what we do - grants
Making Headway is proud to provide grant funding for the following five pediatric brain tumor research projects presently underway at the New York University School of Medicine. Funding is for a two-year period and totals $580,000.

David Zagzag, MD - $160,000
“Hypoxia-Induced CXCR4 Functions as Potential Clinical Targets in Pediatric Brain Tumors”

Howard Weiner, MD - $100,000
“Sonic Hedgehog Pathway Mutations in Medulloblastoma”

Daniel Turnbull, PhD - $100,000
“Micro-MRI of Mouse Medulloblastoma Progression and Response to Therapy”

David O’Neill, MD - $160,000
“Feasibility of Active Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors Using Dendritic Cells Transfected with Messenger RNA Amplified from Tumor Cells”

Lawrence Gardner, MD - $70,000
“Role of ID-1 in Hypoxia Proliferation and Differentiation of Neuroblastoma”

To learn more about our investigators’ projects and Making Headway’s commitment to research, call us at (914) 238-8384 or e-mail us at info@makingheadway.org.