Selected Grants
Epigenetic Programming of T Cells for Enhanced Cellular Immunotherapy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2024 - 2029Role of mregDC-PCSK9-mediated Inhibition of DC Antigen Cross-Presentation in Tumor Immunotherapy Resistance
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by V Foundation for Cancer Research · 2024 - 2027Novel roles of PCSK9 in regulating the tumor immune microenvironment during radiotherapy
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027Targeting the tumor microenvironment to enhance immunotherapy for SCLC
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2025 - 2027Investigating the impact of intratumoral PCSK9 on antigen presentation in NSCLC
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2025 - 2026Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026CAR-T cells targeting citrullinated vimentin in cancer and tumor-promoting cells in NSCLC
FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2025 - 2026Process Development Grant for Gamm-delta T-cells
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by AABB Foundation · 2025 - 2026Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH).
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026Phase Ib Study of MEM-288 Oncolytic Virus in Combination with Nivolumab in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation · 2023 - 2026Epigenetic Engineering of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Yosemite · 2025 - 2025Transcriptome profiling of functional anti-tumor B cells in patients with non-small cell lung cancer for identification of therapeutic antibody candidates
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2025 - 2025Investigating the Role of a Novel Dendritic Cell Subset within Sentinel Lymph Node Tissues in Immune Evasion and Melanomagenesis
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2025Clinical Biomarker Study of the Tumor NLRP3 Inflammasome and its Role in Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy Resistance
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Conquer Cancer Foundation · 2021 - 2025Anti-PD1 in combination with an inhibitor of PCSK9 to increase MHC class I molecule expression on tumor cells as immunotherapy for NSCLC
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2025Nektar PROPEL
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nektar Therapeutics · 2020 - 2024Discovering Novel Tumor-Reactive Antibodies in Pembrolizumab-Treated NSCLC
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2023 - 2023Eco-Evolutionary dynamics of NSCLC to immunotherapy: Response and Resistance
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · 2019 - 2023Use of an oncolytic adenovirus to promote anti-tumor T-cell responses in ovarian cancer
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Foundation for Women's Cancer · 2022 - 2023T32 UNC - Duke Immunotherapy Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2022Evaluating the Impact of PCSK9 on the Composition of the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment and Treatment Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in NSCLC
FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2021 - 2022Identifying Epigenetic Biomarkers that Predict Response to Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina · 2020 - 2022Anonymous Donation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Anonymous Trust · 2020 - 2022Targeting Immunosuppressive Cancer Associated Fibroblasts and Immune Checkpoints in NSCLC
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · 2019 - 2022Tumor Infiltrating lymphocyte adoptive T cell therapy for NSCLC
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute · 2019 - 2021CA191146: Long-acting PEG-like conjugates of an immune checkpoint inhibitor and a selective cytokine for combination immunotherapy
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2020 - 2021A PHASE 1/2, OPEN-LABEL, MULTICENTER STUDY OF THE COMBINATION OF NKTR-214 AND NIVOLUMAB OR THE COMBINATION OF NKTR-214, NIVOLUMAB, AND OTHER ANTI-CANCER THERAPIES IN PATIENTS WITH SELECT LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC SOLID TUMOR MALIGNANCIES
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nektar Therapeutics · 2019 - 2020External Relationships
- Achilles Therapeutics
- Cellepus Therapeutics
- Guardian Bio
- Immutep
- Leap Therapeutics
- Memgen
- RAPT Biotherapeutics
- Shoreline
- Tubulis
- Xilis, Inc
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