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HRSB Research Support | New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Click here for tips on managing graphics and file sizes submitted with your RFA or RFP. Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects (Round 8) This RFA has been withdrawn.

Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects (Round 7) Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Jun Chung, PhD Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook $358,510 Chemically modified tumor suppressing micro-RNA as a novel therapeutic option for Triple Negative Breast Cancers Margarida M.

Barroso, PhD Albany Medical College $364,999 Bioprinting of histology-grade breast tumor mimics for personalized drug screening Jun Lin, MD, PhD Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook $360,000 Effect of general anesthetics and adjuvant therapy on brain metastasis of breast cancers Patricia S. Brown Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Education Research Projects (Round 9) This RFA has been withdrawn. Patricia S.

Brown Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Education Research Projects (Round 8) The HRSB voted on the only application received for this funding opportunity, but it did not pass, and no award was provided Healthcare Practitioner Breast Cancer Education Research Projects (Round 4) No applications were received for this funding opportunity and the RFA has been withdrawn.

Healthcare Practitioner Breast Cancer Education Research Projects (Round 5) No applications were received for this funding opportunity and the RFA has been withdrawn. Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects RFA (Round 6).

These projects are two-year awards. Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Brian Brown, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $360,000 Identifying Regulators of Breast Cancer Immunity Through Pro-Code/CRISPR Genomics Angel T.

Chan, MD, PhD Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research $360,000 Trastuzumab-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Genomic and Cellular Signatures in Patient Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes from Breast Cancer Survivors Gregory David, PhD New York University School of Medicine $360,000 Targeting the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype as an Adjuvant Therapy to Prevent Breast Cancer Progression Amr Ghaleb, PhD Stony Brook University $312,112 Centrosome Clustering as a Survival Mechanism Driven by Mutant p53 in Breast Cancer Hanna Y.

Irie, MD, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $359,846 A Novel Approach to Overcoming Endocrine Therapy Resistance of ER+ Breast Cancer Cells Jose Silva, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $360,000 Dissecting the Role of miR-424(322)/503 in Stem Cell Control and Pregnancy Associated Tumors Jamilia R.

Sly, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $360,000 Developing a Culturally Adapted Education Program to Increase African Immigrants' Breast Cancer Screening Brent R. Stockwell, PhD Columbia University $359,453 Discovery of Ferroptosis Inducers Targeting CoQ10-Dependent Breast Cancers ​Patricia S. Brown Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Education Research Projects RFA (Round 7).

Although, no awards were recommended for funding this RFA, the HRSB recommended more meritorious Rowley Round 6 awards than originally anticipated. ​Healthcare Practitioner Breast Cancer Education Research Projects RFA (Round 3). Although, no applications were received for this RFA, the HRSB recommended more meritorious Rowley Round 6 awards than originally anticipated.

Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects RFA (Round 5). These projects are two-year awards.

Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Piero D.

Dalerba, MD Columbia University $359,899 A Novel Biomarker to Improve Risk-Prediction in Familial Breast Cancer Patients David Entenberg, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. $360,000 Direct Visualization of Physiologically Relevant Metastasis Using Surgical and Optical Engineering Heather Ochs-Balcom, PhD University at Buffalo $343,354 The Association Between Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Obesity, and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Maja Oktay, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. $360,000 Racial Disparity in Pro-Metastatic Breast Cancer Microenvironment and Response to Chemotherapy Zhenqiang Yao, MD, PhD University of Rochester $338,741 Elimination of Breast Cancer Metastasis by Killing Cancer Cells and Interfering in the Host Environment Healthcare Practitioner Breast Cancer Education Research Projects RFA (Round 2).

These projects are three-year awards. Investigators Institutions Amount Title Victoria H.

Raveis, PhD, Jacqueline Reinhard, MEd, and New York University partnering with SHARE: Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer & NYU School of Medicine $260,493 Developing a Patient-Centered Curriculum for Primary Care Practitioners to Enhance Breast Cancer Survivorship Care that Informs and Engages Diverse Breast Cancer Survivors Elizabeth H.

Ruder, PhD, MPH and Rochester Institute of Technology partnering with Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester $268,334 PAMI: Physician Assistant Motivational Inverviewing and Health Literacy to Enhance Health in Breast Cancer Survivors Patricia S. Brown Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Education Research Projects RFA (Round 6). This project is a three-year award.

Investigators Institutions Amount Title Laurene M. Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD and Charise Walker-Betts, BSW University at Buffalo partnering with Our Curls, Inc. $270,000 You cannot change your family history, but you can change what you do with it: A peer-based education program to reduce breast cancer risk in African American women Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects RFA (Round 4).

