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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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DMG-ACT — Proving Global Scale and Feasibility

2023 Special Project Grant
Sabine Mueller, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC)
Javad Nazarian
Carl Koschmann
Co-funded by Zatkoff Family Legacy Fund

CD155 as a Novel Regulator of Cell Growth and Immune Evasion in DIPG

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Theophilos Tzaridis, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Mentors: Robert Wechsler-Reya

Exploring H3K27ac Deregulation as Therapeutically Actionable in Histone Mutant Pediatric DIPG

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Joana Graca Marques, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Mentors: Mariella Filbin

Integrating Systemic and Local Therapeutic Vulnerabilities to Improve the Treatment of Diffuse Midline Glioma

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Ryan Duchatel, University of Newcastle
Mentors: Matt Dun

Neurophysiological Small Molecule Screen for Inhibitors of Neuron-to-DIPG Communication

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
David Rogawski, Stanford University
Mentors: Michelle Monje

Remodeling Lipid Metabolism for Therapeutic Differentiation of H3K27M DIPG

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Pruthvi Gowda, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Mentors: Nika Danial

Targeting Combined Metabolic and Epigenetic Pathways H3K27M DIPG

2023 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Akash Deogharkar, University of Michigan
Mentors: Sriram Venneti

Determining the Effect of ONC201 on DIPG Cellular Metabolism and Targeting Mechanisms of Resistance

2023 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Erik Peterson, University of Michigan
Mentors: Daniel Wahl

Tumor-Targeted pan-RAS Inhibition as a Novel Therapy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

2023 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant
Stefanie-Grace Sbergio, Hospital for Sick Children
Mentors: Cynthia Hawkins

Combinatorial targeting of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases in DIPG

2022 New Investigator Grant
Jamie Anastas, Baylor College of Medicine