Young investigator award grants awarded before 2006

Erin Adams, Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Molecular Recognition Determinants of Gamma Delta T Cell Receptors

Angela Bradbury, M.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Health Behavior and Cancer Control: Parental Disclosure of BRCA Test Results to Young Adults and Minors

Jose Guevara-Patino, M.D., Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Rescuing Adoptively Transferred T Cells after Surgical Excision of Melanoma

Richard Jones, Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
A System-Level Analysis of FGFR and INSR Signaling in Cancer Using Protein Microarrays

David Kovar, Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Mechanisms of Actin Filament Assembly by Formins

Andy Minn, M.D., Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION AND CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Using Experimental Gene Expression Signatures to Develop Clinical Classifiers and to Understand the Biology of Chemoradiation Resistance and Metastasis in Breast Cancer

Angela Stoddart, Ph.D. – 2006 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Determining the Mechanism by Which the CALM-AF10 Fusion Protein Mediates Malignant Transformation: Does Deregulated Endocytosis Contribute to Leukemogenesis?

Hania Al-Hallaq, Ph.D. – 2005 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION & CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Correlating Cu-ATSM Positron Emission Tomography Images of Tumor Hypoxia with Oxygen: Tension Images Measured by Electron Parmagnetic Resonance

Steven Chmura, M.D., Ph.D. – 2005 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION & CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Biological Impact of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy on DNA Damage and Tumor Cell Killing in Human Breast Cancer

Federico Innocenti, M.D., Ph.D. – 2005 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Characterization of the Genetic Variation of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 Gene

Deborah Lang, Ph.D. – 2005 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Melanoma, Benign Melanoycytic Lesions and Pax 3

Kenji Suzuki, Ph.D. – 2005 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, DEPARTMENT OF RADOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Development of an Advanced Computer-Aided Diagnostic System for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer in CT Colonography

Ernst Lengyel, M.D., Ph.D. – 2004 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Role and Regulation of Matrix-Metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 & MMP-9 in Ovarian Cancer

Piers D. Nash, Ph.D. – 2004 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Mapping SH2 Domain Interactions in Normal and Cancerous Cells

Kenan Onel, M.D., Ph.D. – 2004 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric ALL.

Amy Peterson, M.D. – 2004 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Overcoming Resistance to a Primed Anti-Tumor Immune Response

Ioannis Aifantis, Ph.D. – 2003 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Pre-TCR-Induced Alteration of Akt and p53 Activity Results in T cell Transformation and Leukemia

Xiaobing Fan, Ph.D. – 2003 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, DEPARTMENT OF RADOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Using an Empirical Mathematical Model of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI for Improved Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Lucy A. Godley, M.D. – 2003 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Deciphering the Molecular Basis for the DNA Methylation Patterns in Cancer Cells

David Rubin, M.D. – 2003 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, SECTION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND THE MACLEAN CENTER FOR CLINICAL MEDICAL ETHICS, · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Do Patients with Colorectal Cancer Understand that their Family is at Increased Risk?

Bakhtiar Yamini, M.D. – 2003 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Combined TNF-alpha Gene Therapy and Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas

Xiaobing Fan, Ph.D. – 2002 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, DEPARTMENT OF RADOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Use of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI to Differentiate between Rodent Metastatic and Non-Metastatic Prostate Tumors: Comparing Low, Medium and High Molecular Weight Contrast Agents

Barbara L. Kee, Ph.D. – 2002 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Regulation of E2A Proteins by the Phosphatidyl Inositol 3-Kinase Pathway

Hong Ming Shen, Ph.D. – 2002 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Investigation of Mutating T Cells and Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Function

Philippe Cluzel, Ph.D. – 2001 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Non-Genetic Individuality in Bacterial Chemotaxis

Philip P. Connell, M.D. – 2001 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION AND CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Sensitizing Cancer Cells to Chemotherapy and Radiation Using Peptide-Based Inhibitors of DNA Repair

Kay F. Macleod, Ph.D. – 2001 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Molecular Dissection of RB Tumor Suppressor Gene Function in Vivo

Mark D. McKee, M.D. – 2001 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Recognition of CEA-Expressing Tumors by T Cell Receptor Gene-Modified Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes

Olatoyosi M. Odenike, M.D. – 2001 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
A Novel Therapy Based on Inhibition of PDGFR Signaling in Myeloid Metaplasia with Myelofibrosis

Maria-Luisa Alegre, M.D., Ph.D. – 2000 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, RHEUMATOLOGY SECTION, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Role of NF-kB Activation in CTLA4 Signaling.”

