STOP CANCER 2018 Awards

STOP CANCER's 2018 research awards for UCLA physician-scientists totaled $1,020,000 and were allocated as outlined below.

As the organization sunset its operations, STOP CANCER made special awards of $140,000 each to the following UCLA researchers:

STOP CANCER RCDA
Isla Garraway, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDA
Edward B. Garon, M.D.

STOP CANCER RCDA
Sanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDA
David Nathanson, Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDA
Maie St. John, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER members and donors helped to fund Research Career Development Awards (RCDAs) of $150,000 each. The JCCC's 2018 recipient of the Marnie Levine Memorial RCDA was Erina Vlashi, Ph.D.

STOP CANCER Member Seed Grants of $25,000 or more were funded by groups of donors who selected a specific type of cancer research as their area of interest. Named Seed Grants were funded in full by individual STOP CANCER supporters.

Six 2018 STOP CANCER Seed Grants were awarded to JCCC researchers as follows:

STOP CANCER Member Seed Grant (Prostate Cancer)
Amar U. Kishan, M.D.

Richard Merkin M.D. Seed Grant
Ann C. Raldow, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER Member Seed Grant (Lung Cancer)
Claudio Scafoglio, M.D., Ph.D.

Fishman Family Seed Grant in memory of Martin Fishman
Zev A. Wainberg, M.D.

I.C.O.N. / Natasha Girard Seed Grant
Jane Yanagawa, M.D.

You can help continue STOP CANCER’s legacy by supporting cancer research at UCLA. Please donate now or call the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation at (310) 206-0675 for more ways to give.