Newswise — The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) has awarded four AACI Translational Cancer Research Fellowships to scientists at University of California, Los Angeles, The University of Chicago, University of Michigan and Stanford University.
Funded by Amgen, Astellas, Lilly USA, and Novartis, the one-year, $50,000 non-renewable grants help insure that qualified applicants from AACI member institutions receive training and experience under the guidance of established investigators who have demonstrated success in their fields of research.
“The goal of the fellowship is to assist the trainee in becoming a high-caliber, productive independent researcher with an enduring focus on translational research relevant to cancer,” said AACI Executive Director Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPH.
Ms. Stewart also extended her thanks to the fellowship’s program advisor, Beverly Mitchell, MD, director of the Stanford Cancer Center, for her leadership and service to AACI.
This year’s winning researchers and their projects are:• Scott V. Bratman, MD, PhDResident and Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Radiation OncologyStanford Cancer InstituteProject Title: A genomic strategy for residual disease monitoring in non-small cell lung cancerMentor: Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD
• Shaun Rosebeck, PhDResearch FellowPediatric Hematology/OncologyUniversity of Michigan Health SystemProject Title: Deregulated RIP1 protein modifications in B-lymphomagenesis.Mentor: Linda McAllister-Lucas, MD, PhD
• Hubing Shi, PhDPostdoctoral FellowDivision of DermatologyDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAProject Title: A PDGFRβ-EGFR hetero-complex in B-RAF mutant melanomas with acquired resistance to B-RAF inhibition.Mentor: Roger S. Lo, MD, PhD
• David VanderWeele, MDFellowDepartment of MedicineSection of Hematology/OncologyThe University of ChicagoProject Title: Prostate cancer oncogenesis: one disease or two?Mentor: Kevin White, PhDCo-Mentor: Walter M. Stadler, MD, FACP
###Representing 95 of the nation’s premier academic and free-standing cancer research centers, the Association of American Cancer Institutes is dedicated to promoting leading research institutions' efforts to eradicate cancer through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary program of cancer research, treatment, patient care, prevention, education and community outreach.
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