ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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| Researcher | Grant | Year | Project | Institute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Safiulla Syed | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Targeting Mechanisms of Treatment Resistance in Diffuse Midline Glioma Mentor: Alnawaz Rehemtulla and Wajd Al-Holou | University of Michigan |
Janghyun Park | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Targeting Adaptive Immune Niche in the Skull Bone Marrow for Novel Immunotherapy Mentor: Jonathan Kipnis | Washington University in St. Louis |
Iker Ausejo Mauleon | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Enhancing CAR-T Therapy through Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment by Blocking TIM-3 Mentor: Marta Alonso | Clinica Universidad de Navarra |
Brian Krug | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Mentor: Chao Lu | Columbia University |
Margaret Trout | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Inhibition of Mitochondrial ROS Scavenging as a Novel Treatment for DMG Mentor: James Stafford | University of Vermont |
Prateek Thenge | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Engineering Enhanced Gamma Delta T-Cells to Overcome DIPG Immune Resistance Mentor: Beau Webber | University of Minnesota |
Akhila Parthasarathy | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Harnessing Oncolytic Adenoviruses for Targeted Diffuse Midline Glioma Therapy Mentor: Juan Fueyo | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Sunjong Ji | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Mentor: Carl Koschmann | University of Michigan |
Caroline Hanson | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2025 | Lipid Dependent Mechanisms Underlying Cell State Specification in H3K27M Diffuse Midline Glioma Mentor: Nika Danial | Harvard University |
Kumar Pichumani | New Investigator Grant | 2024 | Targeting Energy Metabolism in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute |
Deblina Sarkar | New Investigator Grant | 2024 | Co-funded by Violet Foundation, Storm the Heavens, Lace 'em up for Libby, Magic for Maddie | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Matthew Waitkus | New Investigator Grant | 2024 | Duke University | |
Jean Borges Bertoldo | New Investigator Grant | 2024 | Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | University of New South Wales |
Peter Dirks, Cynthia Hawkins | Game Changer Grant | 2024 | Co-funded by DEKM Fund, Elle's Angels Foundation | Hospital for Sick Children |
Carl Koschmann | Game Changer Grant | 2024 | Multimodal Systems for Molecular Profiling and Therapeutic Tracking of DIPG Co-funded by SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | University of Michigan |
Mariella Filbin | Game Changer Grant | 2024 | Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer, DEKM Fund, Tough2gether Foundation, Run DIPG Foundation | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Pavithra Viswanath | Game Changer Grant | 2024 | Immunometabolic Modulation of Diffuse Midline Glioma Response to Therapy Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | University of California, San Francisco |
Siva Kumar Natarajan | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Therapeutic Targeting of H3K27M-Driven Folate Metabolism in DIPGs Mentor: Arul M. Chinnaiyan Co-funded by The Alvin Glick Foundation | University of Michigan |
Andrea Timpanaro | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Investigation of the Efficacy of Combinatorial ONC206 and B7-H3 CAR T Cells Against DIPG/DMG Models Mentor: Nick Vitanza Co-funded by Cal's Angels, Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | Seattle Children's Hospital |
Minhui Su | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Targeting Voltage-Sensitive Mechanisms of DIPG Growth Mentor: Michelle Monje Co-funded by McKenna Claire Foundation | Stanford University |
Yoon Seok Kim | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Molecular Elucidation of DIPG Surface Signaling in Response to NLGN3 Mentor: Michelle Monje | Stanford University |
Jiasen He | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Combining Virotherapy and Anti-GD2 CAR T Cells for Diffuse Midline Glioma Mentor: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano Co-funded by Cal's Angels, Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Shahab Sarmashgi | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Identifying DIPG Vulnerabilities Conferred by Whole-Arm Chromosomal Alterations Mentor: Rameen Beroukhim | The Broad Institute, Inc. |
Andrea Cruz | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Targeting Communication Networks in DIPG Mentor: Sameer Agnihotri | University of Pittsburgh |
Reyes Hernández Osuna | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment in DIPG by Oncolytic Virotherapy Mentor: Marta Alonso and Sara Labiano | Clinica Universidad de Navarra |
Aimee du Chatinier | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Mentor: Esther Hulleman | Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology |
Joanna Lum | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2024 | Investigating the Roles of Lactate as Metabolic Fuel and Epigenetic Modifier in H3K27M DIPGs Mentor: Sriram Venneti | University of Michigan |
Lily Keane | New Investigator Grant | 2023 | Identifying and Targeting Developmental Vulnerabilities of Diffuse Midline Gliomas | University College Cork |
