Grants

DMG-ACT — Advancing Multi-Modality, Precision-Driven Treatment

2026 Special Project Grant

Sabine Mueller, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC)

Javad Nazarian

Carl Koschmann

Co-funded by Avery's Little Army and Zatkoff Family Legacy Fund

Equipment Support: IVIS™ Lumina S5 Optical Imaging System

2026 Special Project Grant

Carl Koschmann, University of Michigan

Neuro-Immuno-Oncology Fellowship Continuation & Clinical Trial Expansion

2026 Special Project Grant

Michelle Monje, Stanford University

Determining the Metabolic and Therapeutic Consequences of HGPRT Inhibition in DIPG

2026 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Erik Peterson, University of Michigan

Mentors: Daniel Wahl

Engineered Plasma B Cells to Enhance Tumor Immunotherapy against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

2026 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Anja Kordowski, Seattle Children's Hospital

Mentors: Nick Vitanza

Co-funded by Violet Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer

Identifying and Targeting the Cell-to-Cell Interactions Driving Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Growth After GD2-CAR T Cell Treatment

2026 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Emba Steiner-Malka, Stanford University

Mentors: Michelle Monje

Co-funded by Neev Kolte & Brave Ronil Foundation

Multi-Ganglioside Targeting to Overcome Antigen Heterogeneity in DMG

2026 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Kevin Lu, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Mentors: Robbie Majzner and Mariella Filbin

Co-funded by Violet Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer

NanoPROTACs: a New Blood-Brain Barrier Penetrating Therapeutic Approach to Drug the ‘Undruggable’ in DIPG/DMG

2026 Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Bryan Kincheon Li, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine

Mentors: Praveen Raju

Co-funded by Violet Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer

Comprehensive Antigen Discovery in DIPG for the Development of Novel Immunotherapies

2026 Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant

Salam Almriri, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mentors: Sachet Ashok Shukla

A mRNA-Based Approach for Reprogramming Tumor-Associated Macrophages to Target and Hunt Diffuse Midline Glioma

2025 New Investigator Grant

Ernest Moles, University of New South Wales

Co-funded by Neev Kolte & Brave Ronil Foundation and RUN DIPG