Pilot Program
The BU-BMC Cancer Center is invested in providing opportunities for access to pilot funding to highly-motived, innovative and collaborative investigators working in the field of cancer research.
A total of four pilot projects were funded in AY16. The funding for these projects was provided by an Institutional Research Grant from the American Cancer Society.
Investigator Department School |
Award Period |
Pilot Project Title |
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Hiroshi Tokuo, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor Physiology & Biophysics Boston University School of Medicine |
7/15-12/15 | Mechanism of melanoma metastasis regulated by Myosin-X |
Neil Ganem, MD Assistant Professor Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Boston University School of Medicine |
7/15-12/15 | Defining gene expression signatures for YAJP/TAZ-dependent breast cancers |
Jennifer Beane-Ebel, PhD Assistant Professor Medicine Boston University School of Medicine |
7/15-12/15 | Establishing a preclinical model of squamous lung cancer to investigate novel chemopreventive approaches in high-risk smokers |
Xuemei Zhong, PhD Assistant Professor Medicine Boston University School of Medicine |
7/15-12/15 | Heat-triggered release of immunostimulatory chemokine for cancer immunotherapy |
Lisa Quintiliani, PhD Assistant Professor Medicine-General Internal, Med Information Systems Unit Boston University School of Medicine |
4/14- 3/15 | Obesity intervention development for cancer prevention among a health disparity population using innovative photovoice methodology* |
Trevor Siggers, PhD Assistant Professor Biology Boston University College of Arts and Science |
4/14- 3/15 | The role of LSF DNA binding in hepatocellular carcinoma and potential relationship to DNA binding of p53 |
Xaralabos (Bob) Varelas, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry Boston University School of Medicine |
4/14- 3/15 | Defining and Targeting Deregulated Polarity Cues in Breast Cancer |
Dmitri Beglov, PhD Research Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering, Boston University |
5/13-4/14 | Computational Selection of Small Molecule Inhabitors of the elF4E:elF4G Protein-Protein Complex Involved in Cancer |
Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology, Medicine Boston University School of Medicine |
5/13-4/14 | Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on Breast Cancer Outcomes in Black Women |
Darren Roblyer, PhD Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Boston University |
5/13-4/14 | Real-Time Non-Invasive Optical Markers of Chemotherapy Response for Personalized Adaptive Cancer Treatment |
Gregory A. Russo, MD Clinical Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology Boston University School of Medicine |
5/13-4/14 | Feasibility/outcomes study of hypo fractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy as a boost to the prostate for treatment of localized, non-metastatic, high risk prostate cancer |
Anurag Singh, PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Boston University School of Medicine |
5/13-4/14 | Identifying a kras-regulated micro-RNA signaling network in lung cancer |
Hui Feng, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology Boston University School of Medicine |
4/12-3/13 | Targeting DLST as a novel therapeutic intervention |
Mikel Garcia-Marcos, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry Boston University School of Medicine |
4/12-3/13 | Towards novel therapeutics for cancer metastasis by targeting a key signaling interface |
Kimberly Shea, PhD Assistant Professor Epidemiology Boston University School of Public Health |
4/12-3/13 | Vaccine Uptake of Cancer Survivors Identified in the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
*Special Interest Award.
American Cancer Society: Institutional Research Grant |