Cancer Innovation Pilot Grant Awardees for 2023
The Cancer Innovation Pilot Grants provide research funding to support the career development of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees and early-career faculty. These grants are evaluated via a competitive peer-review process in the NIH style.
This year we had a record number of applications and of very high quality. Please join us in congratulating the 2023-2024 Cancer Innovation Pilot Grant Awardees (pictured below).
Ilango Balakrishnan, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Project: Development of novel Dual recombinant CD99/B7-H3 immunotoxins against DIPG, a fatal brain tumor in children
Catherine Danis, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mentor: M Eric Kohler, PhD
Project: Evaluating the impact of restoring LAT signaling on CAR T cell metabolism
Bridget Hoag
Pre-doctoral Student, Cancer Biology
Mentor: James DeGregori, PhD
Project: Exploring Aging Dependent Adaptations of Splicing Factor Mutations Using Base Editing
Brittany Gomez
Pre-Doctoral Student, Immunology
Co-Mentors: Linda van Dyk, PhD and Eric Clambey, PhD
Project: Investigating the properties and susceptibility of virus-associated lymphomas
Gabriella Albert, PhD
Candidate, Immunology
Mentor: Eduardo Davila, PhD
Project: Investigating the role of transcriptional regulators of "stemness" on CD8 T cell exhaustion to improve the efficacy and durability of immunotherapies for cancer