Grants
Grants funded by the Wine Celebration
All proceeds from The V Foundation Wine Celebration are distributed in the form of grants to promising cancer research and cancer awareness programs in California and throughout the nation. The V Foundation Wine Celebration is committed to ensuring that a significant portion of the funds raised benefit cancer research and awareness in the Bay Area and the Napa Valley. Grants from past V Foundation Wine Celebrations have benefited research at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, St. Helena Hospital, UCSF, UCSD and Stanford Medical Center.
The V Scholar Program The recipients of these two-year, $100,000 grants are designated V Scholars. These Grants provide essential funds directly to the scientist, not the facility, allowing the V Scholar to determine how best to use these funds in his or her research project.
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The V Foundation-AACR grants in Translational Clinical Research This program is intended to foster collaboration between basic and clinical usefulness. The Translational Research program is specifically intended for the support of work that has clinical applications as a near-term goal. Each facility agrees to contribute an amount equal to The V Foundation’s grant
The Designated Grant Program The purpose of this program is to fund projects in communities or regions local to the fundraising area. Fundraisers and donors work with The V Foundation to identify a specific research project, research facility or awareness program for review and selection by the Scientific Advisory Board
Research Grants funded by the V Foundation Wine Celebration
2012 Transitional Grants
Reuben Harris
Masonic Cancer Center
Vintner Grant in Honor of Suzanne Pride-Bryan
Enzyme-Catalyzed Mutation in Breast Cancer
Nora Heisterkamp
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Improving treatment outcome in leukemia by disruption of bone-marrow leukemia interactions relevant to minimal residual disease
Anthony Oro
Stanford Cancer Center
Novel Therapies for Hedgehog-dependent cancers
2012 Designated Grants
Hai Yan, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Supplemental SPORE
Funded by 2011 Wine Celebration and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure
Developing Novel Approaches to Target Gliomas
James Ford
Stanford Genome Technology Center
Funded by Gastric Cancer Fund
Gastric Cancer Registry and Genomics Project entitled Computational Analysis of Gastric Cancer Genomes and Inherited Gastric Cancer Families
St. Helena Hospital Foundation
Funded by 2011 Wine Celebration
Caring for the Future
2012 V Scholars
Monte Winslow
Stanford Cancer Center
Martin D. Abeloff, M.D. V Scholar Award
Functional characterization of Nkx2-1 regulated genes that govern lung cancer metastasis
Jeffrey Venstrom
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
2012 Wine Celebration Volunteer Grant in Honor of Derek and Cathy Reisinger
Mechanisms and strategies for recruiting natural killer cells to cure acute myeloid leukemia
Christina Curtis
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Interrogating patient-specific tumor dynamics through single cell profiles and computational modeling
Will focus on breast and colorectal cancers
2011 Translational Grants
Fatih M. Uckun, M.D., Ph.D.
Paul S. Gaynon, M.D.
Amanda M. Termuhlen, M.D.
Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Directing Leukemia Cells to Self-Destruct Using Recombinant Human CD19-Ligand:sTrial Fusion Protein
Hua Eleanor Yu, Ph.D.
Stephen J. Forman, M.D.
Marcin Kortylewski, Ph.D.
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Targeting STAT3 in tumor and the tumor microenvironment by a novel siRNA technology to treat lymphoma
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration in Honor of Neil Aldoroty
2011 Designated Grants
Hanlee Ji, M.D.
James M. Ford, M.D.
Stanford Genome Technology Center
Palo Alto, CA
Computational Analysis of Gastric Cancer Genomes and Inherited Gastric Cancer
Funded by the Gastric Cancer Fund
St. Helena Hospital
St. Helena, CA
Caring for Future
2011 V Scholars
Denise A. Chan, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Defining the molecular mechanisms of metastasis and tumor recurrence following radiation therapy
John T. Chang, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, CA
Modulating Polarity to Enhance CD8+ T Cell Immune Responses against Cancer
Nada Y. Kalaany, Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, MA
Role of PTEN/P13K pathway in obesity-associated cancer incidence and progression
2011 Wine Celebration Vintner Grant
In Honor of Robin Baggett and Michelle Fields
2010 Translational Grants
Amir Goldkorn, M.D.
