Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center Seed Grant Funding Awarded

The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center has awarded seed grants in three categories – American Cancer Society institutional research grants, independent research grants in breast and prostate cancer, and interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships in cancer research. Seed grants are made possible through the generosity of the American Cancer Society, Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse for a Cure, Friends of MCW, and the Wisconsin State Tax Check-off Program for Breast or Prostate Cancer Research. Award recipients are listed below.

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Awards
 

• Teresa Gross Kelly, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

The Effectiveness of Advanced MR Imaging Techniques for Grading Pediatric Brain Tumors - A Comparative Outcomes Study
 

• Qing Miao, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Roles of Nogo-B and Nogo-B Receptor (NgBR) in Tumor Angiogenesis

Independent Research Grant in Breast and Prostate Cancer Awards
 

• Michael Dwinell, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

  CXCL12 Treatment as a Novel Therapeutic Paradigm for Breast Cancer

• Albert Girotti, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Biochemistry

  Upregulation of Cytoprotective Nitric Oxide in Photodynamic Therapy for Breast Cancer

• Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
  Chairman and Professor
  Department of Biophysics

  Christopher Chitambar, MD
  Professor
  Department of Medicine

  Biomarkers for Chemotherapy-related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients
   

• Kathryn Bylow, MD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Medicine

  Use of B-Hydroxy-B-Methylbutyrate to Counteract Loss of Muscle Mass and Strength in Older Men with Recurrent Prostate Cancer Started on Androgen-deprivation Therapy

Travel Grant Awards

• William Bradley, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Nicholas Choong, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
• Timothy Fenske, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
• Ben George, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
• Jill Gershan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
• Nikki Johnston, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
• Amanda Kong, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
• Yan Lu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
• Subramanian Malarkannan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
• Jong-in Park, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
• Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research Awards

• Howard Jacob, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Physiology

  Michael Dwinell, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

  Characterizing Genetic Risks of Metastasis Using Breast Cancer Xenografts in Immunodeficient Consomic and Congenic Rat Strains
   

• Carol Williams, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  
  Julia White, MD
  Professor
  Department of Radiation Oncology

  Alexander Mackinnon, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pathology

  The Prognostic Significance of SmgGDS-mediated Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer
   

• Brian Volkman, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Biochemistry
  
  Sam Hwang, MD, PhD
  Chairman and Professor
  Department of Dermatology

  Inhibiting Melanoma Metastasis with an Engineered Chemokine
   
   

• Neil Hogg, PhD
  Assistant Dean and Professor
  Department of Biophysics
  
  James Thomas, MD, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Medicine
  
  Nitric Oxide Mediated Modulation of Breast Cancer Cell Metabolism

Large Center Pilot Seed Grant
 

• Michael Dwinell, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  
  Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD
  Professor and Chairman
  Department of Biophysics
  
  Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of Pancreatic Cancer Malignancy

Skin Cancer Research Awards offered through Froedtert/MCW

• Zelmira Lazarova, MD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Dermatology
  
  Edit Olasz, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Dermatology
  
  Jozef Lazar, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Human and Molecular Genetics
  
  MicroRNA Expression in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin

• Sam T. Hwang, MD, PhD
  Chair and Professor
  Department of Dermatology
  
  Pilot for Cytokine Microarrays to Determine New Biomarkers of Progressive Mycosis Fungoides

• Edit Olasz, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Dermatology
  
  Zelmira Lazarova, MD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Dermatology
  
  Jozef Lazar, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Human and Molecular Genetics
  
  John Moulder, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Radiation Oncology
  
  Development of a Rat Orthothopic Xenograft Model of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Study the Combined Effect of Sirolimus and Radiotherapy

• Gary Stoner, PhD
  Professor
  Department of Medicine
  
  Stuart Wong, MD
  Professor
  Department of Medicine
  
  Treatment of Actinic Keratosis with a Skin Cream Containing Black Raspberries