The following research projects were approved for funding,and will be funded once the Grant Agreements between Komen and the Grantee institution(s) are fully-executed. There are 6 types (mechanisms) of grants: Career Catalyst Research, Graduate Training in Disparities Research, Global Research Grants, Leadership Grants, Opportunity Grants, and Scientific Partnerships and Programs.
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Project Title | Investigators | Organization | State/ Country | Affiliate | Mechanism |
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Eliminating Metastasis by Harnessing the Immune System to Attack Dormant Disseminated Cancer Cells |
Agudo Cantero, Judith |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Uncovering International Disparities in Metastatic Breast Cancer Outcomes |
Arnold, Melina |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
France |
N/A |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Developing New Treatments for Drug-resistant ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Fanning, Sean |
University of Chicago |
IL |
Chicago Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Defining Inflammation-Mediated Drug Resistance of ER+ Metastatic Breast |
Franco, Hector |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
NC |
North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Elucidating Mechanisms of Resistance and Drivers of Metastatic TNBC |
Garrido-Castro, Ana |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting Pathways Activated in Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Harrell, Joshua |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
VA |
Central & Eastern Virginia Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting Hormone-Receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Through T cell Immunotherapy |
Hoyos Velez, Valentina |
Baylor College of Medicine |
TX |
Houston Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Catalyzing Personalized Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer Using Circulating Tumor Cells |
Hur, Soojung |
Johns Hopkins University |
MD |
Maryland Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Engaging the Immune System to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment |
Jiang, Wen |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
TX |
Dallas County Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Improving Treatment Strategies for Breast Cancer Brain Metastases |
Leone, Jose |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities: Identifying Multilevel Determinants in GA |
McCullough, Lauren |
Emory University |
GA |
Greater Atlanta Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Tackling Breast Cancer Heterogeneity for the Complete Eradiation of Metastases |
Merino, Delphine |
La Trobe University Australia |
Australia |
N/A |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Personalized Drug Screening Platform for Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis |
Morikawa, Aki |
University of Michigan |
MI |
Michigan Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
New Patient-Derived Cell Models to Develop Treatments for Metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer |
Rosenbluth, Jennifer |
Harvard Medical School |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Metastatic TNBC |
Samanta, Debangshu |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
MD |
Maryland Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting Metabolic Vulnerabilities Associated with Metastasis |
Schug, Zachary |
The Wistar Institute |
PA |
Philadelphia Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting the Cripto Pathway and Cellular Plasticity to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Spike, Benjamin |
University of Utah |
UT |
Utah Field Office |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Exploiting PIK3CA Mutations to Improve PI3K-targeted Therapy for ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Vasan, Neil |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
NY |
Greater New York City Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Novel Treatment and Prognostic Methods to Eliminate Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Williams, Karla |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
N/A |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Metastatic Breast Cancer Immunotherapy via Systemic Delivery of STING Agonists |
Wilson, John |
Vanderbilt University |
TN |
Central Tennessee Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting Epigenetics to Treat Endocrine-resistant Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Xu, Kexin |
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
TX |
San Antonio Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Conquer Metastatic Breast Cancer by Novel Network-Decoded Drug Combinations |
Yi, Song |
The University of Texas at Austin |
TX |
Greater Central and East Texas Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
Targeting TGFß to Improve Immunotherapy for Resistant Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Young, Kristina |
Providence Portland Medical School |
OR |
Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate |
Career Catalyst Research Grants |
African Breast Cancer Disparities in Outcomes @ 3years |
McCormack, Valerie |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
France |
N/A |
Global Research Grants |
Cancer in Africa: innovation, strategies, implementation |
Rodrigues, Belmira |
African Organization for Research and training in Cancer |
South Africa |
N/A |
Global Research Grants |
Graduate Training in Breast Cancer Disparities at Lombardi Cancer Center (training program for young scientists) |
Adams-Campbell, Lucile |
Georgetown University |
Washington, DC |
National Capital Field Office |
Graduate Training in Disparities Research Grants |
Multidisciplinary Training in the Biology of Breast Cancer Disparities (training program for young scientists) |
Cote, Michele |
Wayne State University |
MI |
Greater Detroit Affiliate |
Graduate Training in Disparities Research Grants |
Tufts Breast Cancer Training Program to Reduce Asian Health Disparities (training program for young scientists)" |
Freund, Karen |
Tufts University |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Graduate Training in Disparities Research Grants |
