Grant Award Winners

Johns Hopkins Researchers Funded by CRF

Abeloff, Martin and Groopman, John
Funded: FY04 (New)
Cancer Prevention and Control at SKCCC

Abeloff, Martin and Groopman, John
Funded: FY05
Cancer Prevention and Control at SKCCC

Alberg, Anthony
Funded: FY01
The Joint Influence of Active and Passive Smoking on Cancer Incidence: A Long-Term Prospective, Cohort Study

Armanios, Mary
Funded: FY05 (New)
Long Term Consequences of Telomere Shortening and Telomerase Inhibition

Armanios, Mary
Funded: FY07 (Recruitment New)
Long Term Consequences of Telomere Shortening and Telomerase Inhibition

Baylin, Stephen B. and Herman, James G.
Funded: FY02
Studies of risk assessment for, and the prevention of lung cancer

Beaty, Terri; Klein, Alison; and Li Wang
Funded: FY08 (New)
Mortality patterns due to smoking related cancers in families drawn from the national familial pancreatic tumor registry

Bedi, Atul
Funded: FY06 (Retention New)
Activation of Death Receptor Signaling in Conjunction with Tumor-cell Survival

Biswal, Shyam
Funded: FY01
Chemoprevention and biomarker discovery for cigarette smoke induced lung cancer

Biswal, Shyam
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Continuation)
Chemoprevention and Biomarker Discovery for Cigarette Smoke Induced Lung Cancer

Biswal, Shyam
Funded: FY04 (New)
Proteomics Approach for Developing Biomarkers for Nrf2 Cancer Chemoprevention

Biswal, Shyam S. and Strickland, Paul
Funded: FY06 (Translational New)
Whole Genome Association Scans for Determining Susceptibility to Lung Cancer

Biswal, Shyam
Funded: FY08 (Joint UMB-JHMI Project New)
NRF2-dependent crosstalk of metabolic control and chemoresistance in lung cancer: JHI-UMB Collaborative Project

Borzekowski, Dina L.G.
Funded: FY02
Adolescents, anti-smoking messages, and the Internet

Borzekowski, Dina
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project New)
Smoking Cessation for Youth: A Comparison of Internet Based and School Based Interventions

Bowie, Janice V.
Funded: FY02
Promoting cancer prevention & control in Baltimore’s African American Faith-Based Community

Brahmer, Julie and Rudin, Charles
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Progress)
Lung Cancer Discovery to Clinical Trial Translation (I and II)

Brock, Malcolm
Funded: FY08 (New)
Epigenetic CORE lab facility

Buckley, Timothy and Burke, Thomas
Funded: FY01
Cancer Prevention in Maryland through Risk Characterization

Buckley, Timothy and Burke, Thomas
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project Continuation)
Cancer Prevention in Maryland through Risk Characterization

Buckley, Timothy
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project Progress)
Exposure Assessment: At the Crossroads of Environment, Cancer, and Prevention

Brahmer Julie R.
Funded: FY01
Development of Strategies for the Prevention of Lung Cancer

Brahmer, Julie
Funded: FY05 (Continuation)
HELP: The Hopkins Early Lung-Cancer Prevention Program

Califano, Joseph
Funded: FY01
Molecular Screening in a Population at Risk for Head and Neck Cancer

Carducci, Michael A.
Funded: FY02
Drug development strategies facilitating the initiation and continuation of chemoprotection trials for solid tumor malignancies

Carducci, Michael A.
Funded: FY03 (Retention Continuation)
Drug Development Strategies Facilitation the Initiation and Continuation of Chemoprotection Trials for Solid Tumor Malignancies

Cruz-Correa, Marcia
Funded: FY01
Epidemiology of Loss of Imprinting in Colorectal Cancer in MD

Curbow, Barbara
Funded: FY01
Lung Cancer in Women: Improved Understanding of Cancer Risk Factors

Drake, Charles G.
Funded: FY02
Immunological intervention for prostate cancer

Drake, Charles G.
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Continuation)
Immunological Intervention for Prostate Cancer

Emens, Leisha A.
Funded: FY02 (Translational Research Project/Recruitment)
Timed sequential therapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and a breast cancer vaccine

