Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey 2021 Grant Awards
Addressing Cancer Health Disparities
- Cancer Health Equity and Catchment Area Research Pilot Award Program
- $100,000 awarded for the following project "Exploring Patient and Caregiver Perspectives and Experiences with Financial Toxicity" to the following Principal Investigators: Biren Saraiya, MD, Rutgers University, Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Section of Solid Tumor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Paul Duberstein, PhD, Rutgers University, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health
- $100,000 awarded for the following project "Developing Patient-Derived Organoids for Health Equity Studies" to the following Principal Investigator: Hatem E. Sabaawy, MD, PhD, Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director, Cell and Gene Therapy Production GMP facility, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Note, Dr. Sabaawy is no longer at the Rutgers Cancer Institute.
- $50,000 awarded for the following project "High Risk HPVs Contribute to HIV+ Lung Cancer and Its Racial Disparities" to the following Principal Investigator: Jian Cao, PhD, Rutgers University, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- $5,000 awarded for the continued efforts on following project "An Assessment of Needs for Cancer Screening Education in a Diverse Emergency Department" to the following Principal Investigator: Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Associate Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University
- $5,000 awarded for the following project "Cancer Analytics and South Asian Health — Breast Cancer (CASH-BC) Study" to the following Principal Investigator: Jaya Satagopan, PhD, Rutgers University, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Director, Center for South Asian Quantitative Health and Education
- $2,747 awarded for the following project “Physician Survey of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Lung Cancer Screening" to the following Principal Investigator: Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, FACP, Rutgers University, Professor and Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medical Director, Rutgers Center of Tobacco Studies
- Director’s Pilot Award Program
- $50,000 awarded for the following project “An Assessment of Needs for Cancer Screening Education in a Diverse Emergency Department", to the following Principal Investigators: Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Associate Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University, Robert M. Eisenstein, MD, FACEP, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Chief Ambulatory Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Jonathan V. McCoy, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Director of Research, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- $50,000 awarded for the following project “An Assessment of Needs for Cancer Screening Education in a Diverse Emergency Department", to the following Principal Investigators: Sara Heinert, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Associate Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University, Robert M. Eisenstein, MD, FACEP, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Chief Ambulatory Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Jonathan V. McCoy, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Director of Research, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Pilot Award Program
- $65,000 awarded for the following project "Characterizing the Gut Microbiome in a Cohort of Black and Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors: a Pilot Study" to the following Principal Investigator: Nur Zeinomar, PhD, MPH, Rutgers University, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- $60,000 awarded for the following project "Contextualizing Cancer (Mis)Information Engagement and Dissemination Among Adult Latino Social Media Users" to the following Principal Investigator: Yonaira M. Rivera, PhD, MPH, Rutgers University, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Rutgers School of Communication and Information
- Cancer Survivorship Pilot Award Program
- $35,000 awarded for the following project "Use of a Meditation Mobile Application in Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancers" to the following Principal Investigator: Archana Sharma, DO, Rutgers University, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Katie Devine, PhD, MPH, Rutgers University, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Section of Pediatric Population Science, Outcomes, and Disparities Research Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Gary Kwok, PhD, Postdoctoral Appointee, Pediatric Population Science, Outcomes, and Disparities Research, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- $30,000 awarded for the following project "Targeting Adenosine Kinase as a Promising Therapeutic Strategy in Chemobrain” to the following Principal Investigators: Mi-Hyeon Jang, PhD, Rutgers University, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Detlev Boison, PhD, Professor & Vice Chair of Research and Training, Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School