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DaCCoTA Pilot Project Awardees

Recipients of Feasibility Pilot Grants

kevin francis

Interplay between cholesterol metabolism and extracellular vesicles in head and neck cancer

PI - Kevin Francis, PhD (Sanford)
Co-PIs - Chad Spanos, MD (Sanford); Paola Vermeer, PhD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2021
xusheng wang headshot

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based early cancer diagnosis using chromatin architectures in cell-free DNA

PI - Xusheng Wang, PhD (UND)
Co-PIs - Motoki Takaku, PhD (UND); Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH (UND)
Award Year - Spring 2021
Buddhadev Layek headshot

Tumor-targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics for effective management of lung cancer

PI - Buddhadev Layek, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Cornelius Dyke, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2021
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Defining the role of Integrin-talin complex in renal cancer progression and fibrosis

PI - Sijo Mathew, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Preston Steen, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2021
Soojun Kim headshot

Promoting Radon Testing via Smartphone App: A Clinical Trial in a High Radon State

PI - Soojung Kim, Ph.D. (UND)
Co-PIs - Gary Schwartz, PhD, MPH, PhD (UND); Marilyn Klug, PhD (UND); David Schmitz, PhD (UND)
Award Year - Spring 2021
johnathan bleeker headshot

Investigating the utility of circulating tumor DNA in predicting outcomes following definitive multimodality therapy for locally advanced esophageal/gastroesophageal junction cancer

PI – Jonathan Bleeker, MD (Sanford) 
Co-PI – Michael Kareta, PhD (Sanford)
Collaborator - Preston Steen, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2020
sam milanovich headshot

The feasibility of the MAGIC-N tool for detecting clinical signs of CIPN in preverbal and non-verbal pediatric cancer patients

PI – Samuel Milanovich, MD (Sanford)  
Co-Is – Dan Steventon, DPT (Sanford); Patti Berg-Poppe, PhD (USD)
Award Year - Spring 2020
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Treatment of cognitive impairments in cancer

PI – Patrick Ronan, PhD (USD/VA)
Co-PI – Samuel Sathyanesan, PhD (USD)
Co-Is - Steven Powell, MD (Sanford); Jason Peterson, PhD (Sioux Falls VA)
Award Year - Spring 2020
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Groundwater contaminants and colorectal cancer outcomes in North Dakota

PI - Amber Lyon-Colbert, PhD, MS (UND)
Co-PI - Marc Basson, MD, PhD, MBA (UND)
Advisors - Gary Schwartz, PhD, MPH, PhD (UND); Marilyn Klug, PhD (UND)
Award Year - Fall 2019
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Use of pancreatic tumor organoids to identify personalized therapies

PI - Katie Reindl, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Daniel Tuvin, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2019
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Neutrophil functions in breast cancer

PI - Jyotika Sharma, PhD (UND)
Co-PIs- Atul Sharmal, PhD (UND); Todar Dentchev, MD (Altru)
Award Year - Fall 2019
lyle best headshot

Tissue- and genotype-specific expression of C-reactive protein: Relation to cancer biology

PI - Lyle Best, MD (Turtle Mountain Community College)
Co-PI - Greg Gapp, MD (Quentin Burdick Health Care Center)
Award Year - Spring 2019
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RAGE subcellular localization in human melanoma tumors

PI - Estelle Leclerc, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Thomas Wambach, MD (Fargo VA)
Award Year - Spring 2019
dharmakeerthi nawarthna headshot

Biomanufacturing of safe and non-viral CAR T-cells for cancer immunotherapy

PI – Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PIs – Glenn Dorsam, PhD (NDSU); Samuel Amin, MD (Sanford); Melanie Chihak, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2019
trung le headshot

Point-of-care obstruction sleep apnea (OSA) monitoring and forecasting platform for cancer patients

PI – Trung (Tim) Le, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PIs – Arveity Setty, MD (Sanford); Radhakrishna Vegunta, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2018
stefan vetter headshot

Prognostic and therapeutic value of two IDG-focus kinases in breast cancer treatment

PI – Stefan Vetter, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI – Anu Gaba, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2018

Recipients of Ready-to-Go Pilot Grants

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Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis Testbed for Regenerative Bone Therapies for Bone Metastasis

