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Pilot Grants Announced

2002 Pilot Grants Announced

Women’s Health Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine 
Announces Pilot Grant Opportunities
Request for Research Proposals - Breast Cancer and the Environment
Submission deadline: April 19, 2002 
Funding Start Date: May 15, 2002
These pilot grants are co-sponsored by the UC Women’s Health Program and Breast Cancer Angels, Inc. - a non-profit, volunteer organization that raises funds to support breast cancer research.
RFP (pdf)
Cover Letter (pdf)

2001 Pilot Grant Awards

The Women's Health Program and The Barrett Cancer Center announced a second  round of pilot grant proposals in women's cancers. Research was sought in basic, translational, or clinical research including epidemiology and outcomes. All proposals that addressed the prevention, causation, diagnosis or treatment of women’s cancers were given serious consideration although proposals that addressed the role environmental factors may play in the development of women’s cancers and interdisciplinary proposals were given extra weight. Any medical center faculty was eligible to apply. The $50,000 was divided between three winners in April 2001:

Pankaj Desai, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, for "Molecular Mechanisms for Increasing CYP3A4 Expression by Taxanes"

Shiuh-Wen Luoh, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology for "HER-2/Neu Amplification in Breast Cancer: Who is the Driver?"

Elizabeth Shaughnessy, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Surgery, for "Nuclear Receptor Coactivator E6AP in Breast Tumorigenesis."

Pilot Grants Awarded in 1999

Four UC researchers were awarded grants as a result of the 1999 Request for Proposals in Research on Breast Cancer and the Environment, our first annual Women's Health Pilot Grant Program. All proposals addressing breast cancer were given serious consideration although we particularly encouraged proposals that addressed the role environmental factors may play in the causation of breast cancer. These grants were co-sponsored by UC Women’s Health Program and The Barrett Cancer Center. Funds were made available to the Women’s Health Program from the UC Adele Noyes Thomson Fund for Women’s Health.

Nira Ben-Jonathan, PhD, Cell Biology, award of $24,750 for "Suppression of Breast Cancer Metastases by Anti-Angiogenic Factors."
Joanna Groden, PhD, Molecular Genetics, award of $23,071 for "Characterization of APC Function in the Mouse Mammary Gland."
Giovanni Pauletti, PhD, Pharmacy, award of $24,896 for "Effective Chemotherapy of Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer Cells."
Nelson Horseman, PhD, Molecular and Cell Physiology, award of $22,257 for "Interactions of Prolactin and TGF-B in Breast Maturation.