{"642791":{"#nid":"642791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dreaden Receives Winship Collaborative Pilot Grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy Shannon McCaffrey, Emory Health Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo research teams from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) have been awarded pilot grants from the Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund, a unique funding opportunity offered jointly by Winship, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children\u0026#39;s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach one-year grant of $125,000 is funded in part by contributions from the Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust. The grants are intended to spark collaboration between basic science researchers (including biomedical engineers) and physicians, leading to innovations that improve the lives of children and adults with cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis cycle\u0026#39;s Donaldson Charitable Trust Research Synergy Fund pilot grant recipients are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Improving CAR T cell efficacy through optimal manufacturing with nanoparticle backpacks\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/bios\/faculty\/rafiq-sarwish.html\u0022 title=\u0022Sarwish Rafiq, PhD\u0022\u003ESarwish Rafiq, PhD\u003C\/a\u003E (Principal Investigator)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAssistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tEmory University School of Medicine\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/bios\/faculty\/dreaden-erik.html\u0022 title=\u0022Erik Dreaden, PhD\u0022\u003EErik Dreaden, PhD\u003C\/a\u003E (Co-Principal Investigator)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAssistant Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tGeorgia Institute of Technology and Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAssistant Professor of Pediatrics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tEmory University School of Medicine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children\u0026#39;s Healthcare of Atlanta\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;MERTK and MEK inhibitor combination therapy for AML\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/bios\/faculty\/deryckere-deborah.html\u0022 title=\u0022Deborah DeRyckere, PhD\u0022\u003EDeborah DeRyckere, PhD\u003C\/a\u003E (Principal Investigator)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAssistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tEmory University School of Medicine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children\u0026#39;s Healthcare of Atlanta\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/bios\/faculty\/panoskaltsis-nicki.html\u0022 title=\u0022Nicki Panoskaltsis, MD, PhD, FRCP\u0022\u003ENicki Panoskaltsis, MD, PhD, FRCP\u003C\/a\u003E (Co-Principal Investigator)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tAssociate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tEmory University School of Medicine\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVisit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/research\/funding-opportunities\/winship-awards-and-pilot-grants.html\u0022 title=\u0022Winship Awards \u0026amp; Pilot Grants\u0022\u003EWinship Awards \u0026amp; Pilot Grants\u003C\/a\u003E for more information about pilot grants and other funding opportunities for Winship investigators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Two teams win funding intended to spark innovations that improve lives of cancer patients"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo research teams win funding intended to spark innovations that improve lives of cancer patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two research teams win funding intended to spark innovations that improve lives of cancer patients."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2021-01-11 19:30:45","changed_gmt":"2021-01-11 19:30:45","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642788":{"id":"642788","type":"image","title":"Erik Dreaden","body":null,"created":"1610393114","gmt_created":"2021-01-11 19:25:14","changed":"1610393114","gmt_changed":"2021-01-11 19:25:14","alt":"Erik Dreaden headshot","file":{"fid":"244088","name":"Dreaden-Erik-headshot-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dreaden-Erik-headshot-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dreaden-Erik-headshot-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":263655,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Dreaden-Erik-headshot-h.jpg?itok=077q0lsc"}}},"media_ids":["642788"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Erik-Dreaden","title":"Erik Dreaden"},{"url":"https:\/\/winshipcancer.emory.edu\/research\/funding-opportunities\/winship-awards-and-pilot-grants.html","title":"Winship Awards \u0026 Pilot Grants"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186634","name":"Erik Dreaden"},{"id":"146991","name":"Emory Winship Cancer Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.385.2416\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}