Novel Immunotherapy Strategies to Treat BRCA-Mutated Breast Cancer |
Ashworth, Alan |
University of California, San Francisco |
CA |
San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Personalized Risk Assessment with Deep Learning (assessing breast cancer risk using artificial intelligence) |
Barzilay, Regina |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Identifying Novel Synthetic Lethal Vulnerabilities to Overcome Endocrine Resistance in Breast Cancer (develop new ways to overcome endocrine resistance)" |
Brown, Myles |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Optimizing HER2-targeting Using RNA and DNA-based Predictive Algorithms (improving HER2-positive breast cancer treatment)" |
Carey, Lisa |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
NC |
North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Proteogenomics of Endocrine Therapy Resistance (identify druggable targets in patients with endocrine therapy resistance)" |
Ellis, Matthew |
Baylor College of Medicine |
TX |
Houston Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Mitigating Microenvironment Mediated Resistance in HR+ Breast Cancer (overcoming treatment resistance in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer)" |
Gray, Joe |
Oregon Health & Science University |
OR |
Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Medication Reminder Application to Improve Medication Adherence in Women with Breast Cancer |
Hershman, Dawn |
Columbia University |
NY |
Greater New York City Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Targeting of a Key Enzyme in Breast Cancer Metastasis and Chemoresistance |
Kang, Yibin |
Princeton University |
NJ |
Central and South Jersey Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Elucidating (finding) Novel Mechanisms of Resistance to HER2-directed Therapy |
Krop, Ian |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
A Learning Healthcare System to Improve Adherence and Persistence to Adjuvant Hormone Therapy |
Levy, Mia |
Rush University Medical Center |
IL |
Chicago Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) Study |
Ligibel, Jennifer |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Women with African Ancestry |
Newman, Lisa |
Weill Medical College at Cornell University |
NY |
Greater New York City Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Identification of Unique Drivers of ILC Progression (identify treatment targets for invasive lobular breast cancer) |
Oesterreich, Steffi |
University of Pittsburgh |
PA |
Greater Pennsylvania Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Breast Cancer in Young Women: Understanding Factors Affecting Outcomes |
Partridge, Ann |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Analysis of the Immune Landscape in Breast Tumor Subtypes |
Perez, Edith |
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville |
FL |
Florida Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Identification of the Genetic Drivers of HER2-Enriched Subtype Breast Cancers |
Perou, Charles |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
NC |
North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Subtypes, Molecular Targets, And Therapeutic Approaches |
Pietenpol, Jennifer |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) |
TN |
Central Tennessee Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Mammary Epithelial Progenitors as Targets for Breast Cancer Prevention |
Polyak, Kornelia |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Immunological Characterization of Primary Metastatic Breast Cancer (defining immune cell activity in metastatic breast cancer) |
Pusztai, Lajos |
Yale University |
CT |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Therapeutic Resistance in ER+ Breast Cancer |
Sledge, George |
Stanford University |
CA |
San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Augmenting (improving) Effects of Immunotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Welm, Alana |
University of Utah |
UT |
Utah Field Office |
Leadership Grants |
Assess Radiation Response with MRI Guided Preoperative Partial Breast Irradiation in Early Stage Breast Cancer (improving treatment delivery for early stage breast cancer) |
White, Julia |
The Ohio State University |
OH |
Columbus Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Late Recurrence of ER+ Breast Cancer: Risk Factors and Potential for Interventions |
Winer, Eric |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MA |
New England Affiliate |
Leadership Grants |
Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center - Infrastructure Support |
Storniolo, Anna |
Indiana University |
IN |
Central Indiana Affiliate |
Opportunity Grants |
The Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (supporting breast cancer clinical trials at multiple institutions) |
Wolff, Antonio |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
MD |
Maryland Affiliate |
Opportunity Grants |
Advanced breast Cancer Fifth ESO-ESMO International Consensus Conference |
Costa, Alberto |
The European School of Oncolgoy |
Italy |
Susan G. Komen Italia |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
Eleventh AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved |
Stewart, Michael |
American Association for Cancer Research |
PA |
Philadelphia Affiliate |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
AACR: 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and 2019 Modernizing Population Sciences in the Digital Age Meeting |
Stewart, Michael |
American Association for Cancer Research |
PA |
Philadelphia Affiliate |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
AACR: 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) |
Stewart, Michael |
American Association for Cancer Research |
PA |
Philadelphia Affiliate |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Challenge at Obesity Week 2018 |
Tester Meyer, Laura |
The Obesity Society |
MD |
National Capital Field Office |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Challenge at Obesity Week 2019 |
Tester Meyer, Laura |
The Obesity Society |
MD |
National Capital Field Office |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |
Scientific and Patient Advocate Programming at the 18th Congress of the Metastasis Research Society |
Yu, Dihua |
Metastasis Research Society |
FL |
Florida Affiliate |
Scientific Partnerships and Programs |