Robbie Majzner | Game Changer Grant | 2023 | Engineering Enhanced GD2 CAR T-Cells to Overcome DIPG Immune Resistance Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer, SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Sandro Matosevic | New Investigator Grant | 2023 | Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | Purdue University |
John Ligon | New Investigator Grant | 2023 | University of Florida | |
John Prensner | New Investigator Grant | 2023 | Targeting Aberrant RNA Translation in DIPG Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | University of Michigan |
Sneha Ramakrishna | New Investigator Grant | 2023 | Immune Determinants of GD2 CAR T-Cell Activity in Patients with DIPG Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer, Tough2gether Foundation | Stanford University |
Bilal Omer | Game Changer Grant | 2023 | C7R-GD2 CAR T-Cells for DMG: Clinical Trial of Dual Route Strategy Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | Baylor College of Medicine |
Pavithra Viswanath, Sabine Mueller | Game Changer Grant | 2023 | In Vivo Imaging of Diffuse Midline Gliomas Co-funded by Violet Foundation for pediatric brain cancer | University of California, San Francisco |
Carl Koschmann | Special Project Grant | 2023 | CLIA certified assays for plasma-based disease response monitoring in histone mutant gliomas Co-funded by In partnership with DDRFA | University of Michigan |
Theophilos Tzaridis | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | CD155 as a Novel Regulator of Cell Growth and Immune Evasion in DIPG Mentor: Robert Wechsler-Reya | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
John Prensner | Special Project Grant | 2023 | Deciphering Aberrant RNA Translation in DIPG Co-funded by In partnership with DDRFA | University of Michigan |
DMG Bioinformatics at CBTN | Special Project Grant | 2022 | Children's Brain Tumor Network | |
Pruthvi Gowda | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Remodeling Lipid Metabolism for Therapeutic Differentiation of H3K27M DIPG Mentor: Nika Danial | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Ryan Duchatel | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Mentor: Matt Dun | University of Newcastle |
Joana Graca Marques | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Exploring H3K27ac Deregulation as Therapeutically Actionable in Histone Mutant Pediatric DIPG Mentor: Mariella Filbin | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Akash Deogharkar | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Targeting Combined Metabolic and Epigenetic Pathways H3K27M DIPG Mentor: Sriram Venneti | University of Michigan |
David Rogawski | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Neurophysiological Small Molecule Screen for Inhibitors of Neuron-to-DIPG Communication Mentor: Michelle Monje | Stanford University |
Erik Peterson | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Determining the Effect of ONC201 on DIPG Cellular Metabolism and Targeting Mechanisms of Resistance Mentor: Daniel Wahl | University of Michigan |
Stefanie-Grace Sbergio | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2023 | Tumor-Targeted pan-RAS Inhibition as a Novel Therapy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Mentor: Cynthia Hawkins | Hospital for Sick Children |
Orazio Vittorio | New Investigator Grant | 2022 | Exploring copper chelation as a novel epigenetic therapeutic strategy for DIPG | University of New South Wales |
Jamie Anastas | New Investigator Grant | 2022 | Baylor College of Medicine | |
Zach Reitman | New Investigator Grant | 2022 | Dissecting mechanisms of radio resistance associated with p53 mutations in DIPG | Duke University |
Humsa Venkatesh | New Investigator Grant | 2022 | Targeting the electrical vulnerabilities of DIPG by modulating the neuronal microenvironment | The Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Mark Souweidane | Game Changer Grant | 2022 | Weill Cornell Medical College | |
Richard Lu | Game Changer Grant | 2022 | Targeting Diffuse Midline Gliomas with Rational Combination Therapy | University of Cincinnati |
Praveen Raju, Oren Becher | Game Changer Grant | 2022 | A clinically translatable nanotherapeutic approach to enhance BBB drug delivery in DIPG | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Mateus Mota | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2022 | Therapeutic targeting of the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas Mentor: Sriram Venneti | University of Michigan |
Andrew Groves | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2022 | Targeted Protein Degradation of LSD1 as a Therapeutic Strategy in DIPG Mentor: Mariella Filbin | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Michelle Monje | Special Project Grant | 2021 | Supporting CAR T Trial: Neuro-Immuno-Oncology (NIO) fellowship program Co-funded by Elle's Angels Foundation, Austin Strong Foundation, Storm the Heavens Fund, SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Stanford University |
Michael Koldobskiy | New Investigator Grant | 2021 | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
Vivekanand Yadav | New Investigator Grant | 2021 | University of Michigan | |
Giedre Krenciute | New Investigator Grant | 2021 | Targeting T-cell intrinsic and extrinsic regulators to improve T cell therapies in DIPGs | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Jessica Blackburn | New Investigator Grant | 2021 | Use of H3(K27M) – Driven Zebrafish Models to Identify Targetable Vulnerabilities in DIPG | University of Kentucky |
