Mari H. Dallas, M.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Project: "Enhanced T Cell Reconstitution by Umbilical Cord Blood Progenitors Expanded Ex-Vivo Using the Notch Ligand Delta 1"
Astellas Post-Doctoral Fellow
Milena Bogunovic, M.D. Institution: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Project: "The Role of Recipient Dendritic Cells in Post-Transplant Complications"
2006
Christian Jacobsen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Hong Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Mentor: Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D. Project: "Spontaneous Memory T Cells in Graft-Versus-Leukemia Effect"
SuperGen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Marie Bleakley, M.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Stanley Riddell, M.D. Project: "Targeting the Leukemic Stem Cell: Development of a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Prevent and Treat Leukemic Relapse Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant"
2005
2005 Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholar and 2006-2007 Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Scholar
Onder S. Alpdogan, M.D. Institution: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Mentor: Marcel van den Brink, M.D., Ph.D. Project: "Immunostimulatory Cytokine/Growth Factor and T Cell Precursor Administration to Enhance Immune Reconstitution after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in Experimental Murine Models"
Alaina J. Enlow Scholar
Pavan R. Reddy, M.D. Institution: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor Mentor: James Ferrara, M.D. Project: "Regulation of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Graft-Versus-Leukemia Effect by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors"
Baxter Oncology Post-Doctoral Fellow
Cynthia Giver, Ph.D. Institution: Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta Mentor: Edmund K. Waller, M.D., Ph.D. Project: "Fludarabine-Treated Donor T-Cells in Allogeneic BMT-Reduced Graft-Versus-Host Disease Activity with Retained Graft-Versus-Leukemia Effects"
Astellas (Formerly Fujisawa) Post-Doctoral Fellow
William W. Hope, MBBS, FRACP Institution: National Institutes of Health – National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. Mentor: Thomas Walsh, M.D. Project: "The Application of Antifungal Pharmodynamics to Optimize the Therapeutic Outcome of Invasive Aspergillosis Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation"
Christian Jacobsen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Hong Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Mentor: Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D. Project: "Spontaneous Memory T Cells in Graft-Versus-Leukemia Effect"
SuperGen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Marie Bleakley, M.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Stanley Riddell, M.D. Project: "Targeting the Leukemic Stem Cell: Development of a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Prevent and Treat Leukemic Relapse Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant"
2004
Alaina J. Enlow Scholar
Anna Mari Malkki, Ph.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Claudio Anasetti, M.D. Project: "Identification of Functional Human SNPs in Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
Dr. Robert A. Good Scholar
Anthony G. Brickner, Ph.D. Institution: University of Pittsburgh Mentor: Albert D. Donnenberg, Ph.D. Project: "Identifying Graft-Versus-Leukemia-Associated Human Minor Histocompatibility Antigens Restricted by HLA-AZ"
Dr. George Santos Scholar
Jason W. Chien, M.D., M.S. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Joan G. Clark, M.D. Project: "Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome, Chronic GVHD and the Innate Immune Response"
Baxter Oncology Post-Doctoral Fellow
Lei Bao, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis Mentor: Dr. Sue Marshall Project: "Identification of MHC Class II Restricted Male-Specific Human Minor Histocompatibility Antigens for Immunotherapy or Immunoprevention"
SuperGen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Andreas Beilhack, M.D. Institution: Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. Mentor: Kathleen Thompson Project: "The Role of T Cell Trafficking in Graft-Versus-Host Disease"
2003
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars
Catherine M. Bollard, M.D. Institution: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Mentor: Helen Heslop, M.D. Project: "Adoptive Immunotherapy with Tri-Virus Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant"
Katharine C. Hsu, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Mentor: Bo DuPont, M.D. Project: "NK Killer Ig-Like Receptors and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Outcome"
Baxter Oncology Post-Doctoral Fellow
Kathleen A. Houtchens, Ph.D. Institution: Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, Calif. Mentor: Elizabeth A. Trachtenberg, Ph.D. Project: "High Resolution KIR Genotyping System Development and Validation for Use in Post Stem Cell Transplant Outcome Analyses"
SuperGen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jian-Ming Li, Ph.D. Institution: Emory University, Atlanta Mentor: Edmund K. Waller, M.D., Ph.D. Project: "Immunosuppressive Role of Donor Dendritic Cells in Allogeneic Transplantation"
2002
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars
Kenneth Cooke, M.D. (2002-2003) Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Mentor: James L.M. Ferrara, M.D. Project: "Cellular and Inflammatory Effectors of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants"
Anna Mari Malkki, Ph.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Claudio Anasetti, M.D. Project: "Identification of Functional Human SNPs in Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI) Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jakub Tolar, M.D. Institution: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mentor: Bruce Blazer, M.D. Project: "Effect of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells on Immune Response after Bone Marrow Transplantation"
2001
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars
Leo Luznik, M.D. Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Mentors: Ephraim Fuchs, M.D.; Drew Pardoll, M.D. Project: "Prevention of Relapse with Tumor Vaccines after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant"
Judith Shizuru, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif. Mentors: Karl Blume, M.D.; Irving Weissman, M.D. Project: "Designing Hematopoietic Grafts to Optimize Post-Transplantation Immune Reconstitution"
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI) Post-Doctoral Fellow
Daniel A. Nikcevich, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Duke University, Durham, N.C. Mentor: Nelson J.A. Chao, M.D. Project: "A Pilot Study of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Children and Adults with Hematologic Malignancies"
2000
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholar
Kenneth Cooke, M.D. Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Mentor: James L.M. Ferrara, M.D. Project: "Cellular and Inflammatory Effectors of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants"
Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Scholar
Thea Friedman, Ph.D. Institution: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Mentor: Neal Flomenberg, M.D. Project: "The Use of T-Cell Receptor V-ß Spectratype Analysis in Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants"
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI) Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chang-Qing (Mickey) Xun, M.D. Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Mentor: Rainer Storb, M.D. Project: "Non-Cytotoxic Conditioning for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants"
1999
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars
Kenneth Lucas, M.D. Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham Mentor: William P. Vaughn, M.D. Project: "Adoptive Immunotherapy with CMV and EBV Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Using B Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines"
Marcel Van den Brink, M.D., Ph.D. Institution: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Mentor: Richard J. O’Reilly, M.D. Project: "The Role of FAS Ligand and Perforin in Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Graft-vs-Leukemia after Bone Marrow Transplantation with or without Donor Leukocyte Infusion"
1998
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars
Stephanie Lee, M.D., M.P.H. Institution: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Mentor: Joseph H. Antin, M.D. Project: "The Morbidity and Mortality of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease"
Paul Orchard, M.D. Institution: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mentor: Philip McGlave, M.D. Project: "Genetic Engineering of T Cells for Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation"