New Tumor Section Research Grants in Partnership with NREF and Nonprofit Organizations

Costas G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, FAANS | September, 2021

The Tumor Section has forged new relationships with two nonprofit organizations that have now provided $250,000 in brain tumor research grant funding to NREF applicants since 2020. The Tumor Section in partnership with the brain tumor nonprofit organizations, StacheStrong and the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF), provided research grant funding to three new NREF (total of $150,000) proposals in 2021 dedicated to cutting edge brain tumor research. StacheStrong is a 501(c)3 not for profit charity focused on raising funds and awareness for brain cancer research. SBTF is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for brain tumor patients and their families and to raise funds for brain tumor research so that a cure can be found. Both nonprofits have committed to funding high-scoring NREF brain tumor proposals on behalf of the Tumor Section moving forward.

 

 

 

Please join me in congratulating the 2021 Tumor Section research grant award winners below.

The StacheStrong Foundation and NREF Research Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors
(2 awards for $50,000 each)

Dr. Jacob Steward Young, a neurosurgery resident from UCSF, was awarded the StacheStrong Foundation and NREF Research Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors for his proposal entitled “In Vivo Gene Screening and Transcriptome Editing with Retroviral-Delivered CRISPR-Cas for the Treatment of Glioblastoma.” He will be completing his research at UCSF under the mentorship of Dr. Manish Aghi.

Dr. Daniel Eichberg, a neurosurgery resident from the University of Miami, was awarded the StacheStrong Foundation and NREF Research Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors for his proposal entitled “Investigating the Role of CD97/ADGRE5 Receptor in Glioblastoma Invasion and its Mechanism of Action in the Brain.” He will be completing his research at the University of Miami under the mentorship of Drs. Michael Ivan and Nagy Ayad.

The Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) and NREF Research Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors
(1 award for $50,000)

Dr. Justin Wang, a neurosurgery resident at the University of Toronto, was awarded the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation and NREF Research Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors for his proposal entitled “Establishing the utility of plasma-based liquid biopsies in meningiomas using cell-free methylated DNA immunoprecipitation with deep sequencing.” His research mentor is Dr. Gelareh Zadeh from the Dept. of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto.