Listing of recent competitive grant awards to SOM faculty.
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates in October and November of 2023 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
Carey, Lisa | Clinical implications of metastatic subtype, microenvironment, and organ of involvement | Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) | $225,000 | 10/1/2023 |
Earp, Shelton | Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Breast Cancer Progression | Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) | $225,000 | 10/1/2023 |
Abdou, Yara | PREDICT-RD: Postoperative Molecular Residual Disease by ctDNA Surveillance in Triple Negative Breast Cancer with Residual Disease | VCU Medical College of Virginia | $240,000 | 10/16/2023 |
Higgins, Dominique | CAR-T Therapy for Recurrent Glioblastoma | VCU Medical College of Virginia | $240,000 | 10/16/2023 |
Ivory, Joannie | Stakeholder Perspectives of Site Level Barriers and Facilitators in Black Participant Enrollment in a Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Trial of Endocrine Therapy Adherence Support | VCU Medical College of Virginia | $240,000 | 10/16/2023 |
Berkowitz, Seth | Food as Medicine for Families (FAME-F) | American Heart Association (AHA) | $449,994 | 10/1/2023 |
Troester, Melissa | Breast Cancer Drivers in Black Women: Society to Cells | Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) | $974,697 | 11/1/2023 |
Oliver, Kenneth | Pre-Clinical Laboratory Models of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection for Studies of Adaptation to Host Environment and Therapeutics Development | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $200,000 | 11/1/2023 |
Waller, Anna | The Injury and Violence Surveillance Improvement Project (IVSIP) 2023-2024 | NC DHHS Division of Public Health (DPH) | $491,000 | 11/1/2023 |