University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Current Grant Awards

MOLECULAR STAGING OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER METASTASIS
Principal Investigator:  Tony Godfrey, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator:  Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD
Source:  NIH
Amount of Funding:  $222,5000
12/1/04-11/30/07

GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC PROFILING OF HPV-ASSOCIATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Principal Investigator:  Saleem Khan, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator:  Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD
Source:  NIH
Amount of Funding:  $222,5000
12/1/04-11/30/09

SPECIALIZED PROGRAM OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (SPORE) IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Principal Investigator: Jennifer R. Grandis, MD
Co-Principal Investigator: Eugene N. Myers, MD
Source: NIH
Amount of Funding: $13,605,413
10/1/04-9/30/09

ERYTHROPOIETIN SIGNALING IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Principal Investigator: Stephen Y. Lai, MD, PhD
Source: Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
Amount of Funding: $108,500
7/1/04-6/30/05

APOPTOSIS OF EFFECTOR T CELLS IN CANCER: IMPLICATIONS FOR IMMUNE THERAPY
Principal Investigator: Robert L. Ferris, MD PhD
Source: Flight Attendance Medical Research Institute
Amount of Funding: $542,500
7/1/03-6/30/04