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Selected Grants


The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Identifying and exploiting therapeutic vulnerabilities of tumor-host interactions that drive bone-to-meninges breast cancer metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026

R01 Defining and targeting a novel pathway for central nervous system leptomeningeal metastasis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

R21 Novel use of PI3K inhibition to prevent recurrence of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

A DUAL ROLE OF INTEGRIN ALPHA-3 IN BREAST CANCER CNS METASTASIS & CHEMORESISTANCE (F31)

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Defining the Rules of Breast Cancer Cell Traffic Through Bone

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Targeting Dormant Breast Cancer Micrometastases to Prevent Disease Relapse

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2019 - 2022

Studying the Effects of Combined E-selectin and CXCR4 Inhibition on Breast Cancer Cell Immune Recognition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlycoMimetics, Inc · 2020 - 2021

Targeting sphingosine kinase 2 for the treatment of multiple myeloma

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

Role of Osteopontin in Induction of Leukemia Dormancy in the Bone Marrow

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2014 - 2018

Investigation of PI3Kdelta inhibitor activity in mouse xenograft models of pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. · 2016 - 2017

Investigation of CX-01 in InVitro Pre-Clinical Models of Leukemia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2015 - 2016

Regulation of Leukemia Cell Dormancy by the Bone Marrow Microenvironment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation · 2014 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Deerfield Institute

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