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ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation’s Funded Grants

ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation funds the most promising childhood brain cancer research across the globe. To date, the foundation, along with their partners and donors, has funded over 90 researchers, across 44 institutions, totaling over $36 million.

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TREM2 Modulation as an Immunotherapeutic Strategy for DIPG

2025 Game Changer Grant
Krishna Bhat, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Fellowship for CAR-T Study

2025 Special Project Grant
Daniel de la Nava, University of Michigan

Enhancing CAR-T Therapy through Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment by Blocking TIM-3

2025 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Iker Ausejo Mauleon, Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Mentors: Marta Alonso

Investing DIPG Tumor Dependencies on Branched Chain Amino Acid Catabolism through Therapeutic Dietary Restriction

2025 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Brian Krug, Columbia University
Mentors: Chao Lu

Targeting Adaptive Immune Niche in the Skull Bone Marrow for Novel Immunotherapy

2025 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Janghyun Park, Washington University in St. Louis
Mentors: Jonathan Kipnis

Targeting Mechanisms of Treatment Resistance in Diffuse Midline Glioma

2025 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Safiulla Syed, University of Michigan
Mentors: Alnawaz Rehemtulla and Wajd Al-Holou

Elucidating the Mechanism of EGFR Mediated Resistance to ONC201 in H3K27M Mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma

2025 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Sunjong Ji, University of Michigan
Mentors: Carl Koschmann

Engineering Enhanced Gamma Delta T-Cells to Overcome DIPG Immune Resistance

2025 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Prateek Thenge, University of Minnesota
Mentors: Beau Webber

Harnessing Oncolytic Adenoviruses for Targeted Diffuse Midline Glioma Therapy

2025 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Akhila Parthasarathy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mentors: Juan Fueyo

Inhibition of Mitochondrial ROS Scavenging as a Novel Treatment for DMG

2025 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Margaret Trout, University of Vermont
Mentors: James Stafford