CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Research grantees

With your help, the Prevent Cancer Foundation supports research grants and fellowships for cancer prevention and early detection. The application process is competitive, and proposals are assessed through an external peer review. Our focus is on early-career researchers and high-risk, high-reward projects.

Grantee: Alicia Allen, Ph.D. Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick Institution: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Project Title: A Novel Approach to Help Women of Reproductive Age Quit Smoking Grantee: Francisco Cartujano, M.D. Institution: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY Project Title: Advancing Smoking Cessation in Latinos Living With HIV One Text at a Time

Grantee: Jan Claesen, Ph.D. Institution: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Project Title: Gut Microbiota Metabolism of Dietary Compounds to Chemopreventive Molecules

Fellow: Adrien Grimont, Ph.D. Named Award: Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation Institution: Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY Project Title: Mutant KRAS Allele-Specific Epigenetic Plasticity in PDAC Initiation Suzanne Hafiz, MPHE, CHES Illinois Grantee: Artit Jirapatnakul, Ph.D. Named Award: The Shure Family Charitable Foundation Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Project Title: Modeling Nodule Measurement Uncertainty Using Quantitative CT Features

Fellow: Lilianna Phan, Ph.D. Named Award: Richard C. Devereaux Outstanding Young Investigator Award Institution: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Project Title: Optimizing Risk Communication About JUUL Use for Young Adults

Grantee: Jordana Phillips, M.D. Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess/ Harvard Medical Center, Boston, MA Project Title: Contrast Enhanced Mammography for Women with a History of Breast Cancer Grantee: Amir Zarrinpar, Ph.D., M.D. Institution: University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA Project Title: Microbial DNA as a Diagnostic Marker for Hepatocellular Carcinoma