Research Grants Funded by #LightUpMBC

2024

METAvivor’s Early Career Research Awards 

Paolo Tarantino, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. “Identifying predictive biomarkers for novel antibody-drug conjugates”. Presented by the #LightUpMBC Ambassador Team in Memory of Jessica Moore and all lives lost too soon to MBC 

Nir Ben Chetrit, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. “Harnessing Innate Immunity and Radiotherapy for Next-Generation Immuno-Oncology in Metastatic Breast Cancer”.  Presented by the #LightUpMBC Ambassador Team in Honor of Caitlin Blake 

2023 

METAvivor Metastatic Breast Cancer Translational Research Awards 

Changyan Chen, PhD  Repurposing Bryostatin-1 (a Protein Kinase C Inhibitor-Based Drug) for Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer Northeastern University, Boston MA – Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassadors in memory of Jessica Moore 

METAvivor  Metastatic Breast Cancer Early Career Research Grant Awards

Kathleen McEnnis, PhD  Mesenchymal stem cells as platinum nanoparticle delivery system for metastatic breast cancer treatment   New Jersey Institute of Technology,  Newark, NJ - Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassadors in memory of Nola Addante and all lives lost too soon to MBC 

2022 

METAvivor Metastatic Breast Cancer Translational Research Awards 

Prasanna Alluri, MD, PhD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - Targeting CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance in patients with metastatic, ER-positive breast cancer - Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassador team in memory of Jessica Moore 

Andrei Bakin, PhD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center - Development of Novel Immune Therapy Approaches for Metastatic Breast Cancer - Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassador team in memory of Rosylin Weston 

Min Yu, PhD, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore -  Targeting IGFBP3 signaling as a novel therapy for ESR1-Y537S mutant driven bone metastasis - Presented in honor of Tara Kuipers - Creator of #LightUpMBC Color Fun Run 

2021

METAvivor Metastatic Breast Cancer Translational Research Awards 

Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassador team in memory of Jessica Moore - Nikhil Wagle, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA – “Convergent transcriptional states in resistant ER+ metastatic breast cancer”  

METAvivor Health Disparities in MBC Research Award 

Presented by #LightUpMBC Ambassador team in Memory of Gail Weisbrot - Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA – “LIFT UP-Optimizing Care and Support for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Need it Most”         

2020

METAvivor Metastatic Breast Cancer Translational Research Award

#LightUpMBC from Moore Fight Moore Strong in memory of Jessica Moore Presents – Stacy Blain, PhD, The Research Foundation of the State of New York, SUNY Downstate Medical Center – “p27Kip1: A game changing target in metastatic breast cancer." 

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