In 2008, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network awarded 11 grants. Click below to learn about these grantees and their funded projects.
Randy Pausch, PhD – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Pilot Grant
Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Molecular Markers of Drug Sensitivity in Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Pilot Grant
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Impact of Diet-Induced Hyperlipidemia on Pancreatic Inflammation and Cancer
Constance Williams – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
Marie-Christine Daniel, PhD
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Multifunctional Nanovectors for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
Seena Magowitz – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
David Dawson, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Wnt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Progenitor Cells
Michael C. Sandler – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Pilot Grant
Matthias Hebrok, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
NF-kB Signaling in PanIN Formation
Blum-Kovler – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
约瑟夫密歇根州ael Herman, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Evaluation of Focused Radiation to Potentiate a Enhance the Impact of a Pancreatic GM-CSF Vaccine
Skip Viragh – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
Hyunki Kim, PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
MRI to Monitor Early Pancreatic Tumor Response to a Novel Triple Therapy
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Pilot Grant
Bin Liu, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Internalizing Human Antibodies Targeting Pancreatic Tumor Cells In Situ
Laurie and Paul MacCaskill – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
Lorenzo F. Sempere, PhD
Dartmouth Medical School
Role of MicroRNAs in Initiation and Progression of Pancreatic Cancer
Patty Boshell – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award
Peter Storz, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Kinases Regulating Pancreatic Cancer Resistance to Chemotherapeutics
Samuel Stroum – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Fellowship
Ken-Tye Yong, PhD
State University of New York, Buffalo
Engineering Multimodal Targeted Probes for Pancreatic Cancer Detection
Download 2008 Pancreatic Cancer Research Grants Program brochure