Projects Funded

ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE

From February 2001 to December 2009, The Morgan Adams Foundation has funded over $1,360,000 in research funds for pilot, seed and translational studies.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

The Children's Hospital, Denver

POETIC

MSKCC

UNC

MD Anderson

Johns Hopkins

2009 PROJECTS - FUNDED

Research Projects

  • Role of Immunobiology in GBM's
    N. Foreman - The Children's Hospital Denver
    10,000.00
  • Diffuse Pontine Glioma conference
    Stewart, M. Kieran, N. Foreman, M. Handler - Children's Chicago, Children's Boston, The Children's Hospital Denver
    10,000.00
  • Results and Impact Study of MAF projects
    J. Madden - The Children's Hospital Denver
    3,000.00
  • Primary International Peds Neuro-Onc Conference, Vienna
    N. Foreman lab - The Children's Hospital Denver
    15,000.00
  • Argentinean Research Exchange/ Fellow specializing in DIPG
    R. Vibhakar, N. Foreman, MAF - The Children's Hospital Denver
    20,000.00
  • T. Gershon Project
    T. Gershon - UNC, Chapel Hill
    30,000.00
  • A Phase I/II Clinical Study of Vorinostat in Combination with Etoposide in Pediatric Patients - 21 Years at Diagnosis with Refractory Solid Tumors, including Tumors of the Central Nervous System
    L. Gore - The Children's Hospital Denver
    50,000.00
  • Validation of IMP3 as a prognostic marker in pilocytic and pilomyxoid Astrocytoma
    S. Rush - The Children's Hospital Denver
    20,000.00
  • Sensitized RNAi Screen of Human and Phosphatases as regulators of chemo-sensitivity
    R Vibhakar - The Children's Hospital Denver
    35,000.00
  • Genechip analysis of entire spectrum of pediatric brain tumors.
    N. Foreman, R. Vibhakar - The Children's Hospital Denver
    50,000.00
  • Biology of congenital GBM's
    M. Macy - The Children's Hospital Denver
    10,000.00

Program Development Projects

  • Various/ TBD
    R. Vibhakar – The Children's Hospital, Denver
    30,000.00
  • Equipment
    R. Vibhakar – The Children's Hospital, Denver
    15,000.00 *Specific Use Grant - Taylor

Support Projects

  • A quarter of a salary for data bank and IRB submission needs
    The Children's Hospital, Denver
    20,000.00

*For a complete list of all projects funded, please contact Rachelle Montanaro

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