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.