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.

CURRENT YEAR 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
• 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

Archived Projects