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RECENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH
Thanks to generous supporters like you, the BCRFA invested $1.275 million in 24 breast cancer research projects at 7 institutes across the state in 2022.
Birmingham


Evaluating associations of rurality and neighborhood disadvantage with racial disparities in breast cancer mortality among women in the state of Alabama
Ritu Aneja, PhD
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Predicting the Risk of Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Survivors
Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH
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Cellular and Molecular Basis of the Neurological Effects of Chemotherapy
James Bibb, PhD and Etty (Tika) Benveniste, PhD
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FAM129B/NIBAN2 as a biomarker for therapy with NRF2 inhibitors
Anindya Dutta, MD, PhD
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Targeting CSF1R/PU.1 signaling and PU.1 super-enhancer regulation in tumor progression across breast cancer subtypes
Blake Eason Hildreth, III, DVM, MS, PhD
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Phase II single arm trial of low dose capecitabine in patients with advanced breast cancer
Katia Khoury, MD
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Hijacking axonogenesis to promote breast cancer by a subset of regulatory T cells
Jianmei Leavenworth, MD, PhD
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Research Support for Breast Surgical Fellow
Catherine Parker, MD
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Elucidating the effects of hypoxia on ribosome biogenesis in breast cancer
Dr. Amr Rafat
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Unique Arteriolar Niche in Expansion of Breast Cancer Stem Cells for Metastasis
Bin Ren, MD, PhD
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Identification of HIF-1a interactors in the nucleolus of breast cancer cells
Rajeev Samant, PhD
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A novel clinically actionable approach to disable resurgence and metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer
Lalita Shevde-Samant, PhD
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Intercellular Mitochondrial Trafficking as a Novel Mechanism in Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis
Keshav Singh, PhD
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Developing novel AKT degrader to selectively inhibit the growth of PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway mutant breast cancer
Jia Xu, PhD
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RNF2 ablation stimulates durable NK-CD4+ T cell-dependent anti-tumor immunity
Eddy Yang, MD, PhD and Zhuo Zhang, MD, PhD
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Chronic stress-regulated tumor-neuroimmune network in triple-negative breast cancer
Chao Zhang, MD, PhD
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Getting the right treatment to the right patient by matching regimens to patient biopsy before treatment
Karim I. Budhwani, PhD, DLA and Chelsea Crawford, PhD
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Mobile


WNK1, A Novel Regulator of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Dr. Debanjan Chakroborty
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Contribution of PERK+ Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells in the Ethnic Disparity of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Dr. Luis del Pozo-Yauner
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Influence of stress on immune landscape and spatial heterogeneity of breast cancer
Dr. Seema Singh
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Auburn


Highly Active Liposomal Formulation of Proteasome Inhibitor Carfilzomib for the Treatment of TNBC
Dr. Alexei F. Kisselev
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Tuskegee


Cancer genomic study to characterize genetic and epigenetic diversity of immune landscape in triple negative breast cancer in women of African ethnicity
Dr. Deepa Bedi
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Huntsville


Inherited Breast Cancer Risk Screening and Education – Historically Black Colleges and Universities Expansion
Dr. Sara Cooper
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Tuscaloosa

Carrier-free Quercetin Nanoparticles for Overcoming Breast Cancer Drug Resistance
Dr. Yuping Bao (University of Alabama) and Robert D. Arnold (Auburn University)
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