Research Grant Recipients

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2024 Young Investigator Grant Recipients

Mihaela Aldea

Mihaela Aldea

Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
France

Project Title: Developing a Molecular Profile-Driven Nomogram for Predicting Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Lung Cancer

Alessio Cortellini

Alessio Cortellini

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome
Italy

Project Title: Functional Validation of a H&E Images-Based Artificial Intelligence Algorithm (Deep-IO) to Predict Clinical Outcomes from Chemo- IO Combinations in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Biagio Ricciuti

Biagio Ricciuti

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
USA

Project Title: Targeting KRAS Amplification as a De Novo Oncogene Driver Alteration in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Mohamed Saad

Mohamed Saad

University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Australia

Project Title: Deciphering the Role of iRhom Pseudoproteases in Kras-Induced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Maria Victoria Salgado

Maria Victoria Salgado

Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Buenos Aires
Argentina

Project Title: Assessing the Potential Benefits and Harms of Implementing Lung Cancer Screening in Argentina

For investigators who are ready to begin independent research studies, ILC Foundation offers numerous grants on an annual cycle, dependent on geographic region of applicant. These one-year grants are for $50,000 in research funding.

  • 2023:
    Amy Cummings | University of California, Los Angeles
    Adrien Constantini | Université Paris Saclay
  • 2022: 
    Dr. Zsolt Megyesfalvi | National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology, Hungary
    Dr. Lawson Eng | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada
    Dr. Molly Siu Ching Li | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
    Dr. Gavitt Woodard | Yale University School of Medicine, United States
    Dr. Stephanie Saw | National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
    Dr. Colin Lindsay | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
  • 2021:
    Dr. Kelsie Thu | St. Michaels, Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
    Dr. Miriam Jamal-Hanjani | University College London Cancer Institute, United Kingdom
    Dr. Rachel Dodd | The University of Sydney, Australia
    Dr. Chiara Ambrogio | University of Turin, Italy
    Dr. Andrew Chow | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
  • 2020:
    Dr. Hua Zhang | New York University School of Medicine, United States 
    Dr. Cleo Goyvaerts | Vrje Universiteit Brussels, Belgium 
    Dr. Wencai Zhang | University of Central Florida, United States
  • 2019:
    Dr. Roberto Ferrara | I.R.C.C.S. National Cancer Institute, Italy < Dr. Ashanya Malalaserkera | Concord Cancer Centre, Australia 
    Dr. Ashwin Somasundaram | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, United States 
  • 2018:
    Dr. Benjamin Lok | Princess Margaret CC, Toronto
    Dr. John Charles Rotondo | University of Ferrara Italy, Italy 
    Dr. Aaron Tan | National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 
  • 2017:
    Dr. Paolo Ceppi | Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany 
    Dr. William Lockwood | British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada 
    Dr. Pedro Medina | University of Granada, Spain
  • 2016:
    Dr. Esra Akbay | UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, United States 
    Luiz Araujo | Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Brazil 
    Dr. Julie George | University of Cologne, Germany 
  • 2015:
    Dr. Mark Awad | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States 
    Dr. Jill Larsen | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institue, Australia 
    Dr. Adrian Sacher | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Canada 
    Dr. Kenichi Suda | Kinki University, Japan 
    Dr. Silvestre Vicent | Center for Applied Medical Research, Spain
  • 2013:
    Dr. Narendra Wajapeyee | Yale University, United States 
  • 2012:
    Dr. Anne-Marie Baird | St. James Hospital/Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 
    Dr. Alexander Drilon | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States 
    Dr. Jih-Hsiang Lee | National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan 
    Dr. Don Nguyen | Yale University, United States 
  • 2011:
    Dr. Milind Suraokar | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States 
  • 2010:
    Dr. Tanawat Jirakulaporn | Siriraj Hospital, Thailand 
  • 2009:
    Dr. Yuichi Machida | May Rochester d/b/a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, United States 
    Ms. Monica Spinola | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States 
  • 2008:
    Dr. Prasad Adusumilli | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States 
    Dr. D. Ross Camidge | University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States 
    Dr. Boone Goodgame | Washington University School of Medicine, United States 
  • 2007:
    Mr. Mohammed Hoque | John Hopkins University, United States 
    Dr. Mark Klein | University of Minnesota, United States 
  • 2004: 
    Assoc. Professor Benjamin Solomon | Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Australia

2024 Fellowship Grant Recipients

Award recipient

Jae Heun Chung

Jae Heun Chung

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle
USA  

Project Title: Interrogating BMP8A as a Driver of Chemotherapy Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Praveen Kumar Marimuthu

Praveen Kumar Marimuthu

Christian Medical College, Vellore
India

Project Title: Platinum, Pemetrexed with Cetuximab for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion - A Prospective Phase II trial

Gerard Walls

Gerard Walls

Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast
United Kingdom

Project Title: ctDNA Kinetics for Prediction of Local Relapse in NSCLC Treated With Radiation Therapy

Hana Zahed

Hana Zahed

International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon
France

Project Title: Comprehensive Characterization of the Blood Proteome Before Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Exclusive to fellows, these grants provide $50,000 for a one-year research project. Opportunities are numerous and based on geographic region of applicant.

