Selected Grants
Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for Surgeons
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029Utilizing nucleic acid scavengers to elucidate how DNA/RNA-containing DAMPs promote pancreatic cancer metastasis and to mitigate such processes
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Epigenetic Programming of T Cells for Enhanced Cellular Immunotherapy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029A single shot therapy will accelerate the elimination of breast cancer
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2024 - 2028Innate Antiviral Signals for Cancer Immunotherapy
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2018 - 2028Resolving Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Recombinant Poliovirus Immunotherapy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027Elucidating and mitigating the effects of Damage Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) released following severe traumatic injury.
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2026Beyond tumor staging: measuring immune status at initial diagnosis to detect and prevent melanoma recurrence
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2023 - 2026The frequency and function of Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells regulates the melanoma tumor microenvironment
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Synergestic microglial activation and tumor cell killing for improved GBM response
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2021 - 2025Training Program in Bioinformatics at the Intersection of Cancer Immunology and Microbiome
ResearchTraining Faculty · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025PVSRIPO in melanoma
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2020 - 2025Regional Oncolytic Poliovirus Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2024Molecular and Immunologic Characterization of In-Transit Melanoma
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Melanoma Research Alliance · 2021 - 2024Plasmonic nanoparticle-mediated immunotherapy to treat metastatic cancer
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Enhancing immunotherapy by triggering ferroptosis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2024BATF3+ Dendritic Cells for the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2022Translational Research in Surgical Oncology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2022Oncolytic Polovirus, Immunotoxin, and Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy of Gliomas
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2022Mitigating inflammation using nucleic acid scavengers to prevent breast cancer metastasis
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Center · 2020 - 2022Is Low Tumor Mutational Burden Predictive of Response to Oncolytic Polio Virus Therapy in Recurrent Glioblastoma?
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022CCL3 as a Developmental Therapeutic to Enhance Brain Tumor Therapy
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021Utilizing intranasal immunization to induce a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response and reduce metastatic burden in the lung
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 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 - 2021Utilizing Nucleic Acid Binding Polymers to Ameliorate Inflammation-driven Metastatic Progression in Breast Cancer
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021Cancer Immunotherapy Through Intratumoral Activation of Recall Responses
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021Targeting DAMP-induced inflammation to prevent metastasis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020Therapeutic targeting of B7-H3 to reverse prostate cancer treatment resistance.
ResearchPartnering PI · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020Therapeutic Targeting of B7-H3 to Reverse Prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020Melanoma-mediated Dendritic Cell Tolerization and Immune Evasion
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020Metabolic Reprogramming of Dendritic Cell-based Cancer Vaccines to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy · 2016 - 20203D Biology Signatures defined by Nanostring Max System
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2018 - 2019Brain Tumor Targeting Using Tumor-Specific Neuroimmunology
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018A clinically-relevant anti-CD27 agonist antibody as a vaccine adjuvant for brain tumor immunotherapy
FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017Novel Immune Modulating Cellular Vaccine for Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2013 - 2017Enhancing dendritic cell migration to drive potent anti-tumor immune responses
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2017Using Aptamer Coated Nanoparticles Encapsulating Prostate Tumor Antigen Encoding mRNA to Target Dendritic Cells In Vivo
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2012 - 2015RNA aptamers as cell surface receptor agonists and siRNA delivery agents
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014Cancer Immunotherapy w/In-Situ Maturated Dendritic cells
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2007Cancer Immunotherapy Targeting Endothelial Antigens
ResearchClinical Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2006Tumor RNA Transfected Dendritic Cell Vaccines
ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2005Immunotherapy With Peptide Pulsed Dendritic Cells
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1999External Relationships
- Istari Oncology
- NanoVenari Technologies LLC
- Vimana Inc
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