2009 Research Projects

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 three 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 three 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 three years

IVY FOUNDATION EARLY PHASE CLINICAL TRIALS CONSORTIUM

University of California, San Francisco
PI: Michael Prados, MD
Award: $2,911,801 over three years