2008 Funded Research Projects
In its first year of operation, the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation is proud to have awarded $10.4 million for brain tumor research. These research projects reflect the Ivy Foundation’s commitment to funding Patient-Focused Research, which keeps the patient and relevant clinical issues at the center of every research project.
Below, please find a list of the Ivy Foundation funded research project titles, principal investigators (PIs) and award amounts. A summary of each research project is also available by clicking on the project title.
GLIOMA CANCER STEM CELLS AND TUMOR-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS: ROLE AND CROSSTALK IN HUMAN GLIOMAS
PIs: Ken Aldape, MD and Fred Lang, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Award: $1,500,000 over 3 years
IVY GENOMICS-BASED MEDICINE (G.B.M.) PROJECT –
STAGE I
PI and Consortium Leader: Mike Berens, PhD, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Award: $3,240,343 over 2 years
Consortium member PIs:
- Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD and Sean Lawler, PhD, Ohio State University
- Howard Colman, MD, PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- G.Yancey Gillespie, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- C. David James, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- Tom Mikkelsen, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
- Jann Sarkaria, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
- Andrew Sloan, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Craig Webb, PhD, Van Andel Research Institute
Consortium Collaboration Software: 5AM Solutions
TARGETING GLIOBLASTOMA THROUGH TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER-1 (TEM-1)
PI: George Coukos, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Award: $622,501 over 2 years
p75ntr IS A RATIONAL DRUG TARGET FOR MALIGNANT GLIOMA
PI: Peter A. Forsyth, MD, FRCPC, University of Calgary
Award: $1,277,005 over 3 years
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NOVEL MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO GUIDE COMBINATION THERAPY FOR MALIGNANT GLIOMA PATIENTS
PIs: Paul Mischel, MD and Tim Cloughesy, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Award: $1,500,000 over 3 years
THE IVY GBM ATLAS PROJECT: ANATOMIC GENE EXPRESSION ATLAS OF HUMAN GLIOBLASTOMA
PIs: Ralph Puchalski, PhD, Allen Institute for Brain Science and Greg Foltz, MD, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Award: $2,118,946 over 3 years