Grants

awarded

The METAvivor Research Program was established in 2009 with the specific goal of funding stage IV metastatic breast cancer research to one day, end death from metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The following list includes current and past grant recipients along with their progress reports.

THOMAS WESTBROOK, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Microenvironment response disparities of metastatic TNBC to multi-tyrosine kinase inhibition

MICHELLE WILLIAMS, PHD

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh

Presented in memory of Erica Griffiths

Targeting the Tumor Secretome to Reverse Immune Exclusion in Breast Cancer Liver Metastases

Fei Xing, PhD

Wake Forest University

Treating breast cancer brain metastasis with immune checkpoint inhibitor and c-Met targeting agent

Jing Yang, PhD

University of California, San Diego

Overcoming therapy resistance in TNBC metastases through targeted inhibition of Periostin

Wen-Hsuan Yang, PhD

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Presented by Philadelphia Metsquerade in honor of Jacquie Reynolds Beck and Kerry O’Riordan McAdam

Targeting metabolic symbiosis in the breast cancer brain metastasis tumor microenvironment

Amy Yee

Tufts University School of Medicine

Presented by To Heck With Cancer partnering with RadNet Management, in memory of Julia Heck

Cha1: A New Therapeutic Strategy for Triple Negative Breast Cancers and Brain Metastases

ELIZABETH YEH, PhD

Medical University of South Carolina

Application of a Connexin 43 (Cx43) Targeted Agent for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer

STEPHANIE YOON, MD

City of Hope

Presented by To Heck With Cancer partnering with RadNet Management, in memory of Julia Heck

Biomarker-Driven Approaches to Optimize Craniospinal Irradiation for Breast Cancer Leptomeningeal Disease

Dihua Yu, PhD

The University of Texas

Presented In loving memory of Tiffany Foust and Kriss Fierro by Monica Hill’s Be Bold and Behold

Impeding Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis by Blocking CCR2+ Myeloid Cell Infiltration

Min Yu, PhD

The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

Presented in honor of Tara Kuipers – Creator of #LightUpMBC Color Fun Run

Targeting IGFBP3 signaling as a novel therapy for ESR1-Y537S mutant driven bone metastasis

Dihua Yu, MD, PhD

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Identification and Targeting of Kinases Involved in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

DIHUA YU, MD, PhD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Combating Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis by Blocking CDK5 Driver Kinase Function