PI – Dinesh Katti, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PIs – Parth Vyas, M.D. (Sanford); Kalpana Katti, PhD (NDSU)
Award Year – Spring 2021
Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna headshot

Cytotoxic effects of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cells manufactured by radio–frequency electric fields

PI - Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Samuel Milanovich, MD (Sanford); Glenn Dorsam, PhD (NDSU)
Award Year – Spring 2021
cheryl hysjulien headshot

A Comprehensive Approach to Head and Neck Cancer Prehabilitation

PI - Cheryl Hysjulien, PhD (Sanford)
Co-Is - Amy Schmidt, RN (Sanford); Klaus Cavalhieri, NCL (UND)
Award Year - Spring 2020
trung le headshot

Smart IoT system for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Monitoring and Forecasting in Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

PI - Trung (Tim) Le, PhD (NDSU)
Co-Is - Arveity Setty, MD (Sanford); Andrew Terrell, MD (Sanford); Miran Blanchard, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2020
kaitie reindl headshot

Therapeutic effects and cancer-selective mechanisms of piperlongumine

PI - Katie Reindl, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Daniel Tuvin, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2020
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Site-specific delivery of Veratridine: A novel targeted therapy in colorectal cancer

PI - Grigoriy Sereda, PhD (USD)
Co-I - Khosrow Rezvani, MD, PhD (USD)
Award Year - Spring 2020
kalpania katti headshot

Design of humanoid testbeds of breast cancer bone metastasis

PI – Kalpana Katti, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PIs – Anu Gaba, MD (Sanford); Dinesh Katti, PhD (NDSU)
Award Year - Fall 2019
estelle leclerc headshot

Efficacy of RAGE inhibitors with dacarbazine and PDX models of melanoma.

PI - Estelle Leclerc, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Daniel Tuvin (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2019
stefan vetter headshot

Prognostic and therapeutic value of two IDG-focus kinases in breast cancer treatment

PI – Stefan Vetter, PhD (NDSU)
Co-I – Anu Gaba, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2019
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Nanoparticles for drug delivery to triple-negative breast cancer

PI - Sanku Mallik, PhD (NDSU)
Co-PI - Daniel Tuvin, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Fall 2018

Recipients of Community Engagement Pilot Grants

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The ND Quit-Line as a Tool for Identifying Disparities in Radon Knowledge Among Smokers

PI - David Schmitz, MD (UND) 
Co-I - Gary Schwartz, PhD, MPH, PhD (UND)
Award Year - Spring 2020
siobhan wescott headshot

American Indian Adult Tobacco Survey Dakota Initiative

PI - Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH (UND)
Co-I - Jacqueline Gray, PhD (UND) 
Award Year - Spring 2020
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Developing a colorectal cancer tribal community engagement strategy in North Dakota

PI – Nicole Redvers, ND, MPHc (UND)
Co-I – Don Warne (UND)
Award Year - Fall 2019

Recipients of Covid-19-Related Pilot Grants

kayelyn wagner headshot

Comparison of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in cancer and non-cancer pediatric patients in South Dakota

PI - Kayelyn Wagner, MD (Sanford)
Co-PIs - Victor Huber, PhD (USD); Santiago Lopez, MD (Sanford); Khasrow Rezvania, MD, PhD (USD)  
Award Year - Spring 2020
archana dhasarthy headshot

Phenotypic and Epigenomic Impact of SARS-Cov-2 (Covid-19) Nucleocapsid Protein in Breast Cancer

PI – Archana Dhasarathy, PhD (UND)
Co-Is -Motoki Takaku, PhD (UND); Ryan Askeland, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2020
victor huber headshot

Detection of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in cancer patients

PI - Victor Huber, PhD (USD)
Co-Is - Santiago Lopez, MD (Sanford); Fernando Bula Rudas, MD (USD); Khosrow Rezvani, MD, PhD (USD)
Award Year - Spring 2020
sanku mallik headshot

Mechanistic studies on lung metastasis of breast cancer and Covid-19 infection

PI - Sanku Mallik, PhD (NDSU)
Co-I - Daniel Tuvin, MD (Sanford)
Award Year - Spring 2020

 

 

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