These projects are two-year awards. Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Scott A. Coonrod, PhD Cornell University $358,832 Histone Citrullination in Estrogen Receptor Signaling and Breast Cancer Jo L.

Feudenheim, PhD University at Buffalo $359,024 The Microbiome in the Etiology and Prevention of Breast Cancer Jun Lin, MD, PhD Stony Brook University $360,000 Effects of Anesthetics on Lung Metastasis in Mouse Models of Breast Cancer Cristina Montagna, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine $360,000 Somatic Mutation Rate in Mammary Epithelial Cells and Peripheral B-Lymphocytes as Risk Factor for Breast Cancer Harry Ostrer, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine $326,910 High Throughput Functional Genomics to Guide Precision Care Jonathan C.

Pertruccelli, PhD, University at Albany $335,905 A Simultaneous Phase and Scatter Imaging Towards a Clinical System for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis Jose Silva, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $360,000 Sensing Cell Geometry: A Novel Checkpoint Critical for Breast Tumor Suppression Patricia S. Brown Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Education Research Projects RFA (Round 5). These projects are three-year awards.

Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Lina Jandorf, MA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $268,599 Development of an Intergenerational Breast Health Community Education Program for Black Women: Reducing the Risk for Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Black Women through Breastfeeding Jin Young Seo, PhD The Research Foundation of CUNY, Hunter College $245,002 A Culturally Tailored Education Program to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Korean Immigrant Women Peter T.

Rowley Breast Cancer Scientific Research Projects RFA (Round 3). These projects are two-year awards.

Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Chia-Hsin Chan, PhD The Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook $359,999 A New Strategy and Tool to Tackle Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis in Triple-negative Breast Cancer Mikala Egeblad, PhD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory $345,800 Modulating Innate-adaptive Immune Cell Interactions for the Immunotherapy of Breast Cancer Sharon S.

Evans, PhD Health Research Incorporated, Roswell Park Cancer Institute $360,000 Novel Mechanism of Immune Subversion by Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Aggressive Breast Cancer John G. Frelinger, PhD University of Rochester $357,747 Amplifying Immune Responses to Breast Cancer Using a Novel IL.

2 Therapy to Limit Side Effects and Enhance Efficacy David Jeruzalmi, PhD The Research Foundation of CUNY obo City College of New York $347,200 Laying the Foundation for Combination Therapy Against Breast Cancer: Analysis of Human Shelterin-DNA Complex Mira Krendel, PhD The Research Foundation for SUNY Upstate Medical University $360,000 Myosin 1e as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer Juntao Luo, PhD State University of New York Upstate Medical University $360,000 Structure-based Nanocarrier Design for Targeted Cabazitaxel Delivery to the Advanced Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Mark Noble, Ph.

D. University of Rochester $359,907 Safer and More Effective Treatment of Luminal Breast Cancer and Overcoming Tamoxifen Resistance Scott Powers, PhD The Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook $350,302 Single-cell Barcoding to Study Breast Cancer Evolution and Drug Resistance Robert J. Schneider, PhD New York University School of Medicine $360,000 Reversing Tamoxifen Resistance in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Peter T.

Rowley Breast Cancer Research Project and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards RFA (Round 2): A total of $3,597,800 million in Peter T. Rowley Breast Cancer Research Project and Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards RFA awards were made in 2011, providing initial support for preliminary testing of novel or exploratory hypotheses related to breast cancer.

Recipients are expected to open a new area of investigation, satisfactorily test a novel hypothesis, or produce viable data for preparation of a full-scale research application to another organization. Awards were made to eight investigators, with a maximum of $360,000 for two-year projects. Principal Investigator Institution Amount Title Anne R.

Bresnick, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine $360,000 Stromal Contribution of the S100A4 Metastasis Factor to Tumor Invasion Pamela Cowin, PhD New York University School of Medicine $360,000 The Role of Gpr 125 in Breast Development and Cancer Johanna A.

Joyce, PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research $360,000 Investigating and Targeting Interactions Between Cancer and the Microenvironment in Breast to Brain Metastasis Paraic A.

Kenny, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine $360,000 Consequences of GATA3 Mutation for Normal Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer Xiaojing Ma, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College $360,000 Targeting CCL5 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Jeffrey W. Pollard, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine $360,000 Macrophages and Immunosuppression in Breast Cancer Elizabeth A.

Repasky, PhD Roswell Park Cancer Institute $357,000 Is the Immune Response Against Breast Cancer Inhibited by Lack of Available Metabolic Energy? Rodney Rothstein, PhD Columbia University $360,000 Developing a New Paradigm to Discover Novel Breast Cancer Drug Targets