Bladder cancer institute awards $500,000 worth of research grants

The Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute awarded a combined $500,000 to 10 bladder cancer projects.

The institute — established in 2014 as a collaborative initiative of Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Brady Urological Institute, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine — is designed to advance the scientific understanding of bladder cancer and improve its treatment.

The institute awards grants of up to $50,000 each to encourage young investigators to pursue research that advances bladder cancer treatment. Grants, renewable for up to 3 years, are awarded in the areas of genetic and epigenetic approaches; targeted therapies; immunotherapy; patient care, prevention and screening; and pioneering studies.

This year’s grants fund six new projects and four renewed projects. Recipients are:

lCorinne Joshu, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and assistant professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center;

lMargaret Knowles, PhD, professor of experimental cancer research at University of Leeds, United Kingdom;

lAnirudha Singh, PhD, assistant professor of urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;

lAlexander Baras, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;

lShawn E. Lupold, PhD, associate professor of urology, oncology, and radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;

lMichael Johnson, MD, instructor of urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;

lTrinity Bivalacqua, MD, PhD, associate professor of urology, surgery and oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of urologic oncology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center;

lGeorge Netto, MD, professor of pathology, urology and oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;

lPeter O’Donnell, MD, assistant professor of medicine at University of Chicago; and

lArmine Smith, MD, assistant professor of urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

For more information about funding opportunities, go to pilotprojects.onc.jhmi.edu.