2009 HHMI-Ivy Fellows

HHMI-Ivy Foundation Fellows Selected

In May 2009, the Ivy Foundation announced the first group of medical school students awarded fellowships through a partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). This partnership with HHMI allows the Ivy Foundation to support the development of young physician-scientists in the field of neuro-oncology. Below, please find a list of the 2009 Fellows, research project titles, medical school and mentors. A summary of each research project is also available by clicking on the project title.

Jonathan David Dewey

Project Title: The effects of monocarboxylate transporter-1 inhibition on glioblastoma metabolism and viability in vivo

Medical Institution: Duke University School of Medicine
Research Fields: Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering
Mentor: Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD
Co-mentor: Christopher Lascola, MD, PhD

Qingyang (Kristy) Yuan

Project Title: IL-12 Secreting adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells as immunotherapy against cancer stem cell derived glioblastoma multiforme

Medical Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Research Fields: Cell Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience
Mentor: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD

Stephen Matthew Schleicher

Project Title: The mechanism by which radiation-induced cPLA2 activation leads to signal transduction through Akt and Erk pathways in malignant glioma; finding potential therapeutic targets to increase radiation therapy efficacy.

Medical Institution: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Research Fields: Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Mentor: Dennis Hallahan, MD

Ari Kane

Project Title: Local PI(3)-Kinase pathway inhibition to overcome glioma immunoresistance

Medical Institution: University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Research Fields: Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
Mentor: Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD