Grant Recipients
Grant Year: 2012
Secondary mutations and thrombosis in PNH
PNH Research and Support Foundation
Dr. David Araten is an assistant professor in the Division of
Hematology at the NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Prior to holding this
position, he worked as an assistant professor and instructor in hematology at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, also in New York City. His residency was
in internal...
Cell-penetrating antibodies as a novel treatment for aplastic anemia
Caitlyn Langley Research Fund, Holly Cataldo Research Fund
Dr. Minter is currently researching how notch signaling contributes to pathology and disease progression during immune-mediated bone marrow failure.
Relevance of PIG-A mutations in acquired bone marrow failure diseases
PNH Research and Support Foundation
Jeffrey J. Pu,
MD, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of medicine at the Penn
State Hershey Cancer Institute and Penn State College of Medicine. Prior to
this position, Dr. Pu was a senior clinical/research fellow of Hematology at the
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center of Johns Hopkins University. He also did
an...
The role of U2AF1 mutations in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes
Research is Hope Fund
Matthew Walter, M.D. of Washington University in St. Louis, a 2005 AA&MDSIF grantee, credited his grant from AA&MDSIF as the start of his research into the genomics of MDS. Dr. Walter and his colleagues recently published the results of their significant work in the New England Journal of Medicine. Watch his...
Structural insights into deregulated epigenetic mechanisms and DNA demethylation in MDS
Harold Spielberg Research Fund
Grant Year: 2011
Beta-catenin is a molecular target of the Fanconi anemia core complex
Torry Yahn Research Fund
Dr. Kim-Hien Dao received her post-doctoral internal medicine training at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, California, and hematology/oncology fellowship training at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Dao started her position as an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology & Oncology, Center...
Circulating microparticles in PNH
PNH Research and Support Foundation
Originally from Maine, Dr. McCrae earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his MD degree from Duke University. After his residency in Internal Medicine at Duke, Dr. McCrae completed his fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. During this time, he did a postdoctoral...
Quercetin in patients with Fanconi Anemia, a pilot study
Trinity Ewert Research Fund
Rescue of TET2 Mutations from MDS Patients
Harold Spielberg Research Fund
Grant Year: 2010
Developing a Disease-Specific Measure for Quality of Life in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome
MacGillivray Research Fund, Madden Family Research Fund
Dr. Abel received his MD and MPH from Columbia University in 2000. He
completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine at
Massachusetts General Hospital and his hematology/oncology fellowship at
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 2007, he joined Dana-Farber and is a
member of the Hematologic Malignancies...
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