Summary of Awards

African American Advisory Committee Scripps Research Institute
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Stanford University
California Institute of Technology Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute The Burnham Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center University of California, Berkeley
Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute University of California, Davis
Kaiser Foundation Research Institute University of California, Irvine
La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, San Diego
Northern California Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco
Public Health Institute University of Southern California
Salk Institute for Biological Studies Young Moms with Breast Cancer

African American Advisory Committee

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Priscilla Banks
African American Women and Breast Cancer: What Works?

X

1.5

Collaborative Award

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Jennifer Murray
Regulation of SXR and Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer

2.0

$42,784

$0

$42,784

California Institute of Technology

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Cheryl Van Buskirk
Analysis of EGFR Transcript Splicing in C. Elegans

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Shanaz Dairkee
Infinite Expansion of Breast Tumor Samples in Culture

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Robert Debs
Molecular Pathogenesis of Metastatic Breast Cancer

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Subtotal

$400,000

$222,800

$622,800

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Shikha Bose
The Role of PTEN in Progression of Ductal Carcinoma in situ

2.0

$200,000

$106,000

$306,000

Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Rowan Chlebowski
Weight Loss in Public Hospital Breast Cancer Patients

1.5

$100,000

$40,941

$140,941

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Carol Somkin
African American Women and Breast Cancer: What Works?

X

1.5

$99,505

$32,550

$132,055

La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Longchuan Chen
Defining a Role for Endothelial Precursor Cells in Breast

1.0

$103,094

$96,080

$199,174

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Jamie Bascom
Relating Epimorphin and Progesterone-Mediated Morphogenesis

1.0

$23,825

$0

$23,825

Albert Davalos
Does the BLM Gene Co-regulate BRCA1 in DNA Damage Response?

2.0

$80,000

$672

$80,672

David Gilley
Studies of Telomere Capping Dysfunction in Breast Cancer

3.0

$300,000

$202,975

$502,975

Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu
Global Gene Regulation by SATB1 in Metastatic Breast Cancer

1.0

$98,949

$62,564

$161,513

Ana Krtolica
Aging, Mutations, and Breast Carcinogenesis

3.0

$276,580

$172,304

$448,884

Saira Mian
Statistical Techniques for Breast Biology and Cancer Research

 

$453,613

340,755

$794,368

Carlos Ortiz de Solorzano
Three-Dimensional Modeling of Breast Cancer Progression

2.0

$200,000

$136,328

$336,328

Aylin Rizki
Effect of Breast Cell Environment on Repair of DNA Damage

2.0

$80,000

$672

$80,672

Christine Hartmann Siantar
New Imager to Improve Specificity in Breast Cancer Detection

1.5

$113,462

$100,000

$213,462

Kai Vetter
New Imager to Improve Specificity in Breast Cancer Detection

1.5

Collaborative Award

Subtotal

$1,612,967

$1,029,732

$2,642,699

Northern California Cancer Center

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Sally Glaser
Immune-Function Genes and Race Differences in Breast Cancer

2.0

$149,991

$53,397

$203,388

Public Health Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Barbara Cohn
Can Placenta Factors Explain Race Patterns of Breast Cancer?

0.8

$73,154

$13,021

$86,175

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Yan Xia
BRCA-1-dependent Ubiquitin Ligase Activity in Breast Cancer

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Scripps Research Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Benjamin Cravatt
Profiling Enzyme Activities in Models of Human Breast Cancer

2.0

$199,518

$169,990

$369,508

Arul Joseph
Method to Profile Active Metalloprotoeases in Breast Cancer

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Beatriz Maroto
DNA Damage Response Pathways in Breast Cancer Cells

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Vito Quaranta
MMP-Directed Synthesis of Invasive Breast Cancer Blockers

1.0

$73,555

$62,669

$136,224

Subtotal

$433,073

$245,459

$678,532

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Francisco Javier Piedrafita
Retinoids in Combination Therapies against Breast Cancer