  • 2023: 
    Luis Prieto | Mayo Clinic, United States
    Griselda Awanis | Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute | United Kingdom
    Regina Hoo | National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore
  • 2022:
    Dr. Amila Suraweeera | Queensland University of Technology, Australia
    Dr. Elena Torreggiani | University of Ferrara, Italy
    Dr. Ting-Yu Shih | Boston University, United States
    Dr. Marco Tagliamento | Gustave Roussy, France
    Dr. Adithya Basasubramanian | Walter & Eliza Hall of Medical Research, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Dr. Diego Serrano | Universidad de Navarra, Spain
    Dr. Lavanya Sivapalan | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, United States
  • 2021:
    Dr. Joao Victor Alessi | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
    Dr. Mohammad Aarif Siddiqui | University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
    Dr. Claudia Freitas | Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João e Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
    Dr. Afaf Abed | Edith Cowan University, Australia
    Dr. Adithya Balasubramanian, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Dr. Jose Carlos Benitez | Insitut Gustave Roussy, France
    Dr. Misty Shields | University of South Florida, Moffitt Cancer Center, United States
  • 2020:
    Dr. Karmele Valencia | University of Navarra, Spain
    Dr. Kasey Cargill | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States 
    Dr. Biagio Ricciuti | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States 
  • 2019:
    Dr. Mark Adams | Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Austalia
    Dr. Hanbo Chen | VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Canada
  • 2018: 
    Dr. Anastasios Dimou | University of Colorado, United States
    Dr. Laura Mezquita | Gustave Roussy Villejuif, France
    Dr. Sanghyuk Song | Kangown National Univ. Hospital, South Korea, South Korea
  • 2017:
    Dr. Hou Guo | MD Anderson Cancer Center, China 
    Dr. Masaoki Ito | The heath and Sciences Research Institute of the "Germans Trias I Pujo" Foundation (IGTP), Japan 
  • 2016:
    Dr. Siddhartha Devarakonda | Washington University School of Medicine, United States 
    Dr. Nicolas Reynoird | INSERM, France 
  • 2015:
    Dr. Puey Ling Chia | Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Australia 
    Dr. Colin Lindsey | Institut Gustave-Roussy, United Kingdom 
    Dr. Yoichiro Mitsuishi | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Japan 
    Dr. Sara Pilotto | University of Verona, Italy 
  • 2014:
    Dr. Samuel Rowbotham | Boston Children's Hospital, United States 
    Dr. Steffen Sorensen | Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark 
  • 2013:
    Dr. Peter Choi | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
    Dr. Daniela Morales Espinosa | Hospital Germans Trias L Pujolo, Spain 
  • 2011:
    Dr. Martin Sos | Max Planck Institute for neurological research, Germany 
    Dr. Yang Wang | Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute and Cancer Center, China 
  • 2010:
    Dr. Daniel Chistoph | University of Colorado Health Science Center, Germany 
    Dr. Dawn Stults | Vanderbilt-Ingram Medical Center, United States 
  • 2009:
    Dr. Don Gibbons | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States 
    Dr. Celine Mascaux | University of Colorado Cancer Center, France. 
    Dr. Meredith Tennis | University of Colorado Denver Health Science Center, United States
    Dr. Luca Toschi | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Italy 
  • 2008:
    Dr. Shantanu Banerji | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Canada 
    Dr. Khaled Hassan | University of Michigan, United States 
    Dr. M. Naomi Horiba | University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, United States 
    Professor Sebahat Ocak | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Belgium 
    Professor Nir Peled | University of Colorado Cancer Center, Israel 
    Mr. Ilse Valencia | UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, United States 
  • 2007:
    Mr. Romulo (Martin) Brena | The Ohio State University, United States
    Dr. Grace Dy | Mayo Clinic-Department of Oncology, United States
    Dr. Tanguy Lim-Seiwert | The University of Chicago, United States
    Dr. David Shames | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
  • 2006:
    Ms. Daniela Basseres | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brazil
    Professor Rafal Dziadziuszko | Poland
    Dr. Hiromichi Ebi | Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
    Mr. David Jackman | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
    Assoc. Professor Thomas John | University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Australia
    Professor Stefano Landi | University of Pisa, Italy
    Dr. Jill Larsen | The Prince Charles Hospital, Australia
    Ms. Elena Levantini | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cente, United States
    Professor Roman Thomas | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, Germany
    Dr. Glen Weiss | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, United States
  • 2005:
    Dr. Jeffrey Engelman | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Applicant), Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Supervisor), United States
    Dr. Ten Hoang | University of Wisconsin Medical School-Madison, Canada
    Mr. Remy Pedeux | Institute Albert Bonniot, INSERM U578 Grenoble France, France
  • 2004:
    Mr. Christopher Lyon | Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, United States
    Dr. Julian Molina | Department of Oncology Mayo Clinic, United States
    Ms. Maria Jose Pajares | University of Navarra, Spain
    Dr. Samir Witta | United States
  • 2003:
    Ms. Federica Gemignani | International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France
  • 2002:
    Mr. Zdravko Kosjerina | Taiwan
  • 2001:
    Dr. Fred Hirsch | University of Colorado Denver, United States
    Mr. Yunfei Wang | United States
  • 2000:
    Dr. Jun Zhang | United States

