Summary of New Research Funded in 2010

Institution and Investigator

Project Duration

Project Title

Direct Costs

Indirect Costs

Sum of Award

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Bernstein,

Leslie

3

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium - City of Hope

$262,515

$173,260

$435,775

Petrossian,

Karineh

2

A Novel Mediator of AI Resistance in Breast Cancer

$76,000

$0

$76,000

Wang,

Shizhen Emily

1.5

Breast Cancer Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response with miRNA

$150,000

$99,000

$249,000

Cancer Prevention Institute of California

Gomez,

Scarlett

3

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium - CPIC

$472,465

$208,120

$680,585

Reynolds,

Peggy

5

Persistent Organic Pollutants & Breast Cancer Risk

$4,090,115

$759,913

$4,850,028

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Reynolds,

Peggy

1.5

Light at Night and Breast Cancer Risk in California Teachers

$149,993

$49,087

$199,080

Wang,

Wei 

1.5

Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Survival

$149,997

$70,498

$220,495

John Wayne Cancer Institute

Hoon,

David

1.5

Multimarker miR Blood Assay for Breast Cancer Detection

$150,000

$132,900

$282,900

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

Kwan,

Marilyn

3

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium-Kaiser

$314,397

$176,688

$491,085

Latinas Contra Cancer

Duron

Ysabel

1

2010 National Latino Cancer Summit

$0

$25,000

$25,000

Mendocino Cancer Resource Center

O'Donnell,

Sara

3

Recording medical visits for people with breast cancer

$0

$0

$0

Collaborative award with Jeffrey Belkora of University of California, San Francisco

Proteomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine

Latterich,

Martin

1.5

p97 as a Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer Metastasis

$150,000

$142,500

$292,500

Scripps Research Institute

Bachovchin,

Daniel

2

Pharmacological Modulation of PP2A Activity in Breast Cancer

$76,000

$0

$76,000

Felding-Habermann,

Brunhilde

1.5

Inhibiting Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis with Cilengitide

$150,000

$134,850

$284,850

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Lorger,                  

Mihaela            

1.5

Targeting Brain Metastasis with a Cell-based Approach

$150,000

$134,850

$284,850

Romesberg,

Floyd

1.5

Inhibiting Mutation to Prevent and Treat Breast Cancer

$99,887

$87,551

$187,438

Stanford University

Bitton,

Rachel

2

MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound in Breast Cancer Treatment   

$88,467

$0

$88,467

Kurian

Allison

3

Measuring Real-World Breast Cancer Outcomes                

$749,809

$316,416

$1,066,225

Lau,

Frances

2

Electronics for High Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET

$76,000

$0

$76,000

Levy,

Ronald

1

Enhancing Trastuzumab Therapy with an NK Activating Antibody

$150,000

$75,389

$225,389

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research

Reynolds,

Wanda

1.5

Myeloperoxidase Mediated Protection in Breast Cancer

$150,000

$136,500

$286,500

Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies

Mueller,

Barbara

1.5

Local Adipocyte Function in Breast Cancer

$150,000

$123,000

$273,000

Schraufstatter,

Ingrid

1

Complement-mediated Stem Cell Recruitment to Breast Cancer

$75,000

$61,500

$136,500

Turtle Health Foundation

Navarro,                 

Linda              

3

IncreasingMammography Screening Among Native Women        

$0

$0

$0

Collaborative award with Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater of University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

Andrews ,                

Nicolas            

2

The Role of ANCCA in Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancer     

$90,000

$0

$90,000

von Friederichs-Fitzwater,

Marlene            

3

Increasing Mammography Screening Among Native Women        

$591,281

$0

$591,281

University of California, Irvine

Lin,

Muqing

2

MRI Registration for Therapy Evaluation and Annual Screening

$76,000

$0

$76,000

Verma,

Suman

2

The Role of Clim Proteins in Breast Cancer                 

$90,000

$0

$90,000

University of California, Los Angeles

Carpenter,

Ellen

1.5

Reelin Signaling Involvement in Breast Cancer Cell Migration

$149,493

$0

$149,493

Hu,

Hailiang

1.5

Targeting Drug Resistant Breast Cancer by microRNAs        

$100,000

$0

$100,000

Pietras,

Richard

1.5

New Estrogen Receptor Downregulators for Breast Cancer

$150,000

$0

$150,000

Zhang,

Lei

1.5

Salivary Biomarkers for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

$150,000

$0

$150,000

University of California, San Diego

Belkora,

Jeffrey

3

Recording medical visits for people with breast cancer

$637,500

$0

$637,500

Ccollaborative award with Sara O'Donnell of Mendocino Cancer Resource Center

Goldman,

Lauren

2

Quality of Mammography Facilities Serving Vulnerable Women 

$239,673

$0

$239,673

Huskey,

Noelle

2

Targeting Breast Tumor Stem Cells with Cell Cycle Inhibitors

$76,000

$0

$76,000

Kusdra,

Leonard

2

The Role of microRNAs in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

$90,000

$0

$90,000

Moasser,

Mark

3

Towards Highly Effective Inactivation of HER2-HER3 Signaling

$745,757

$0

$745,757

Woodruff,

Tracey

4

Partnership to Advance Breast Cancer Research

$1,103,827

$0

$1,103,827

University of Southern California

Holmes,

Dennis

1.5

Receptor Re-expression in ER and PR Negative Breast Cancer 

$150,000

$93,000

$243,000

Monroe,

Kristine

3

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium - USC MEC

$151,367

$65,322

$216,689

Press,

Michael

1.5

HER2 Co-Amplified Genes and Treatment Response             

$150,000

$93,000

$243,000

Wu,

Anna

3

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium - USC AABCS

$618,659

$383,568

$1,002,227

TOTALS

$13,355,202

$3,516,912

$16,872,114

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