2008 Era of Hope Highlights
Dr. Eric Ariazi
Fox Chase Cancer Center
A new therapeutic paradigm for breast cancer exploiting low dose estrogen-induced apoptosis
Dr. Edward Brown
University of Rochester
Angiogenic signaling in living breast tumor models
Shirley Brown
Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivors' Support Project
A consumer reviewer's perspective on the BCRP
Dr. Karen Burg
Clemson University
3-D test systems: new tools for unlocking the mysteries of breast cancer
Dr. Qiuyin Cai
Vanderbilt University
Association studies of regional genome scan to identify breast cancer susceptibility genes
Diana Chingos
Young Survival Coalition
A consumer reviewer's perspective on the BCRP and participating in a BCRP Center of Excellence Award
Dr. Albert Cunningham
University of Louisville
A novel approach for the identification of pharmacophores through differential toxicity analysis of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer cells
Dr. Rebekah Drezek
Rice University
Nanotechnology-enabled optical imaging: A powerful new approach to imaging breast cancer
Dr. Stephen Elledge
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Genomic approaches for detection and treatment of breast cancer
Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed
University of Michigan
"Smart" polymeric carriers for enhanced antisense breast cancer therapy
Dr. Joe Gray
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Novel strategies for early detection of metastasis-prone breast cancers
Dr. Chi-Chen Hong
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Determinants of weight gain in women with early-stage breast cancer
Dr. V. Craig Jordan
Fox Chase Cancer Center
A new therapeutic paradigm for breast cancer exploiting low dose estrogen-induced apoptosis
Dr. Thomas Kieber-Emmons
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Preventing breast cancer recurrence with a carbohydrate mimicking peptide vaccine
Dr. Wende Kozlow
University of Virginia
Effects of high bone turnover on breast cancer metastasis to bone
Dr. Yi Li
Baylor College of Medicine
Discovering responses of individual mammary cells to oncogenic mutation
Dr. Ruth Lupu
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute
Interaction between Cyr61 and alphaVbeta3 in breast cancer: role in taxane resistance
Dr. Malcolm Pike
University of Southern California
Investigating the protective effect of early first birth and the role of mammographic density in breast cancer risk
Dr. Kornelia Polyak
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Epigenetic regulation of normal mammary epithelial stem cell function and differentiation
Dr. Gershon Peltz and Dr. Maureen Sanderson
University of Texas at Brownsville
HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award: Interrelationships of hormones, diet, body size, and breast cancer among Hispanic women
Joy Simha
Young Survival Coalition
A consumer reviewer's perspective on the BCRP
Dr. Pepper Schedin
University of Colorado Health Science Center
Pregnancy-associated breast cancer
Mary Lou Smith
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
A consumer reviewer's perspective on the BCRP
Dr. Jaydutt Vadgama
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine/UCLA
HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award: Delineating tumor subtypes in African American and Latina women with breast cancer
Dr. Savio Woo
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Novel immune-modulatory combination therapy for metastatic breast cancer