The Mary Kay Foundation |
2013 Cancer Grant Recipients ![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_DiFeo.jpg) | YSF Board Member Analisa DiFeo, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Title of Project: Single Agent Dual Inhibition of the AKT and ERK Signaling Pathway for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer | |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Ann.jpg) | David K. Ann, Ph.D., City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA Title of Project: Targeting Arginime Dependency, A metabolic Achilles’ Heel for Breast Cancer |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Brodsky.jpg) | Alexander S. Brodsky, Ph.D., Brown University, Providence, RI Title of Project: New Approaches to Target Mevalonate Biosynthesis for Ovarian Cancer |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Cho.jpg) | Kathleen Cho, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Title of Project: Examining falopian tube origin of high grade serous “ovarian” carcinoma |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Chowdbury.jpg) | Dipanjan Chowdbury, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Title of Project: MicroRnas as a Molecular Basis for Defective Homologous Recombination in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Ewald.jpg) | Andrew J. Ewald, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Title of Project: Basal marker+ cancer cells lead collective invasion and dissemination across multiple subtypes of breast cancer |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Makowski.jpg) | Liza Makowski, Ph.D., UNC Chapel, Chapel Hill, NC Title of Project: Reversing carcinogenic effect of obesity on basal-like breast cancer |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Rosenfeld.jpg) | Michael G. Rosenfeld, MD, University of California, San Diego, CA Title of Project: Reprogramming Breast Cancer Cells |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Wu.jpg) | Joy Y. Wu, Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Title of Project: Effects of Parathyroid Hormone on the Breast Cancer Metastatic Niche in Bone |
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![](https://content2.marykayintouch.com/Public/MKACF/Images/GrantRecipients/2013/2013_Wulf.jpg) | Gerburg M. Wulf., Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Title of Project: Use of P13Kinase inhibitors to improve the Outcomes of Antineoplastic Treatments for Breast Cancer |