Five Duke Cancer Institute members received funding awards this year from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The foundation funds game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate Victory Over Cancer® and save lives.
The DCI members who received awards this year are:
- Alicia Darnell, PhD
Funded with support from Hockey Fights Cancer powered by the V Foundation presented by AstraZeneca
Project: "Stalling cancer at the ribosome"
- John Hickey, PhD
Project: "High-Throughput Phenotypic Mapping of T Cells to Engineer More Effective Cancer Therapies"
- Corinne Linardic, MD, PhD
Funded by the Dick Vitale Pediatric Cancer Research Fund
Project: "Identification and targeting of essential regions of driver fusion oncoproteins in rhabdomyosarcoma"
- Jessica Sun, MD
Funded in partnership with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation through the 2024 Dribble for Victory
Project: "Expanding Clinical Trial Access for Pediatric and Young Adult Oncology Patients at the Duke Cancer Institute"
- Kris Wood, PhD
Funded by the Orr Family Foundation
Project: "Eradicating residual non-small cell lung cancers by targeting their PKN2-dependent survival"