Parkash Gill, M.D
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Targeting the Ephrin Pathway: A Phase 1 Therapeutic Trial with Circulating Tumor Cell Molecular Correlates
Christopher E. Touloukian, M.D.
Simon Cancer Center
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
The Use of Gene-modified Lymphoid Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
2010 Wine Celebration Vintner Grant
In Honor of Blakesley and Cyril Chappellet
2010 Designated Grants
James M. Ford, M.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA
Gastric Cancer Genetics Research
Funded by the Gastric Cancer Fund
St. Helena Hospital
St. Helena, CA
Caring for the Future Campaign
Funded by the 2009 Wine Celebration
A. Thomas Look, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Pathway Addiction Due to Autocrine Activation of MET Provides a New Therapeutic Target in AML
Funded by The Wine Celebration in Honor of Teri Kuhn
2010 V Foundation V Scholars
André Hoelz, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Albert Wyrick V Scholar Award
Funded by Michael and Carole Marks
Structural and Functional Analysis of Marcomolecular Machines in Chromatin Biology and Carcinogenesis
Yong Cang, Ph.D.
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
Investigation of Hepatocarcinogenesis Using a Novel Mouse Model
Danica Galonic Fujimori, Ph.D.
The Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Targeting Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cancer: Elucidating Roles of Jumonji Histone-Demethylasas
Jorge Torres, Ph.D.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Functional Proteomics in Cell Division and Cancer Therapy
2009 Designated Grants
Jim Ford, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Funded by The Gastric Cancer Foundation
Anthony Heaney, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Funded by UNICO
In memory of Frank Milo
Norman Lacayo, M.D. & Gary Dahl, M.D.
Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Palo Alto, CA
Funded by George and Susan Levin
Jill M. Siegfried, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
Supplement to the Lung Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence
Funded by Vintner Grant
In Honor of Emily Miner
2009 V Foundation V Scholars
Rajat Rohatgi, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford Cancer Center
Stanford, CA
Martin D. Abeloff, M.D. V Scholar Award
Dissecting the role of the tumor suppressor Sufu in Hedgehog-driven cancers
Andrei Goga, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA
Synthetic-Lethal Strategies to Target Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs) and Tumor Stem Cells (TSCs)
Ya-Huei Kuo, Ph.D.
City of Hope National Medical Center & Beckman Research Institute
Duarte, CA
Mechanism of inv(16)-induced acute myeloid leukemia stem cell generation and maintenance: implications for targeted therapy
Roger Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Albert Wyrick V Scholar
Genomic Determinants of Melanoma Sensitivity to V600EB-Raf Targeting
2008 Translational Grants
Tanya B. Dorff, M.D.
Amy S. Lee, Ph.D.
Valter D. Longo, Ph.D.
David I. Quinn, MBBS, Ph.D., FRACP
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies of Fasting-induced Differential Stress Resistance to Enhance Cancer Treatment
2008 Designated Grants
Katherine K. Matthay, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Funded by The Wine Celebration
Steven Sherman, M.D.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Funded by Far Niente 2008 Vintner Grant
In honor of Stephanie Putnam Thyroid Cancer
Jeffrey Wolf, M.D. & Tom Martin, M.D.
University of California at San Francisco
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA
In Honor of Tim and Donna Egan
2008 V Scholar Grants
Jennifer R. Cochran, Ph.D.
Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Palo Alto, CA
Martin D. Abeloff, M.D. V Scholar Award
Engineering a new class of tumor-targeting peptides for cancer biology, imaging and therapy
Pieter C. Dorrestein,
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Anticancer drugs from the ocean
Matthew D. Petroski, Ph.D.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
La Jolla, CA
Dissecting the function and regulation of the SKP2 oncogenic protein for cancer therapeutic development
2007 Translational Grants
Emily K. Bergsland, M.D.
Douglas Hanahan, Ph.D.
