1998 Award Distribution by Recipient Institution

The following 27 California institutions were awarded BCRP funding in Cycle IV. The principal investigators and project titles are shown for each institution.

v Alta Bates Medical Center- Disabled Community Health Clinic

Mary E. Smith (co-PI) - Increasing Breast Health Access for Women With Disabilities

v Bayview Hunters Point Health Care Task Force

Arthur Coleman (co-PI) - Study of Inadequate Follow-up of Mammographic Abnormalities

v The Burnham Institute

Helene Baribault - Role of g-Catenin in a Breast Cancer Mouse Model

Kathryn Ely- Role of Rb Protein and Cell Cycle Defects in Breast Cancer

Shu-ichi Matsuzawa- Siah-Family Genes: Effectors of p53 in Breast Cancer

Sonoko Narisawa - Understanding Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone

Fumiichiro Yamamoto - Alteration of Developmental Genes in Breast Cancer

Karin Zeh - Cell Adhesion Signaling Defects in Breast Cancer

v California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Shanaz H. Dairkee - Molecular Mapping of Surgical Excision Margins

Daryl Drummond - A New System for Breast Cancer Drug Delivery

v Cancer Support Community

Carol Kronenwetter (co-PI) - Do Community Cancer Support Groups Reduce Physiologic Stress?

v City of Hope- Beckman Research Institute

Shiuan Chen - Breast Cancer Prevention with Phytoestrogens in Grape Juice

v Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

Shelley Enger and John Greif (co-PIs) - Breast Tumor Markers and Response to Adjuvant Therapy Barbara Sternfeld Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Ovarian Function

v La Jolla Institute for Experimental Medicine

Pragada Sriramarao - Leukocyte Recruitment, Angiogenesis and Breast Cancer

v Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Mary H. Barcellos-Hoff - Hormonal Regulation of TGF Beta During Mammary Development

Koji Itahana - Novel Binding Functions of Mutant p53 in Breast Cancer Cells

Paul Kaufman - Chromatin Regulation of Breast Cancer Cell Senescence

Kunxin Luo - TGF-b Receptor Signaling and Breast Cancer

G. Shyamala - Progesterone Receptor and Remodeling of Basement Membrane

Martha Stampfer - Genes Involved in the Immortalization of Human Mammary Cells

v Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services

Stephanie Roberts (co-PI) - Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

v Marin Breast Cancer Watch

Mary Gould (co-PI) - Marin County Breast Cancer Study of Adolescent Risk Factors

v National Office of Samoan Affairs

Pat Luce-Aoelua (co-PI) - Samoans and Cancer: Evaluating a Theory Based Program

v Northern Californa Cancer Center

Carol D'Onofrio (co-PI) - Increasing Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities

Pamela Horn-Ross - Diet & Breast Cancer in the California Teachers Study Cohort

Susan L. Stewart (co-PI) - Risk Notification for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

v Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Gordon Louie - Heregulin-specific Diphtheria Toxin as a Cancer Therapy

Heinz Ruffner - Biochemical and Functional Characterization of BRCA1

v San Francisco Department of Public Health

Daramola Cabral Evins (co-PI) - Study of Inadequate Follow-up of Mammographic Abnormalities

v The Scripps Research Institute

Henrik Ditzel - Targets of B Cell Infiltrate in Medullary Breast Cancer

Cary H. C. Lai - The Role of a Newly Discovered Neuregulin in Breast Cancer

Vito Quaranta - Regulation of Breast Epithelial Cell Motility by Proteases

v Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Joseph Lustgarten - Antibody-IL-2 Fusion Protein for Breast Cancer Immunotherapy

v SRI International

Ling Jong - Dietary Indole Analogs for Breast Cancer Prevention

Keith R. Laderoute - Novel Anti-vascular Agents for Breast Cancer Therapy

v Stanford University

Glenn Rosen - A Novel Drug Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells

David Spiegel - Do Community Cancer Support Groups Reduce Physiologic Stress?

v University of California, Berkeley

Joan Bloom (co-PI) - Risk Notification for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Satyabrata Nandi - Pregnancy Genes Associated With a Risk for Breast Cancer

v University of California, Davis

Kent Erickson - Reduced Breast Cancer Metastasis by Conjugated Linoleic Acid

Earl Sawai - Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Metastasis

v University of California, Irvine

Shiraz Mishra (co-PI) - Samoans and Cancer: Evaluating a Theory Based Program v University of California, Los Angeles

Roshan Bastani and David Reuben (co-PIs) - Does Mobile Mammography Increase Screening in Older Women?

Helena Chang and Hungyi Shau (co-PIs) - Timing of Breast Cancer Surgery, Menstrual Cycle & Prognosis

Nangel Lindberg - Prediction of Compliance and Retention in High-Risk Patients

Rose Maly - Improving Quality of Life in Older Women after Breast Cancer

v University of California, San Diego

Hillary S. Klonoff-Cohen (co-PI) - Timing of Breast Cancer Surgery, Menstrual Cycle & Prognosis

Malcolm Mitchell - Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Using CD4+ T Lymphocytes

v University of California, San Francisco

Suzanne Dibble and Stephanie Roberts (co-PIs) - Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

John W. Park - Immunoliposomes for Cytotoxic Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy

Marion Lee (co-PI) - Study of Inadequate Follow-up of Mammographic Abnormalities Risk Notification for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Margaret Wrensch (co-PI) - Marin County Breast Cancer Study of Adolescent Risk Factors

v University of Southern Californa

Heather Feigelson - Multi-ethnic Study of Genetic Control of Plasma Hormones

Sylvia Formenti, Peter Danenberg and Franco Muggia (co-PIs) - Biologic Determinants of Response to Paclitaxel & Radiation

Deidre Hill - Radiation, Reproductive & Menstrual Factors & Breast Cancer

Francis Markland, Jr. - Novel Anti-Angiogenic Therapy for Breast Cancer

Michael F. Press (co-PI) - Breast Tumor Markers and Response to Adjuvant Therapy

Ronald Ross - USC/Norris Breast Cancer Research Training Program

Lisa Shames - Exercise and the Prevention of Breast Cancer Recurrence

Giske Ursin - Oral Contraceptives, Hormonal Risk Factors and BRCA1

v The Wellness Communit

Mitch Golant (co-PI) - Do Community Cancer Support Groups Reduce Physiologic Stress?

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