2.0

$200,000

$196,800

$396,800

Jan Schnitzer
Identifying Accessible Targets in Human Breast Tumors

1.5

$250,000

$246,000

$496,000

Subtotal

$450,000

$442,800

$892,800

Stanford University

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Steven Artandi
Understanding Telomere Dynamics in the Breast

 

3.0

$423,398

$252,293

$675,691

Karlene Cimprich
Identifying sources of Genomic Instability in Breast Cancer

 

1.5

$75,000

$43,657

$118,657

Bradley Ekstrand
Using Microarrays to Estimate Breast Cancer Risk

 

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

James Ford
Genetic Alterations in MRI Screen-Detected Breast Lesions

 

1.5

$100,000

$57,000

$157,000

Stefanie Jeffrey
Breast Stromal Genes Act as Early Markers of Malignancy

X

3.0

$249,999

$142,499

$392,498

Patrick Lupardus
Regulation of the Rad1 Checkpoint Complex in Breast Cancer

 

2.0

$60,000

$0

$60,000

Slyvia Plevritis
Genetic Alterations in MRI Screen-Detected Breast Lesions

 

1.5

Collaborative Award

Jonathan Pollack
Locating Novel Breast Cancer Genes using DNA Microarrays

 

3.0

$299,870

$170,926

$470,796

Lynn Westphal
Chemotherapy-Induced Ovarian Damage: Prevention and Impact

 

1.5

$30,531

$21,824

$52,355

Subtotal

$1,310,091

$703,306

$2,013,397

The Burnham Institute

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Kelly Boatright
Alterations in the Separase/Securin Balance in Breast Cancer

2.0

$60,000

$0

$60,000

Nathalie Bruey-Sedano
Cell-Killing Effect of Orphan Receptor TR3 in Breast Cancer

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Hee Kwang Choi
Rac/STAT5 Signaling

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Marcia Dawson
Novel Retinoids with Enhanced Anti-Breast Tumor Efficacy

2.0

$200,000

$184,000

$384,000

Kathryn Ely
A Novel Anti-estrogen Resistance Mechanism in Breast Cancer

1.5

$75,000

$69,000

$144,000

Shi Huang
Steroid Receptor Coactivators in Mammary Gland Development

2.0

$195,020

$185,220

$380,240

Lynn Knowles
Fatty Acid Synthase and Breast Cancer

2.0

$80,000

$6,400

$86,400

Sergei Malkhosyan
Cloning of the X Chromosome's Putative Tumor Suppressor Gene

2.0

$147,000

$141,000

$288,000

Francesca Marassi
Structure and Function of the Bax Apoptosis Regulator

2.0

$147,000

$141,000

$288,000

John Reed
PPAR Modulators as Apoptosis

2.0

$242,382

$222,991

$465,373

Xiao-Kun Zhang
TR3-based Peptides for Apoptosis in Breast Cancer

2.0

$200,000

$184,000

$384,000

Subtotal

$1,484,602

$1,168,211

$2,652,813

University of California, Berkeley

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Satyabrata Nandi
Breast Cancer Prevention with Estrogen

3.0

$812,340

$0

$812,340

University of California, Davis

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Gerald DeNardo
New Imager to Improve Specificity in Breast Cancer Detection

1.5

Collaborative Award

Navdeep Dhillon
Cyclin E Affects Growth Arrest in Breast Cancer Cells

2.0

$50,386

$0

$50,386

Martin Privalsky
Regulation of Estrogen Response by Corepressors

2.0

$149,942

$0

$149,942

Subtotal

$200,328

$0

$200,328

University of California, Irvine

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Catherine Blake
Using Scientific Text to Identify Breast Cancer Risk Factors

1.0

$29,136

$0

$29,136

Michael Samoszuk
Clotting Breast Cancer

1.0

$98,986

$0

$98,986

Subtotal

$128,122

$0

$128,122

University of California, Los Angeles

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Carolyn Crandall
Impact of Breast Cancer and its Therapy on Bone Density

3.0

$300,000

$0

$300,000

Jill Mitchell
Constructed Meaning and Stress in Breast Cancer Experience

2.0

$64,087

$0

$64,087

Cindy Wilson
The Importance of Growth Inhibitory Signals in Normal Breast

2.0

$150,000

$0

$150,000

Subtotal

$514,087

$0

$514,087

University of California, San Diego

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Gerry Boss
Prognostic Value of Ras Activation in Breast Cancer