Epidemiologist To Be Recruited
Funded: FY07 (Recruitment New)
Community-Based Cancer Research

Erlinger, Thomas P.
Funded: FY02
Inflammation and the risk of colon cancer

Erlinger, Thomas P.
Funded: FY04 (Continuation)
Inflammation and the risk of colon cancer

Eshleman, James R.
Funded: FY04 (New)
Using GINI to Identify Familial Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Genes

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Continuation)
Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Baltimore

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment New)
Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Baltimore

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY04 (Continuation)
Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Baltimore

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY07 (TRG New)
Epigenetic Markers of Prostate Carcinogenesis in African American Men

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY07 (TRG New)
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Baltimore

Ford, Jean
Funded: FY07 (TRG New)
E-Log Effectiveness for Patient Navigation among Seniors

Geyh, Allison S.
Funded: FY06 (Translational New)
Ambient Air Elemental and Metal-Containing Particulate Matter and Risk for Lung Cancer Death

Gibbons, Michael
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment New)
Urban Cancer Disparity Reduction Pilot Study

Gibson, Michael K.
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment New)
Epidermal Growth Factor Inhibition in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Gillison, Maura L.
Funded: FY01
Human Papillomavirus and Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Case-Control Study

Gillison, Maura L.
Funded: FY02 (Continuation)
Human Papillomavirus and Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Case Control Study

Gillison, Maura
Funded: FY02
The head and neck cancer resource: A joint resource for head and neck research at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Gillison, Maura
Funded: FY05 (Continuation)
Human Oral Papillomavirus Etiology Study (HOPE)

Guo, Qing-Bin
Funded: FY01
Infrastructure Support to the Cancer Centerin gene expression analysis

Guo, Qing-Bin
Funded: FY02 (Continuation)
Infrastructure support to the Cancer Center in gene expression analysis

Halden, Rolf
Funded: FY04 (New)
Human Fetal Exposure to Drinking Water Carcinogens in Maryland

Halden, Rolf and Buckley, Timothy
Funded: FY04 (Continuation)
Human Fetal Exposure to Drinking Water Carcinogens in Maryland

Hanakahi, Leslyn A.
Funded: FY04 (New)
The Molecular Mechanism of DNA Repair by Ku-Dependent Non-Homologous End -Joining in Mammals: A Target for Anti Cancer Agents

Hann, Christine
Funded: FY07 (Recruitment New) Developing novel therapeutics for small cell lung cancer

Helzlsouer, Kathy J.
Funded: FY01 (Pilot/Faculty Retention)
Evaluation of Breast Ductal Lavage as an Adjunct to Mammography

Helzlsouer, Kathy J.
Funded: FY04 (New)
Setting Priorities for Implementing the 2003 Maryland Cancer Control Plan: An Evidence-based Approach

Herman, James
Funded: FY08 (New)
Epigenetic changes in preinvasive lung and esophageal neoplasia in the setting of chronic inflammatory changes.

Howerton, Mollie
Funded: FY05 (New)
Improving Minority Participation to Oncology Research Trials (IMPORT)

Howerton, Mollie
Funded: FY07 (TRG New)
Barriers to participation of underrepresented populations in cancer-related trials

Juon, Hee-Soon
Funded: FY01
Cancer Educational Program for Korean American Women: Pilot Study

Kanarek, Norma
Funded: FY07 (TRG New)
Traffic-related Air Pollution Exposures and Cancer Incidence in Maryland

Kanarek, Norma
Funded: FY08 (New)
Connections to Care and Outcomes at SKCCC

Khan, Saeed R.
Funded: FY01
Novel Drug Development for Solid Tumors

Khan, Saeed R.
Funded: FY02 (Continuation)
Renewal: Novel drug development for solid tumors

Kim, Miyong
Funded: FY02 (Translational Research Project/Faculty Retention)
Developing and testing a multi-level community-based smoking cessation intervention program for Korean American Community in Maryland

Kjerulff, Kristen H.
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment New)
Racial Disparities Among Cervical Cancer Patients

Klassen, Ann
Funded: FY04 (New)
Using Lifestyle Segmentation Data to Understand Cancer Burden in Maryland