2023 LCFA/BMS/ILCF Young Investigator Research Grant Recipients

Aparna Sharma

Aparna Sharma, Disparities in Clinical Oncology Research Grant

All India Institute of Medical Sciences
India

Project Title: Genomic Characterization of Young Onset Lung Adenocarcinoma in India (YOLA-I study)

LCFA/BMS/ILCF Young Investigator Research Grant in Translational Immuno-oncology: To support research in translational immuno-oncology undertaken by early-career investigators that aim to improve the care and treatment of individuals with lung cancers. Up to two grants may be given in this funding cycle, and each will be $100,000 per year for up to two years.

  • 2023: 
    Aparna Sharma | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
  • 2022: 
    Dr. Adrian Sacher | Canada
    Dr. Vincent Lam | United States
    Dr. Jon Zugazagoitia | Spain
    Dr. Triparna Sen | United States
  • 2019:
    Dr. Jarushka Naidoo | Johns Hopkins University, United States
    Dr. Daniel Spakowicz | The Ohio State University, United States
  • 2018:
    Katheryn Beckermann | United States
    Dr. Zoltan Lohinai | National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology, Hungary

ILCF John Fisher's Legacy Fellowship Grant

  • 2020: Dr. Robert Smyth | United States
  • 2019: Dr. Tejas Patil | University of Colorado Denver, United States

Lung Ambition Alliance Junior Faculty Research Grant for the Study of COVID-19 and Lung Cancer

  • 2020: Dr. Mattia Boeri | Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Milano, Italy
    Dr. Jun-chieh Tsay | New York University Medical Center, United States
    Dr. Jeremias Sulam | Johns Hopkins Univeristy, United States
    Dr. Amit Kulkarni | University of Minnesota, United States

Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Grant 

  • 2017: Evgeny Izumchenko | Johns Hopkins University, United States
  • 2016: Robin Mjelle | Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Norway

APLCC Fellowship Grant

  • 2016: Dr. Apichat Tantraworasin | Mount Sinai, Thailand
  • 2017: Dr. Piyada Sitthideatphaiboon | Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, United States

LCFA Fellowship Grant

  • 2019 Dr. Daniel Costa | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States
  • 2010: Dr. Jessica Donington | New York University School of Medicine, United States
  • Dr. Geoffrey Liu | Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada

Free ME From Lung Cancer (FMFLC) and ILC Foundation (ILCF) Joint Fellowship Grant for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer 

  • 2018: Dr. Eva Koziolek | UCLA, United States

Boehringer Ingelheim/ILCF Chinese Fellowship Grant

  • 2019: Mrs. Sumei Lu | Ohio State University Medical Center, United States
  • 2017: Professor Deshui Jia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, China
    Dr. Shengxiang (Harry) Ren | University of Colorado, China
  • 2015: Yayi He | University of Colorado, United States
  • 2014: Dr. Xiangkun Han | Shanghai Instites for Biological Sciences, China
  • 2013: Dr. Lulu Yang | Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, China

LCFA/ILCF Lori Monroe Fellowship in Translational Lung Cancer Research Grant

  • 2019: Dr. Haiying Cheng | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
    Dr. Kellie Smith | Johns Hopkins University, United States
  • 2018: Dr. Alice Berger | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
    Dr. Christine Lovly | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, United States
  • 2017: Dr. Carla Martins | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Dr. Kellie Smith | Johns Hopkins University, United States

Prevent Cancer/ILCF Joint Fellowship Grant

  • 2019: Dr. Keshav Raj Paudel | University of Newcastle, Austalia
  • 2018: Dr. Md. Atiqur Rahman | Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), University of Newcastle, Australia
  • 2015: Dr. Valsamo Anagnostou | Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, United States
  • 2013: Dr. Patrick Forde | Johns Hopkins University, United States

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