John D. Crispino, Ph.D. – 2000 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“The Role of Lmo2 in T-Cell Leukemia.”

Karen M. Frank. M.D., Ph.D. – 2000 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Regulation of DNA Ligase IV in V(D)J Recombination and DNA Repair.”

Tong-Chuan He, M.D., Ph.D. – 2000 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR, MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Identification of Potential Therapeutic Peptides for Human Osteosarcoma.”

S. Diane Yamada, M.D. – 2000 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Evaluation of MKK4 as a Metastasis Suppressor Gene in Ovarian Carcinoma.”

Bruce T. Lahn, Ph.D. – 1999 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GENETICS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Analyzing the Role of Human Y-Chromosomal Genes in Normal Development and Tumorigenesis of Germ Cells”

Suzanne D. Conzen, M.D. – 1999 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Glucocorticoid-Mediated Survival Signaling in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells”

Wouter Hoff, Ph.D. – 1999 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Signal Transduction by a Bacterial Photoreceptor”

Jonathan P. Staley, Ph.D. – 1999 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“The Role of an ATPase in 5′ Splice Site Recognition”

Carl C. Correll, Ph.D. – 1998 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
RNA Substrate Recognition by the Ribosome-Inactivating Protein, Restrictocin

Wei Du, Ph.D. – 1998 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY, BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
su98, A Gene Required for the Cell Cycle Function of RBF

Guido Franzoso, M.D., Ph.D. – 1998 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Regulation of Apoptosis by NFkB/Rel Transcription Factors

Lalitha Iyer, Ph.D. – 1998 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Increased Intratumoral UGT1A Enzyme Activity as a Mechanism of Resistance to SN-38 in Colon Carcinoma and its Relationship with UGT1A1 Promoter Polymorphism

Michael J. Thirman, M.D. – 1998 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Analysis of the EAF1 and EAF2 Proteins in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Tobin R. Sosnick, Ph.D. – 1997 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Kinetic Studies of RNA Folding: Implications for Ribozymal-Based Gene Therapy

Janis Burkhardt, Ph.D. – 1997 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Cytoskeletal Polarization During T Cell Signaling: Targeting the Immune Response at the Single Cell Level.”

Paul R. Mueller, Ph.D. – 1997 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Isolation and Analysis of Cell Cycle Checkpoint and Arrest Factors

Judith Austin, Ph.D. – 1996 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Role of Spectrin in Call Adhesion and Cytoskeletal Reorganization During Morphogenesis of the C. elegams Embryo

Stephen J. Kron, M.D. Ph.D. – 1996 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Genetic Dissection if the Cell Cycle in Budding Yeast Filamentous Development

Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D. – 1996 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SECTION OF CARDIOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Raf-1 and the Regulation of Mitosis

Alex O. Morla, Ph.D. – 1996 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Characterization of Cell Interactions with Fibrillar Fibronectin and Identification of a pp125 FAK-Related Protein that is Stimulated Upon Cell Adhesion to Fibrillar Fibronectin

Walter M. Stadler, M.D. – 1996 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Role if p16 in Human Urothelial Cell Senescence and Bladder Cancer Oncogenesis

Jerome I. Dickstein, M. D., Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Role of BCL3 and BCL-3-NF-kB-Complexes in Leukemogenesis

Benjamin Glick, Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Molecular Analysis of the Organization of the Golgi Apparatus

Xiaochuan Pan, Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Improved SPECT Imaging for Accurate Cancer Detection in the Brain

Carrie Rinker-Schaeffer, Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Functional Identification of Genes Which Suppress Prostate Cancer Metastasis

Wei-Jen Tang, Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Domain Organization of Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclase

Chyung-Ru Wang, Ph.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Roles of CD-1 in Cell-Mediated Immunity

Kevin Barton, M.D. – 1995 Young Investigator Award
FELLOW, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Gene Targeting of the Ets-Related Gene Elf-1

Wei Li, Ph.D. – 1994 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE BEN MAY INSTITUTE , DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Identification and Characterization of CSF-1 Receptor-Tyr809-Binding Protein: the Crucial Downstream Effector for Mitogenesis

Tao Pan, Ph.D. – 1994 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Target Recognition by a Cellular Ribozyme

M. Lisa Yaremko, M.D. – 1994 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, LABORATORY OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Molecular Genetics of Breast Tumor Progression: Breast Cancer and Precancerous Breast Disease

