The SBTF 2007 Brain Tumor Research Grants were awarded on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

Each researcher gave an inspiring and promising presentation regarding his research. (Click here for photos from the awards ceremony.)

Four Research Grant Awards Were Presented - Totaling $270,000.

• Dr. Yiting Cao, Duke University, on his work with Dr. Jeremy Rich and the Erythropoietin Regulation of Brain Tumor Stem Cells.
• Dr. Charlie Hao, Emory University, on his work of Combination Treatment of GBM with TRAIL and Hsp90 Inhibitors.
• Dr. John Sampson, Duke University, on the effect of CTLA-4 Blockade on Immune Phenotype and Tumor Response in GBM.
• Dr. Erwin Van Meir, Emory University, on a novel anti-angiogenic function for the p14ARF tumor suppressor in glioma.

Three Research Grant Awards Were Presented in 2006- Totaling $210,432

• Michael W. Graner, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Heat Shock Protein Vaccines as Immunotherapy against Malignant Glioma
• Erwin Van Meir, PhD, Director, Emory Winship Cancer Institute Brain Tumor Program, Pre-clinical Development of a Novel Small Molecule HIF-1 Inhibitor for the Therapy of Malignant Brain Tumors
• Matthias Gromeier, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Evaluation of Oncolytic Poliovirus Recombinants in a Syngeneic Rodent Glioma Model

In 2005 Three Research Grant Awards Were Presented - Totaling $110,000

The recipients of the 2005 awards were as follows:

• Hai Yan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center - Characterization of OTX2 as a Novel Therapeutic Target and Prognostic Marker in Medulloblastoma
• Chunhai (Charlie) Hao, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Staff Pathologist, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine - Development of TRAIL-based Therapies for Glioblastomas
• Anita Hjelmeland, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University Medical Center - PTEN Loss in Gliomas Promotes Pro-Tumorigenic Responses to Transforming Growth Factor Beta

Previously Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation has given two research equipment grants to the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology at Emory University and brain tumor research grants to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and to Duke University.