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Rational Drug Utilization: Concurrent EGFR and mTOR blockade in patients with pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors
Ravi Bhatia, M.D.
Wen Yong Chen, Ph.D.
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Epigenetic mechanisms of chemoresistance of chronic myelogenous leukemia
Michael Kahn, Ph.D.
Yong-Mi Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Markus Müschen, M.D.
Allen S. Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA
Targeting CBP/ß -catenin signaling in acute lymphoblastic leukemia stem cells
2007 Designated Grants
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
V Foundation-Gil Nickel Endowed Fellowship in Melanoma Research
Funded in memory of Gil Nickel
St. Helena Hospital Cancer Center
St. Helena, CA
Funded by the 2007 Wine Celebration
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Funded by the Kavner Family in honor of Reed Kavner
2007 V Scholar Grants
Jack D. Bui, M.D., Ph.D.
Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center
University of San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Enhancing tumor recognition by inducing NKG2D ligands
Ju-Seog Lee, Ph.D.
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Characterization of the interaction between astrocytes and cancer cells in breast cancer brain metastasis. 2007 Vintner Grant in Honor of Robin Lail
Takahiro Maeda, M.D., Ph.D.
City of Hope National Medical Center
Beckman Research Institute
Duarte, CA
The role of the proto-oncogene LRF in B cell malignancies: Implication for targeted therapy
Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
X chromosome reactivation and cancer in mouse models
2006 Translational Grants
Kevin Shannon, M.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Targeting Deregulated Signaling Networks in Leukemia Stem Cells
In Honor of Beth Jarvis
2006 Designated Grants
Stephen Forman, M.D.
City of Hope National Medical Center
Beckman Research Institute
Duarte, CA
Tim Nesvig Research Fund for Lymphoma Research
Funded by ESPN in Memory of Tim Nesvig
2006 V Scholar Grants
Seth J. Field, M.D., Ph.D.
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Function of Novel Targets of PtdIns (3,4,5) P3 in Oncogenic Tranformation
Konrad Hochedlinger, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Role of Quiescence in Stem Cells and Cancer
2006 Vintner Grant in Honor of Chuck and Anne McMinn
Hanna Mikkola, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
EtO-2 and Epigenetic Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development and Leukemia
Stefan Riedl, Ph.D.
The Burnham Institute
La Jolla, CA
Exploring the Structural Mechanisms of Cancer Signaling Complexes for Drug Development
Reuben J. Shaw, Ph.D.
Salk Institute Cancer Center
Salk Institute
La Jolla, CA
Role of LKB1/AMPK Signaling in Tumor Growth and Metabolism
2005 Designated Grants
Leslie Rudd & Todd Zapolski – Lung
2005 V Scholar Grants
Ananda W. Goldrath, Ph.D.
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Control of memory T cell generation and lymphoma formation by E protein transcription factors Funded by the NFL Referees Association in memory of Jack Gatto
Osamu Tetsu, M.D., Ph.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Identification of the E3 ligase for cyclin D1 ubiquitination and degradation Funded by The Wine Celebration in honor of Michael Holmes
2004 Designated Grants
James S. Economu, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Emerging Therapies in Colon Cancer
Funded by ESPN, Inc., and the Los Angeles Lakers
Gregory Smith, M.D.
St. Helena Hospital
(St. Helena, CA)
Funded by the Wine Celebration
2004 V Scholar Grants
Iannis Aifantis, Ph.D.
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
(Chicago, IL)
Pre-T Cell Receptor signaling as a key regulator of acute T cell leukemia
2004 Vintner Grant in honor of Garen and Shari Staglin
Woojin An, Ph.D.
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA)
Critical role of acetylation and phosphorylation of p53 in cofactor recruitment and transcriptional activation
Elizabeth R. Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Effects of EWS/FlI-1Expression on the Developing Neural Crest: A Novel Model of Ewing’s Sarcoma Tumorigenesis
Amy E. Pasquinelli, Ph.D.
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
(San Diego, CA)
Expression of microRNAs and cancer
In honor of Andrew and Julie Constantin
2005 Translational Grants
Susan Groshen, Ph.D.
