprogramming of Ovarian Cancer Microenvironments by miRNAs

2011 Grant Recipients

• Weiping Zou, MD, PhD, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Understanding how Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Play a Role in Disease Progression and Drug Resistance
• Anirban Mitra, PhD, University of Chicago
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  How Do Cells Near Ovarian Cancer Cells Play a Role in the Disease?

2009 Grant Recipients

• Andrew K. Godwin, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Understanding the Microenvironment Where Ovarian Cancer Grows as a Target for Treatment

2008 Grant Recipients

• Weiwei Shan, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Cellular Microenvironment Role in Ovarian Cancer Development
• Anika Agarwal, MD, MPhil, Tufts Medical Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Characterizing a Key Biological Pathway in the Ovarian Cancer Microenvironment

2007 Grant Recipients

• Hong Zhang, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  Novel Animal Model to Test Drugs Against Ovarian Cancer
• Tian-Li Wang, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  Individual Investigator Award
  How One Biological Pathway Running Amok in Ovarian Cells Contributes to Cancer
• Melissa Merritt, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  Mentored Investigator Grant
  How Might Different Tissues in the Ovary Act on Each Other to Induce Cancer

2006 Grant Recipients

• Bo Rueda, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Understanding the Key Molecular Pathways that Drive Ovarian Cancer
• Denise C. Connolly, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Early Career Investigator Grant
  Developing Mouse Models of Ovarian Cancer

2005 Grant Recipients

• Andrew K. Godwin, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Collaborative Research Development Grant
  Therapeutic Targeting of the Tumor Microenvironment in Ovarian Cancer

2002 Grant Recipients

• Honami Naora, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Individual Investigator Award
  How Cells Migrate in the Drosophila Ovary May Lead to a Better Understanding of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis