2013 Awardees 

Amy-Lee Bredlau, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology
Valproic Acid in Combination for Treatment of Pediatric Cancers

Hiu Wing Cheung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Elucidating the Role of Co-amplified GAB2 and IKBKB Oncogenes in Ovarian Cancer
 
Bei Liu, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Determine the Roles of gp96 in Regulating Multiple Myeloma
 
Meenal Mehrotra, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Establishing the Osteosarcoma Microenvironment
 
Chrystal Paulos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Defining the Role of ICOS Co-Stimulation in Potent Th17-cell Mediated Tumor Immunity
 
Elizabeth Santa Ana, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences
Impact of Group Motivational Interviewing on Enhancing Treatment Engagement for Homeless Veterans with Nicotine Dependence and other Substance Use Disorders: A Pilot Investigation

2012 Awardees

C. James Chou, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
Novel HDAC6/Hsp90 complex inhibitors as potential anti-AML agents

Tilman Heise, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Functional analysis of a novel domain of the RNA binding protein La in cyclin D1 IRES-mediated translation and cell proliferation of cancerous cells

Meenal Mehrotra, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Role of hematopoietic stem cells in establishing the osteosarcoma microenvironment

Jin Song, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mechanism of action and exploitation of pim kinase inhibitor for NSCLC therapy

Stefka Spassieva, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Role of ceramide synthase 2 in sensitization to paclitaxel

Marina Zemskova, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Role of PIM1 oncogene in stromal-epithelium crosstalk for promotion of prostate cancer


2011 Awardees

Chadrick E. Denlinger, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
miR‐200 Induces Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition in Human Lung Cancers

Yubin Kang, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Exploring Beta2-adrenergic Receptor in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Natalia Oleinik, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Regulation of Cancer Motility by Folate Pathways

Yuri Peterson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
Pharmacologic Targeting of Gi-alpha and the gip Oncogene in Ovarian Cancer

Leah Siskind, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
Targeting Ceramide Generation for the Development of Novel Cancer Therapeutics

Katherine Sterba, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Laying the Foundation for Healthy Survivorship in Diverse South Carolina Breast Cancer Survivors

2010 Awardees

Victoria Findlay, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Role of MicroRNA 510 in Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis

Emily Kistner-Griffin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Exploring Cancer Pathways Using Ensembles of Treebased Classifiers

Leah Siskind, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Targeting BAK Regulation of Ceramide Synthases for the Development of Novel Cancer Therapeutics

David Turner, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
ETS1 Expression as a Mechanism Mediating the Hormone Refractory Phenotype in Prostate Cancer

Kristin Wallace, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Race, Pathologic Biomarkers, and Survival in Advanced Stage Colorectal Cancer

2009 Awardees

Ramsay Camp, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Targeting the E-cadherin Transcriptional Repressor Snail to Enhance Chemosensitivity in Colorectal Cancer

Bidyut Mohanty, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mechanism of Action of Sphingolipid Pathway Genes in the Maintenance of Genome Stability

Omar Moussa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Thromboxane A2 Receptor (TP) Antagonists as adjuvant to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer

Yong Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Role of microRNA-155 in Cellular Senescence and Lung Carcinogenesis

Yuxun Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
University of South Carolina
College of Pharmacy
Role of Rpal Mutation in Genetic Instability and Cancer

2008 Awardees

Nestor F. Esnaola, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Race and Patient-Related Factors Underlying Willingness to Undergo Surgery for Lung Cancer

Monika Gooz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology
Role of TACE and Integrins in H. Pylori-Induced Gastric Carcinogenesis

Chiara Luberto, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Role of Mammalian Sphingomyelin Synthase in the Regulation of NF-kB and Cell Transformation

Campbell McInnes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
University of South Carolina
College of Pharmacy
Discovery of Inhibitors of the Polo-Box Domain of Plk1 Using REPLACE

Yi Zhang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology
Adoptive Therapy of HCV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2007 Awardees

Lauren Ball, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Regulation of Growth Factor Signaling by O-GlcNAc Glycosylation: Characterization of O-GlcNAc Modification of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 (IRS-1) and ?-catenin

Matthew Carpenter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Translating Advances in Smoking Cessation into Public Health Impact: Identification of Individual-Level Barriers to NRT

Amanda C. LaRue, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Chemokine Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Derived Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes and Fibroblasts in the Establishment of Melanoma Stroma

Chiara Luberto, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Role of Mammalian Sphingomyelin Synthase in the Regulation of NF-kB and Cell Transformation

W. Jim Zheng, PhD, MS
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology
Computational Analysis of Gene Regulation in Cancer Specific Gene Modules