Robert D. Ladner, Ph.D.
Heinz-Josef Lenz, M.D.
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as a Novel Approach to Combination Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer
2003 Translational Grants
Diane M. Da Silva, Ph.D.
W. Martin Kast, Ph.D.
I. Caroline Le Poole, Ph.D.
Laila Muderspach, M.D.
Jeffrey S. Weber, M.D., Ph.D.
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA)
A New Approach for Dendritic Cell-Based Cancer Immunotheraphy for Cervical Cancer
2003 Designated Grants
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Joan Rombauer Endowed Fellowship in Pancreatic Cancer Research
Cheryl London, DVM, Ph.D.
UC Davis Cancer Center
University of California, Davis
(Sacramento, CA)
2003 Vintner Grant in Honor of Marc Beringer
2003 V Scholar Grants
Lawrence Fong, M.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Induction and Characterization of Tumor-Specific T cells in vivo Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
2002 Translational Grants
James M. Ford, M.D.,
Sylvia Plevritis, Ph.D.,
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Stanford, CA)
Determinants of Genomic Instability in Women with BRCA1 Mutations Undergoing Comprehensive Breast Cancer Screening Funded in Honor of Joan and Koerner Rombauer
2002 Designated Grants
Queen of the Valley Hospital
V Foundation Cancer Rehabilitation Center
(Napa Valley, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
2002 V Scholar Grants
Gabriele Bergers, Ph.D.,
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Identification of Mechanisms and Factors Implicated in Angiogenesis During Development and Progression of the Highly Vascularized Cancers of the Pancreas and Brain Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Frank B. Furnari, Ph.D.,
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
(San Diego, CA)
Analysis of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Impingement on PTEN Function in Glioma
Joseph G. Hacia, Ph.D.,
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA)
Molecular Characterization of Aids-related Lymphomas
Jan Karlseder, Ph.D.,
Salk Institute Cancer Center
Salk Institute
(La Jolla, CA)
Differences Between Primary Cells and Tumor Cells, in Regard to the Mechanism of Chromosome End Protection
Ralf Landgraf, Ph.D.,
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
Ligand-independent Self-association of HER2 and HER3 Receptors: Identification of Responsible Protein Interfaces and Their Contribution to Cellular Transformation in HER2
Man-Wah Tan, Ph.D.,
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Stanford, CA)
Identification and Characterization of Novel Components in TGF-beta Signaling Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
2002 Translational Grants
James M. Ford, M.D.,
Sylvia Plevritis, Ph.D.,
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Stanford, CA)
Determinants of Genomic Instability in Women with BRCA1 Mutations Undergoing Comprehensive Breast Cancer Screening Funded in Honor of Joan and Koerner Rombauer
2001 V Scholar Grants
Steven Artandi, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Telomerase in breast development and breast cancer
Zhuohua Zhang, Ph.D.
The Burnham Institute
(La Jolla, CA)
APC Signaling in Tumorigenesis
2000 Designated Grants
Laura Attardi, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Ted Ganiats, M.D.
Carolyn Ross, M.D., M.P.H.
Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
University of California, San Diego
(La Jolla, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration Vintner’s Grant In memory of Ren Harris
Quynh-Thu Le, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
2000 V Scholar Grants
Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Gelatinase B and Epithelial Cancer Development
Dean W. Felsher, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Stanford, CA)
The Role of the MYC Proto-Oncogene in the Initiation and Maintenance of Tumorigenesis
2001 Designated Grants
Jeffrey Axelrod, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Emily K. Bergsland, M.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration In Honor of Joan Rombauer (Jimmy V has Rombaur)
Calvin Kuo, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Katherine Matthay, M.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration In Honor of Dick Grace and Jason Ferrick
Martin McMahon, Ph.D.
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration In Honor of Joan Rombauer (Jimmy V has Rombaur)
1999 Designated Grants
Peter Lee, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Gillian Sanders, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
(Palo Alto, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
Wendel Wenneker, M.D.
Queen of the Valley Hospital
(Napa Valley, CA)
Funded by The V Foundation Wine Celebration