Sriram Venetti | Game Changer Grant | 2021 | University of Michigan | |
Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay | Game Changer Grant | 2021 | MYC activation in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas Co-funded by SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Marta Alonso | Game Changer Grant | 2021 | Oncolytic Immunotherapy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | Clinica Universidad de Navarra |
Sujatha Venkataraman | Game Changer Grant | 2021 | University of Colorado Denver | |
Tim Phoenix | Game Changer Grant | 2021 | MYC activation in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas Co-funded by SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | University of Cincinnati |
Marc Garcia Moure | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2021 | Mentor: Marta Alonso | Clinica Universidad de Navarra |
Tara Barron | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2021 | Mentor: Michelle Monje | Stanford University |
DMG-ACT Group at PNOC | Special Project Grant | 2022 | Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC) | |
Matt Dun | New Investigator Grant | 2020 | Unlocking oncogene addition to identify synergistic treatment targets for the treatment of DIPG | University of Newcastle |
Stephen Mack | New Investigator Grant | 2020 | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | |
Zach Reitman | New Investigator Grant | 2020 | Enhancing the efficacy of radiation therapy for DIPG Co-funded by SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Duke University |
James Stafford | New Investigator Grant | 2020 | University of Vermont | |
Daphne Haas-Kogan, Brendan Price | Game Changer Grant | 2020 | Dependence of DIPGs on DNA polymerase for DNA repair defines a new therapeutic target. | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Hideho Okada, Wendell Lim | Game Changer Grant | 2020 | University of California, San Francisco | |
Alan Jiao | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2020 | Dissecting mechanisms of H3K27M oncohistone function in DIPG Mentor: Yang Shi | Boston Children's Hospital |
Chan Chung | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2020 | Targeting DIPGs by interrupting metabolic pathways Mentor: Sriram Venneti | University of Michigan |
Xu Zhang | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2020 | Mechanistic studies on the WNT5A signal pathway in DIPG tumor Mentor: Zhiguo Zhang | Columbia University |
Eshini Panditharatna | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2020 | Targeting epigenetically induced vulnerabilities in DIPG Mentor: Mariella Filbin Co-funded by SoSo Strong Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Nick Vitanza | New Investigator Grant | 2019 | Optimal combinatorial targeting of HDAC inhibition and radiation in DIPG | Seattle Children's Hospital |
Sujatha Venkataraman | New Investigator Grant | 2019 | University of Colorado Denver | |
Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay | New Investigator Grant | 2019 | Characterizing long non-coding RNAs as therapeutic targets in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Sameer Agnihotri | New Investigator Grant | 2019 | University of Pittsburgh | |
Stefanie Galban | Game Changer Grant | 2019 | University of Michigan | |
Sriram Venetti | Game Changer Grant | 2019 | University of Michigan | |
Nalin Gupta, Daniel Lim | Game Changer Grant | 2019 | Use of a Long Non-coding RNA (lncRNA) as a Therapeutic Target in DIPG. | University of California, San Francisco |
Nneka Mbah | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2019 | Therapeutic targetiing of the disrupted metabolic state in DIPG to induce ferroptotic cell death. Mentor: Costas Lyssiotis | University of Michigan |
Carl Koschmann | Special Project Grant | 2018 | University of Michigan | |
ONC201 EAP at Oncoceutics | Special Project Grant | 2018 | Chimerix (fka Oncoceutics) | |
Mark Souweidane | Special Project Grant | 2018 | Supporting Innovative DIPG Research: Dr. Mark Souweidane’s Lab | Weill Cornell Medical College |
Cynthia Hawkins | Special Project Grant | 2018 | Supporting Groundbreaking DIPG Research: Dr. Cynthia Hawkins’ Lab | Hospital for Sick Children |
Catherine Flores | Game Changer Grant | 2018 | Enhancing efficacy of adoptive immunotherapy against DIPG using hematopoietic cells. | University of Florida |
Michelle Monje | Game Changer Grant | 2018 | The Tumor Microtube Network in DIPG: Targeting a Possible ‘Achilles Heel’ Required to Defeat DIPG. | Stanford University |
David Ashley | Game Changer Grant | 2018 | Recombinant Attenuated Poliovirus Immunization Vectors Targeting H3.3(K27M) in DIPG. | Duke University |
Jamie Anastas | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2018 | Targeting chromatin regulation to treat DIPT Mentor: Yang Shi | Boston Children's Hospital |
Zach Reitman | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2018 | Prioritizing PPM1D mutations as a target for new DIPG therapies Mentor: Rameen Beroukhim and Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Chen Shen | Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant | 2018 | Dissection of ATRX in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Mentor: Oren Becher | Northwestern University |