Klassen, Ann C.
Funded: FY07 (UMB Joint Project New)
From Infancy to Adulthood: A Lifespan Approach to Reducing Cancer-Related Dietary Risk in Low Income Families

Klein, Alison
Funded: FY05 (New)
Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer

Klein, Alison
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment Continuation)
Epidemiology of Pancreas Cancer

Kowalski, Jeanne
Funded: FY01
Bioinformatics of Genetic Susceptibility to Colorectal Cancer: Linking a Risk Prediction Algorithm to a Functional Genomic Database

Kowalski, Jeanne
Funded: FY02 (Continuation)
Bioinformatics of genetic responsibility to colorectal cancer: linking a risk prediction algorithm to a functional genomic database

Kowalski, Jeanne
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Continuation)
Bioinformatics of Genetic Responsibility to Colorectal Cancer: Linking a Risk Prediction Algorithm to a Functional Genomic Database

Kowalski, Jeanne
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment Continuation)
Bioinformatics of Genetic Responsibility to Colorectal Cancer: Linking a Risk Prediction Algorithm to a Functional Genomic Database

Maitra, Anirban
Funded: FY04 (New)
Comprehensive Array-based Analysis of Somatic Mitochondral Mutations in Smoking-related Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers

Matanoski, Genevieve M.
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project New)
Racial Disparities in Patterns of Care for Breast Cancer

Messersmith, Wells
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment New)
Evaluation of Novel SRC Inhibitors in Pancreas Cancer

Nelson, William and Platz, Elizabeth
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project Continuation)
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Steroid Hormone Concentration Across Age in US Men

Nelson, William and Platz, Elizabeth
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project New)
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Steroid Hormone Concentration Across Age in US Men

Newhouse, Robin P.
Funded: FY06 (Translational New)
Smoking Cessation Intense Nursing Interventions (SCINI) and the Quality of Smoking Cessation Efforts in Maryland

Ochs, Michael K.
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment New)
Identification of Signaling Activity in Tumor Cells

Ochs, Michael K.
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment Continuation)
Identification of Signaling Activity in Tumor Cells

Ostermeier, Marc
Funded: FY03 (Retention New)
Creation of Cancer Therapeutics and Diagnostics by Combinatorial Domain Insertion

Park, Ben Ho
Funded: FY02
Mutational analysis of breast cancer drug sensitivity using somatic cell gene replacement technology

Park, Ben Ho
Funded: FY04 (New)
Identification of Novel Compounds that Target Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancers

Parmigiani, Giovanni
Funded: FY05 (New)
Bioinfomatics for Understanding Cancer and its Causes

Piantadosi, Steve
Funded: FY04 (New)
Patients Served by the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Piantadosi, Steve
Funded: FY06 (Retention New)
Clincial Trials Design

Pili, Roberto
Funded: FY01
Theraputic applications of targeting retinoic acid receptors in prostate cancer

Pili, Roberto
Funded: FY02 (Continuation) (September)
Therapeutic applications of targeting retinoic acid receptors in prostate cancer

Platz, Elizabeth A.
Funded: FY01
The LIUNA Prospective Cancer Cohort Study on Cancer

Platz, Elizabeth A.
Funded: FY02
Cigarette Smoking and Cell Cycle Control in Relation to Colorectal Adenoma

Platz, Elizabeth A. and Zabora, James R.
Funded: FY02
Prostate Cancer Demonstration Program

Platz, Elizabeth and Chakravarti, Aravinda
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project New)
SKCCC Cancer Prevention and Control Population Resource

Platz, Elizabeth and Chakravarti, Aravinda
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project Continuation)
SKCCC Cancer Prevention and Control Population Resource

Platz, Elizabeth
Funded: FY04 (Continuation)
The Hormone Demonstration Program

Platz, Elizabeth and Chakravarti, Aravinda
Funded: FY05 (Continuation)
SKCC Cancer Prevention and Control Resource Core

Platz, Elizabeth and Chakravarti, Aravinda
Funded: FY06
(Translational Continuation)
SKCCC Cancer Prevention and Control Population Resource

