Research Interests
Head and neck cancer, sarcoma, combined radiation therapy and immunotherapy, PET imaging, primary mouse models of cancer
Selected Grants
Pembroluzimab and Radiation Therapy to Improve Outcome in Localized High-Risk Sarcoma
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by American Association for Cancer Research · 2017 - 2024Employing Novel Primary Mouse Models of Head and Neck Cancer to Overcome Chemoradiation Resistance
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023Evaluating and Targeting Pathways of Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · 2020 - 2023A console for magnetic resonance histology
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2023The Duke Pre-Clinical Research Resources for Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Image-Guided Radiation Therapy System for Small Animals
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022Patient Reported Outcomes and Financial Toxicity in Head and Neck Cancer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Radiation Oncology Institute · 2018 - 2022Preclinical Oxygen Imager to Model Efficient Cancer Treatment
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by O2M Technologies, LLC · 2019 - 2021Dissecting the Interplay between Tumor Mutational Load and the Immune System in Response of Primary Sarcomas to Radiation Therapy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Conquer Cancer Foundation · 2017 - 2018SARC Spore - Bridge Funding
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2017 - 2018Mechanisms that Regulate Sarcoma Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition of PD-1
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2015 - 2017Mechanisms that Regulate Sarcoma Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition of PD-1
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2015 - 2017External Relationships
- Bayer
- Catalys Pacific, LLC
- John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation
- NIH
- UpToDate, Inc
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