2017 Young Investigator Awards

The five researchers chosen by the CRF are all working in cutting-edge fields, from genomics and bioinformatics to molecular engineering, potentially transforming the way we predict and treat cancer.

Each recipient was awarded $75,000 in seed capital to pursue their research.

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Jonathan C. Barnes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Washington University in St. Louis

A Novel Supramacromolecular Approach to Non-toxic Combination Anti-cancer Therapeutics

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Alexander T. Pearson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Chicago

Live Cell Imaging of Cell and Neck Cancer Stemness Quiescence

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David H. Spencer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director – McDonnell Genome Institute

Washington University in St. Louis

Modeling Cancer Epigenetic States Using Patient-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Randy F. Sweis, MD

Instructor, Department of Medicine

University of Chicago

Innate Immune Activation to Mediate Tumor Control in Bladder Cancer

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Lixing Xang, PhD

Assistant Professor, Ben May Department of Cancer Research

University of Chicago

Copy Neutral Loss of Heterozygosity in Human Cancer Genomes

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