3.0

Collaborative Award

Anne Wallace
Prognostic Value of Ras Activation in Breast Cancer

3.0

$499,796

$0

$499,796

Subtotal

$499,796

$0

$499,796

University of California, San Francisco

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Christine Case Lo
Drug Dose Tailoring Based on Patient-Specific Factors

 

2.0

$50,572$0

 

$50,572

Aubri Charboneau
HOX Transcriptional Regulation of Angiogenesis

 

2.0

$80,000$0

 

$80,000

Nicola Clegg
Novel Ligands as Probes of Estrogen Receptor Signaling

 

2.0

$50,941$0

 

$50,941

Colin Collins
The Detailed Structure of a Model Breast Cancer Genome

 

2.0

$194,840$0

 

$194,840

Steven Cummings
Compositional Breast Density as a Risk Factor

 

1.5

Collaborative Award

Mikala Egeblad
The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 in Breast Cancer

 

2.0

$80,000

$0

$80,000

Karla Kerlikowske
Compositional Breast Density as a Risk Factor

 

1.5

$100,000

$0

$100,000

Dale Leitman
Identification and Prognostic Value of ERß in Breast Cancer

 

2.0

$150,000

$0

$150,000

Richard Price, Jr.
Targeting Estrogen Receptors to Mouse Mammary Epithelium

 

2.0

$80,000

$0

$80,000

Hope Rugo
Chemotherapy-Induced Ovarian Damage: Prevention and Impact

 

1.5

$82,479

$0

$82,479

John Shepherd
Compositional Breast Density as a Risk Factor

 

1.5

Collaborative Award

Thea Tlsty
Breast Stromal Genes Act as Early markers of Malignancy

X

3.0

$249,999

$0

$249,999

Jack Youngren
Potential New Drug Therapy for Breast Cancer

 

2.0

$199,848

$0

$199,848

Subtotal

$1,318,679

$0

$1,318,679

University of Southern California

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Elizabeth Lillie
The Androgen Receptor and Mammographic Density

 

2.0

$59,998

 

$59,998

Malcolm Pike
Fiber, Estrogen and Breast Cancer in Mexican American Women

X

1.5

$98,275

$61,422

$159,697

Ronald Ross
USC/NCCC Breast Cancer Research Training Program

 

3.0

$249,720

$19,978

$269,698

Wei Wang
Androgen Receptor Gene and PSA Gene in Breast Cancer Risk

 

2.0

$60,000

$0

$60,000

Subtotal

$467,993

$81,400

$549,393

Young Moms with Breast Cancer

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

DURATION

DIRECT COST

INDIRECT COST

TOTAL

Lucy Berlin
Chemotherapy-Induced Ovarian Damage: Prevention and Impact

1.5

Collaborative Award

 

Total Awards

$10,553,592

$4,255,511

$14,809,103

SUPPLEMENTS

University of California, Irvine

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

TOTAL

Sora Tanjasiri
A Network-Based Intervention for Chamorros in Southern CA

X

3.0

$19,900

Stanford University

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

TOTAL

David Spiegel
Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis?

X

3.0

Collaborative Supplement

WomenCARE

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

TOTAL

Caroline Bliss-Isberg
Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis?

X

3.0

$20,000

University of California, Los Angeles

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

TOTAL

Rose Maly
Determinants of Breast Cancer Treatment in the Underserved

X

3.0

$40,000

Katherine Kahn
The Impact of Structure on Quality of Breast Cancer Care

X

3.0

$40,000

Subtotal

$80,000

University of Southern California

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

DURATION

TOTAL

Michael Press
HER-s/neu Gene Variations and Breast Cancer Risk

X

3.0

$40,000

University of California, Davis

INSTITUTION / PI / TITLE

TAX

TOTAL

Colleen Sweeney
Pathway-Specific Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells

X

$40,000

 

Total Supplements

$199,900