(Press-News.org) The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF), a 501(c)3 non-profit committed to funding locally-based researchers, programs and facilities until every child is assured a healthy cancer-free future, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 CCF Research Awards. The eleven pediatric oncology researchers, each conducting work in the Baltimore-Washington region, will be presented with their grants at the 39th Annual Gala to be held November 4, 2023 at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD.
The 2023 CCF Research Awards, combined with funding for local programs for children fighting cancer, total $1M.
The 2023 Research Awardees are:
Chris Albanese, Ph.D., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Curt I. Civin, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gary Kupfer, M.D., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Yiouli P. Ktena, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, CCF Giant Food NextGen Awardee
Nicolas Llosa, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chase McCann, Ph.D., Children’s National Hospital
Anandani Nellan, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Institute
Patience Odeniyide, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Haneen Shalabi, D.O., National Cancer Institute
Aykut Üren, M.D. Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Yiouli Ktena, M.D., of Johns Hopkins, will receive the CCF Giant Food NextGen Award, created for a promising young pediatric cancer researcher to fund both their research and their professional advancement in the field. Dr. Ktena will be the eleventh recipient of this joint effort between CCF and Giant Food.
The CCF Research Awards are selected by an independent panel of prominent pediatric cancer researchers from outside the Maryland, D.C., and N. Virginia area. Additionally, CCF will present five non-research awards to local programs at the following: The Children’s Inn at NIH, The Claire Marie Foundation, Nigel’s Neighborhood, Horizon Day Camp and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Since its founding in 1983, CCF has awarded researchers, programs and facilities with more than $43M.
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The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. announces the 2023 CCF Research Awards
Eleven researchers representing Children’s National Hospital, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, University of Maryland, and the National Cancer Institute to receive CCF grants intended to advance pediatric cancer treatments and cures
2023-07-25
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[Press-News.org] The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. announces the 2023 CCF Research AwardsEleven researchers representing Children’s National Hospital, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, University of Maryland, and the National Cancer Institute to receive CCF grants intended to advance pediatric cancer treatments and cures