Funding from Blood Cancer United can lead to scientific breakthroughs that will improve and save the lives of patients.
The Blood Cancer United Research Team oversees the organization's research strategy to support cutting-edge research for every type of blood cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
Take a look at all the currently active, extraordinary Blood Cancer United-funded research projects.
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Jennifer Trowbridge
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME
United States
My research focuses on why and how risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) increases with aging. Studying naturally aged mouse models in combination with mice engineered to express mutations commonly found in human blood stem cells with aging, we are investigating whether certain inflammatory factors that increase during aging increase the risk of leukemia. My goal is to identify biomarkers to assess risk of AML development in aging individuals and define new therapeutic targets to prevent AML.
Program: Career Development Program
Project Term: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2025
Jennifer Woyach
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
United States
Coming soon.
Program: Career Development Program
Project Term: April 1, 2021 - March 21, 2026
Jae Park
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
New York, NY
United States
In this proposal, we have combined clinical and research expertise in HCL across Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University to develop newer targeted therapeutics for every stage and subtype of hairy cell leukemia. Capitalizing on this combined expertise, our proposal stands to significantly advance treatment strategies for hairy cell leukemia through the following aims: to test BRAF inhibition for initial treatment of classical hairy cell leukemia, test new oral inhibitors of the MAP kinase signaling pathway known as ERK inhibitors in both classical and variant hairy cell leukemia, evaluate totally new treatments that degrade BRAF, and develop T-cell immunotherapies for the first time in hairy cell leukemia.
Program: Hairy Cell Leukemia Research Initiative
Project Term: October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2026
Who we fund
Learn more about the inspiring blood cancer scientists we support—and leading biotech companies we partner with— who are working to find cures and help blood cancer patients live longer, better lives.
Research Grants
We award grants for studies that range from basic blood cancer research to pioneering clinical trials. For more than seventy years, Blood Cancer United support has been instrumental in the development of the vast majority of breakthroughs in blood cancer treatment.
Therapy Acceleration Program ®(TAP)
TAP is a mission-driven, strategic venture philanthropy initiative that seeks to accelerate the development of innovative blood cancer therapeutics and change the standard of care while also generating a return on investment for the Blood Cancer United mission. TAP collaborates with biotech companies to support the development of novel platforms, first-in-class assets addressing high unmet medical needs, emerging patient populations, and orphan indications.