2009 Research Projects
In its second year of operation, the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation is proud to have awarded $9.8 million for brain tumor research. Below, please find a list of the 2009 Ivy Foundation funded research projects and a description of the Ivy Foundation research award review process.
Projects Selected for 2009 Ivy Foundation Research Awards
SYSTEMATIC FUNCTIONAL INTERROGATION OF THE GBM GENOME FOR CURATIVE COMBINATION THERAPY
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
PIs: Ronald A. DePinho, MD and Lynda Chin, MD
Award: $2,997,067 over 3 years
USING GENOMIC SIGNATURES TO PREDICT COMBINATION THERAPY IN GBM
Duke University
PIs: John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MHSc and Joseph R. Nevins, PhD
Award: $2,452,367 over 3 years
18F PPRGD2 PET/CT, 18F FDG PET/CT AND MRI EVALUATION OF RESPONSE TO ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS THERAPY IN RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME
Stanford University
PIs: Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD and Andrei Iagaru, MD
Award: $1,479,171 over 3 years
IVY FOUNDATION EARLY PHASE CLINICAL TRIALS CONSORTIUM
University of California, San Francisco
PI: Michael Prados, MD
Award: $2,911,801 over 4 years