2005-2006 Grant Cycle : Research Grants Awarded
Population Specific Research
Narrowing the Gap in Breast Adjuvant Therapy for African American Women
Vanessa Sheppard, Ph.D
Georgetown University
Population Specific
$249,972
Role of Estrogen Receptor Beta in Response to Tamoxifen Therapy
Indira Poola, PhD
Howard University
Population Specific
$250,000
Elucidating the Barriers and Facilitators to Breast Cancer Screening: Gaining Perspectives of Women with Disabilities and their Health Care Providers
Ellen Lopez, MPH, PHD
University of Florida
Population Specific
$231,237
Mammography Promotion Intervention for Korean-American Immigrant Women
Jin H. Kim, PhD, RN
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Population Specific
$250,000
Testing A family Breat Cancer Prevention Intervention: Kin Keeper
Karen P. Williams, Ph.D
Michigan State University
Population Specific
$249,991
Evaluating Support Groups for Asian American & Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, PhD, MN, RN
The Regents of the University of California
Population Specific
$249,666
A Randomized Study to Prevent Lymphedema in Women Treated for Breast Cancer
Electra Paskett, PhD
The Ohio State University Research Foundation
Population Specific
$250,000
The ACT Intervention to Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Disparity
Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Population Specific
$246,000
Screening Mammography Follow-Up For Women With Disabilities
Bonnie Yankaskas, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Population Specific
$249,999
Determine Sexual Well-being in Sexual Minority Women
Ulrike Boehmer, PhD
Bedford VA Research Corporation, Inc. (BRCI)
Population Specific
$250,000
Needs and Barriers to Mammography in a Heterogeneous American Indian/Alaska Native Population
Christine Daley, PhD, MA, SM
University of Kansas Medical Center
Population Specific
$249,982
Cancer Risk Counseling on Underserved Women
Jeffrey N. Weitzel, MD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Population Specific
$250,000
Fear of Recurrence Among African-American Breast Cancer Survivors
Teletia Taylor, PhD
Howard University
Population Specific
$155,372
Distress during the transition from treatment to survivorship and its impact on response to new symptoms
Andrea Gurmankin, PhD, MBe
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
Population Specific
$249,996
The Effects of a Culturally Specific Intervention for Breast Health
Susan Hoppough, PhD, RN
Saint Mary's Health Care, A member of Trinity Health
Population Specific
$249,751
A Breast Cancer Education Program for Deaf Women
Barbara Berman, PhD
The Regents of the University of California
Population Specific
$250,000
Reducing Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence in African American Women
Rosalie Young, PhD
Wayne State University
Population Specific
$250,000
Understanding the Lived Experience of Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer on the Gila River Reservation and Selecting a Cancer Treatment
Michele Halyard, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona d/b/a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Population Specific
$146,970
Improving Access to Breast Health Facilities and Services for Women with Disabilities
Patricia Saleeby, PhD
The Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf of the University of Missouri, St. Louis
Population Specific
$249,170
Partners in Living: The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Family Intervention Strategy to Influence Breast Cancer Screening Behavior of Latina Immigrants
Linda Calvacca, PhD
Stephen F. Austin State University
Population Specific
$250,000
A Population-Based Study of Inherited Breast Cancer in Young African American Women with Breast Cancer
Tuya Pal, MD
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc
Population Specific
$199,984
Breast Cancer In Hispanic Women
James Goodwin, MD
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Population Specific
$249,560
A new paradigm for African American breast cancer involving stem cell differentiation
Jean Latimer, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Population Specific
$250,000
A Comparison Of Hormone Levels And Dietary Habits Among African American And West African Women In Houston, Texas And West African Women In Ibadan, Nigeria
Janice A. Chilton, MA, MPH, DrPH, CHES
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Population Specific
$250,000
OVER(Olive oil Vaginal Exercise and Replens)come - an intervention study to improve sexual function in women with breast cancer
Michael Friedlander, MD, PhD
Prince of Wales Hospital
Population Specific
$112,242
A Pilot Study of Transillumination of Breast Spectroscopy and Tanner Staging to Assess Breast Development in Puberty
Cara Mulhall, PhD
Cancer Care Ontario
Population Specific
$250,000
The Impact Of Functional Burden On Psychological And Familial Functioning And Access To Follow-Up Care Among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors
Kimlin Ashing-Giwa, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Population Specific
$249,464
Quality of Life in Latina Breast Cancer Survivors: The Role of Culture
Melissa Figueiredo, PhD
Georgetown University
Population Specific
$249,757
Integrating Health Literacy and Community Based Education to Improve Breast Health Among Hispanics
Thelma Hurd, MD
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
Population Specific
$250,000
Access to Mammography Facilities and Use of Screening Mammography by African American Women
Elena Elkin, PhD
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Population Specific
$246,341
Genome Wide Expression Analysis as a Basis for Prognosis in African-American Breast Cancer patients.
Lisa L. Baumbach, PhD
University of Miami School of Medicine
Population Specific
$250,000
Racial Differences in Adverse Effects of Hormone Deprivation Therapy
Kathy Helzlsouer, MD, MHS
Mercy Medical Center
Population Specific
$249,991
Associations between different levels of religiosity and prognosis in Breast cancer patients
Siegal Sadetzki, MD, MPH
The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research
Population Specific
$249,298
Strength Training for Older Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Kerri Winters, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Population Specific
$249,700
Non-Clinical Factors in Disparate Treatment for Early Breast Cancer among Blacks and Whites
Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD
Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Population Specific
$248,926
Stress Management Tool Kit for Latinas Coping with Chemotherapy (Un Programa Para el Manejo del Stress Durante la Quimioterapia)
Cathy Meade, PHD
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc
Population Specific
$226,629
Demonstration of effective Native American breast health promotion strategies in the Great Lakes Region
Lisa Kerfoot, MPH
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
Population Specific
$247,935
Genetic ancestry and breast cancer risk in an admixed latin American population from Uruguay
Rick Kittles, PHD
The Ohio State University Research Foundation
Population Specific
$249,983
Clinical Implications of Rabphillin-3A-Like Gene Alterations in Breast Cancer
Upender Manne, PhD
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Population Specific
$250,000
* Pending executed agreement