Platz, Elizabeth and Chakravarti, Aravinda
Funded: FY07
(TRG Continuation)
SKCCC Cancer Prevention and Control Population Resource

Platz, Elizabeth; Yegnasubramamnian, Srinivasan; and Nelson, William
Funded: FY08 (New)
Prostate cancer: environment, methylation & inflammation

Roden, Richard B.
Funded: FY02
Development of a preventative and therapeutic vaccine against a broad range of human papillomavirus types

Rudin, Charles
Funded: FY04 (Continuation)
A Multidisciplinary Translational Program for the Development of Treatment Strategies for Lung Cancer

Rudin, Charles
Funded: FY05 (Continuation)
Translational Lung Cancer Research: From Discovery to Application
Human Oral Papillomavirus Etiology

Ruczinski, Ingo
Funded: FY02
Analysis of SNP microarray data using logic regression

Shah, Keerti V. and Yang, Stephen C.
Funded: FY02
Simian virus 40 (SV40) and human pleural malignant mesothelioma (MM)

Shapiro, Gary
Funded: FY06 (Retention New)
Clinical Research in Gerontology and Oncology

Sidransky, David
Funded: FY05 (New)
Molecular Determinants of Response Laboratory (MDRL)

Sidransky, David
Funded: FY07 (TRG Continuation)
Molecular Determinants of Response Laboratory (MDRL)

Silbergeld, Ellen K.
Funded: FY04 (New)
Environmental Arsenic Exposure and Cancer Risk in Maryland’s Eastern and Western Shore Counties

Stillman, Frances A.
Funded: FY04 (New)
Cancer Prevention in African-American Young Adults

Stillman, Francis
Funded: FY07 (TRG Continuation)
Cancer Prevention in African American Young Adults

Sugar, Elizabeth
Funded: FY06 (Retention New)
Developing a Flexible Design for Phase I Oncology Trials with Multiple Treatments

Tao, Xuguang (Grant)
Funded: FY02
Environmental risk of colorectal cancer in Maryland – a GIS based approach

Tao, Xuguang (Grant)
Funded: FY03 (Translational Research Project Continuation)
Environmental Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Maryland – a GIS Based Approach

Trimble, Cornelia L.
Funded: FY01
Proposal for the Development of a System Using Dimers to Identify HPV 16 E7-Specific T Cell Response

Trimble, Connie L.
Funded: FY02
Center for Cervical Studies

Trock, Bruce
Funded: FY01 (Pilot/Retention)
Impact of Environmental Cadmium Exposure on Prostate Cancer Risk in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area

Trock, Bruce
Funded: FY02 (Supplement)
Impact of Environmental Cadmium Exposure on Prostate Cancer Risk in the Baltimore Metro Area

Yao, Yin
Funded: FY01
Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer

Velculescu, Victor
Funded: FY04 (Renewal)
Mutational Analysis of the Colorectal Cancer Genome

Visvanathan, Kala
Funded: FY02 (Translational Research Project/Recruitment)
Association between growth factor levels, ornithine decarboxylase expression and the risk of proliferative and noninvasive breast disease

Visvanathan, Kala
Funded: FY03 (Recruitment Continuation)
Association between Growth Factor Levels, Ornithine Decarboxylase Expression and the Risk of Proliferative and Noninvasive Breast Disease

Wheelan, Sarah
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment New)
Identifying Molecular Markers for an Aggressive Basal-Like Subtype of Breast Cancer

Wheelan, Sarah
Funded: FY06 (Recruitment Continuation)
Identifying Molecular Markers for an Aggressive Basal-Like Subtype of Breast Cancer

Wilentz, Robb E.
Funded: FY02 (Declined, left JHMI.)
Gene and protein expression in colitis-associated neoplasia

Yager, James and Groopman, John D.
Funded: FY04 (New)
Plasma Proteomics Core for Cancer Prevention Research

Yager, James and Groopman, John D.
Funded: FY07 (TRG Continuation)
Plasma Proteomics Core for Cancer Prevention Research

Yager, James
Funded: FY08 (New)
Roles of estrogen metabolism and altered gene expression in estrogen induced mammary tumorigenesis – studies using the ACI rat model