Douglas Bishop, Ph.D. – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION AND CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“The Role of Yeast Dmc1 in DNA Repair and Cell Cycle Control”

Peter H. Domer, M.D. – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Molecular Analysis of the Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia Associated

J. Eric Gouaux, Ph.D. – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Structural Basis for the oncogenic Activity of G-Protein Coupled Receptors: X-Ray Structure Determination of Rhodopsin”

Robert McCarroll, Ph.D. – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION AND CELLULAR ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Repression of Mitotic Division during Meiotic Development”

M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D. – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENTS OF MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Role of the Spi-1 Proto-Oncogene in Myeloid Cell Development and Gene Expression”

Aaron Turkewitz, Ph.D – 1993 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Fusion of Membrane-Bound Dense Core Granules”

Pamela S. Diaz, M.D. – 1992 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Immunity and Protection from Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1”

Edwin L. Ferguson, Jr., Ph.D. – 1992 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Pattern Development of the Dorsal-Ventral Axis in Drosophila Embryo”

Richard L. Moldwin, M.D., Ph.D. – 1992 Young Investigator Award
FELLOW, SECTION OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Hematopoietic Totipotent Stem Cell Replication”

Stephen A. Adam, Ph.D. – 1992 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF CELL, MOLECULAR AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Functional Analysis of a Receptor for Nuclear Protein Import”

Charles L. Baum, M.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Characterization of Protein Kinase C and Oncogene Expression in the 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine Model of Colon Carcinogenesis”

Oscar R. Colamonici, M.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Cloning of the Alpha Subunit of the Interferon Alpha Receptor”

Olufunmilayo I. Falusi-Olopade, M.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
FELLOW, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Molecular Analysis of Interferon Gene Deletions in Lung Cancers”

Mark W. Hochstrasser, Ph.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Interaction of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and HPV E6 Proteins and p53 Degradation

Mark Q. Martindale, Ph.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Isolation of Stage-Specific Stem Cell Regulatory Elements”

Edgar F. Salazar-Grueso, M.D. – 1991 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“HTLV-1 in the Human (HU)-PBL Severe Combined Immunodeficient (SCID) Mouse

Robert E. Geller, M.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Syngeneic Graft-versus-Host Disease and its Potential Graft-vs-Leukemia/Tumor Role in Eradication of Minimal Residual Disease following Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation”

Daniel E. Gottschling, Ph.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR GENETICS & CELL BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Understanding a Fundamental Element of Oncogenesis: the Mechanism and

Nissim Hay, Ph.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
VISITING PROFESSOR, BEN MAY INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Regulation of the Human c-myc Gene Expression”

Laurie Hudson, Ph.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Molecular Biology of Epidermal Cell Differentiation”

Daniel B. Rukstalis, M.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SECTION OF UROLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Deletion Mapping of the 4c11 Locus on Chromosome 6p in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Andrea Sant, Ph.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Molecular and Cellular Models of Tumor Antigen Presentation”

Nava Segev, Ph.D. – 1990 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Molecular Analysis of the Small GTP-Binding Y pt1 Protein”

Robert S. Becker, Ph.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
“Molecular Genetic Analysis of Rabbit VDJ Rearrangements”

Christopher A. Bradfield, Ph.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Awards
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“Molecular Cloning of the Ah-Receptor”

Settara Chandrasekharappa, Ph.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Newer Techniques for the Identification of Cancer-Related Genes by Reverse Genetics

Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BEN MAY INSTITUTE AND SURGERY/UROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Androgen Receptors and Prostate Cancer”

Loren Joseph, M.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Identification and Cloning of Anti-Proliferation Genes”

Michael D. Weil, M.D. – 1989 Young Investigator Award
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, DEPARTMENTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Physical Mapping of the Human Genome with Rare Cleavage Methods”

Alan M. Diamond, Ph.D. – 1988 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“To Clone Genes that Repair Gamma-Induced DNA Damage and Understand Mechanisms of Action of Gene Products that Repair Gamma-Induced DNA

Alexander Hantel, M.D. – 1988 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
“Glutathione Transferases and Resistance to Melphalan in Colon Cancer Cell Lines”

Anand P. Iyer, Ph.D. – 1988 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SECTION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY · RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE’S
Role of Met Gene in Normal Growth and Development and in Tumorigenesis”

Karen Kaul, M.D., Ph.D. – 1988 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“The Interaction of Growth Factors and Oncogenes in Placenta and Choriocarcinoma: Regulation of Trophoblast Proliferation”

