Research Programs

2006 Pilot Grants Awarded

To strengthen and support basic science cancer research at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC), $200,000 in Cigarette Restitution Fund Program funds were earmarked for a Pilot Grant Awards program. Researchers in each of four cancer center research programs — Viral Oncology, Molecular and Structural Oncology, Hormone Responsive Cancers, and Experimental Therapeutics — were invited to submit applications for this year’s Pilot Grant awards. A maximum of two awards totaling $50,000 were allotted to each research program.

Recipients of the 2006 Pilot Grant Awards are as follows:

Viral Oncology

Silvia Montaner, Identification of Molecular Targets for the Development of Novel Mechanism-based Therapies for the Prevention and Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma ($30,000)
David Pauza, Andrei Chapoval, Brian Gastman, Brett Hassel, Christine Saluzzi and Dean Mann, Exploiting the Therapeutic Potential of Gamma/Delta T-cells for Treating Human Cancer ($40,000)

Molecular and Structural Biology

William Morgan, High-throughput Screens for Novel Radiation Modifiers ($25,000)

Feyruz Rassool and Paul Shapiro, The Role of STAT5 and RAC1 in ROS Production ($19,000)

Hormone Responsive Cancers

Renty Franklin, Early Detection of Prostate Cancer by Prostate Fluid Analysis ($30,000)

Yun Qiu, Regulation of Drug Sensitivity by Protein Kinases ($20,000)

Experimental Therapeutics

Ram Hosmane, Novel Nucleoside Analogues as Potential Cancer Chemotherapeutics ($30,000)

Angelika Burger, Validatino of the Human Tumor Stem Cell Assay using Breast Cancer as a Model System ($26,000

Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Research

William Reid, The Relationship Between B-Cell Hyperplasia and Autoimmunity in HIV-1 Transgenic Rats ($10,000)
Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Catherine Fenselau, Lasse Lindahl, Novel Therapeutic Vaccines for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer ($10,000)
Richard Alexander, Dean Mann, Elena Klyushnenkova, Recombinant Plant Mosaic Virus Vaccines for Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy ($10,000)

For more information on Pilot Grants or membership in UMGCC, please contact Stephen Long, associate director for administration, UMGCC, 410-328-7517.

This page was last updated on: January 19, 2007.