Scholars@Duke
Stephen Xavier Skapek

Stephen Xavier Skapek

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Transplant and Cellular Therapy

Selected Grants

Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2025 - 2030

Reversibly altering MYOD1 splicing to boost skeletal muscle regeneration in muscular dystrophy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2026 - 2028

Evaluation of FANCM as a specific dependency in PAX3::FOXO1 rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hyundai Hope on Wheels · 2025 - 2027

Liquid biopsy approaches to inform neuroblastoma prognosis and disease monitoring

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Chicago · 2024 - 2027

COG Biospecimen Bank to Support

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2024 - 2027

A multi-pronged approach to pediatric cancer: research, psychosocial and neuropsychological support

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hyundai Hope on Wheels · 2026 - 2026

Support for Committee Members of the APC- COG Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trial Network (PEPCTN)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Children's Oncology Group Foundation · 2024 - 2026

Nominating vulnerabilities in fusion oncoprotein-driven rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

COG NCTN Scientific Council

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Public Health Institute · 2025 - 2026

COG Committee Leadership ITSC Solid Committee AR79666

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Public Health Institute · 2024 - 2026

COG Committee Leadership AR73171

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Public Health Institute · 2024 - 2025