Meet Some of the NCI Recovery Act Funded Researchers
View professional profiles and photos of various researchers funded by the Recovery Act and learn about the projects that are shaping the future of cancer care.
Samuel Evans Adunyah, Ph.D.
Tenured Full Professor of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Minority Biomedical
Primary Cancer Type: Breast, Colon/Rectum, Ovary
Recovery Act Award: MMC and VICC: Partners in eliminating cancer disparities
Terrance Albrecht, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Center Director, Population Sciences, Karmanos Cancer Institute; Professor, Departments of Oncology and Family Medicine/Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Cancer Activity: Cancer Disparities
Primary Cancer Type: Lung, Breast, Colon/Rectum, Prostate
Recovery Act Award: CNP for older underserved African American Adults
Christopher Amos, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center – See researcher’s institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Genetic Epidemiology
Primary Cancer Type: Lung
Recovery Act Award: High Density Association Analysis of Lung Cancer
Robert J. Arceci, M.D., Ph.D.
King Fahd Professor of Pediatric Oncology; Professor of Pediatrics, Oncology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Cancer Activity: DNA Chromosome Aberrations
Primary Cancer Type: Leukemia
Recovery Act Award: Mechanisms of PASG-Mediated Senescence in Hematopoietic Development and Leukemia
Sanjay Awasthi, M.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology; Associate Vice President for Clinical Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Minority Biomedical
Recovery Act Award: Mechanism of Drug Transport in Lung Cancer Cells
Marcia A. Blackman, Ph.D.
Full Member, Trudeau Institute - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Cancer Etiology
Recovery Act Award: Immunogenicity and efficacy of genetically engineered gamma-herpesvirus vaccines
Daniel S. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Community Health & Preventive Medicine; Associate Dean for Community Health, Morehouse School of Medicine - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Minority Biomedical
Primary Cancer Type: Myeloma, Breast, Colon/Rectum, Prostate
Recovery Act Award: Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee Univ/Univ of Alabama Cancer Center Partnership
Diana S.M. Buist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Investigator, Group Health Research Institute - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Health Services and Economics
Recovery Act Award: SEARCH: cancer screening effectiveness and research in community-based healthcare
Elizabeth S. Burnside, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Diagnostic Imaging
Primary Cancer Type: Breast
Recovery Act Award: Machine learning for improved mammography
Paul L. Carson, Ph.D.
Basic Radiological Sciences Collegiate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Diagnostic Imaging
Primary Cancer Type: Breast
Recovery Act Award: Combined digital X-ray, optical, and ultrasound breast imaging
Bryce Chackerian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Cancer Etiology
Recovery Act Award: Evaluation of a CCR5 vaccine for HIV infection in the SIV/macaque model
Graham A. Colditz, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery, Professor of Medicine, Associate Director Prevention and Control, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health
Cancer Activity: Cancer Disparities
Recovery Act Award: Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities PECaD
Paul Davies, Ph.D.
Director, Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Cancer Technology
Recovery Act Award: A center for the convergence of physical science and cancer biology
Allen J. Dietrich, M.D.
Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Associate Director for Population Sciences; James J. Carroll Professor in Oncology at Dartmouth Medical School Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Cancer Activity: Health Services and Economics
Primary Cancer Type: Colon/Rectum
Recovery Act Award: Variations in colonoscopy screening: a population based study
Brian J. Druker, M.D.
Director, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute; JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research, Oregon Health & Science University - See researcher's institution profile >>
Cancer Activity: Multidisciplinary
Recovery Act Award: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Merrill J. Egorin, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Cancer Activity: Clinical Oncology
Recovery Act Award: Early Clinical Trials of New Anti-Cancer Agents with Phase I Emphasis