Jeffrey L. Schwartz, Ph.D. – 1988 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Molecular Basis for Radiation/Cisplatin Cross-Resistance in Human Tumors”

Eugene B. Chang, M.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Regulation and Restoration of Normal Colonic Mucosal Growth and Maturation: Potential Implications in the Prevention of Cancer in Patients with Chronic Ulcerative Colitis”

Nicholas O. Davidson, M.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Regulation and Restoration of Normal Colonic Mucosal Growth and Maturation: Potential Implications in the Prevention of Cancer in Patients with Chronic Ulcerative Colitis”

Robert G. Croy, Ph.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
“A Genetic Approach to Identify Cellular Factors Controlling Messenger RNA Degradation

Michael McClelland, Ph.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Unique Sequence Libraries and a Physical Map of Chromosome 22”

Michael D. Sitrin, M.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency on Colonocyte Biochemistry and Dimethylhydrazine Induced Colon Carcinogenesis”

Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, Ph.D. – 1987 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Development of In Vitro Systems for Adenylate Cyclase and Inositolphospholipid Turnover Modulated by Ras Proteins”

Stephen P. Ackland, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
FELLOW, MICHAEL REESE-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO JOINT SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY , · MICHAEL REESE
“In Vitro Investigation of Potential Synergy Between Bromodeoxyuridine and Cisplatin”

Richard L. Schilsky, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MICHAEL REESE-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO JOINT SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY , · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“In Vitro Investigation of Potential Synergy Between Bromodeoxyuridine and Cisplatin”

Gerald W. Chodak, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Detection of Bladder and Kidney Cancer by Angiogenic-Like Factors in Urine”

Ediz Ezdinli, M.D – 1986 Young Investigator Award
CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · CHICAGO MEDICAL SCHOOL
“Development of Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies in Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome”

Wilbur A. Franklin, M.D. 1986 – Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Support to participate in the Third International Workshop on Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens

Elaine V. Fuchs, Ph.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENTS OF MOLECULAR GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY, AND BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Biochemical Analysis of Abnormal Differentiation in the Epidermis of Patients with Skin Cancers and Genetic Skin Diseases”

Haim Gamliel, Ph.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Immuno-Ultrastructural Studies of Interferon Treated Leukemic Cells”

Stephen B. Hanauer, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“The Course and Significance of Dysplasia in Chronic Ulcerative Colitis: an Historical Cohort Study”

Bret A. Lashner, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GASTROENTEROLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“The Course and Significance of Dysplasia in Chronic Ulcerative Colitis: an Historical Cohort Study”

Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Nuclear DNA in Colorectal Cancer”

Michael Press, M.D., Ph.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“Immunochemical Studies of the Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus, Type 1”

Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
“Immunochemical Studies of the Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus, Type 1”

Jacob Rotmensch, M.D. – 1986 Young Investigator Award
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
“To Develop a Novel Form of Therapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer”

Bernice goldblatt fellow past grants

Tim Fessenden 2010 – 2011 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2010 – 2011 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Wesley Jun – 2009-2010 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
BA IN CHEMISTRY, BS IN BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
2009 – 2010 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Samuel Baker – 2008-2009 Bernice Goldblatt Scholar
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY · BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
2008 – 2009 Bernice Goldblatt Scholar

Tanmayi Mankame – 2007-2008 Bernice Goldblatt Scholar
MASTERS DEGREE IN GENETICS · TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY
2007 – 2008 Bernice Goldblatt Scholar

Daniel Rabe 2011 – 2012 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2011 – 2012 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Ayelet S. Sivan 2011 – 2012 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2011 – 2012 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Chika Nwachukwu 2006 – 2007 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2006 – 2007 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Danielle Glick 2005 – 2006 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2005 – 2006 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Wenjun Xiong 2004 – 2005 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2004 – 2005 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Bernard A. Liu 2003 – 2004 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2003 -2004 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Rebecca Anne Conkling 2002 – 2003 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2002 – 2003 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Erin Eve O’Neill 2001 – 2002 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2001 – 2002 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Cindy Leung Tsao 2000 – 2001 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
2000 – 2001 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Paula Jill Hurley 1999 – 2000 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
1999 – 2000 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Alec E. Vaezi 1998 -1999 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
1998 -1999 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow

Rachel Elizabeth Minn 1997 – 1998 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow
1997 – 1998 Bernice Goldblatt Fellow