Recently completed grants
Cardiff University
Dr Toby Phesse
Award: £25,309.14
Given to fund work “Identifying the therapeutic benefit of targeting Wnt receptors in metatastic cholangiocarcinoma”.
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
AMMF’s Cholangiocarcinoma Scholarship –
awarded to Mollie Wilson
Award: £103,000
Given to fund a 3yr Phd, “Understanding the role of seed cells and epithelian co-option in cholangiocarcinoma”.
The University of Oxford
Dr Shijie Cai
Award: £90,000
Given to support “An integrated proteomic and metabolomics approach to investigate the role of ubiquitin-specific protease 22 and its responsive pathways in cholangiocarcinoma”
Universities of Edinburgh, Madrid & Navarra
Dr Leonard J Nelson (Edinburgh)
Dr Francisco Javier Cubero (Madrid)
Professor Matías Ávila (Navarra)
Award: £67,000
Given to support work investigating, “A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Cholangiocarcinoma”
Donostia University Hospital, Spain
Professor Jesús Bañales
Award: £32,048
Given to support work investigating “The role of the transcription factor KLF5 in the etiopathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma: new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic strategy”.
The University of Liverpool
Mr Marc Quinn
Award: £24,500
Support funding given for Whole Exome Sequencing for the project “Identification of actionable drug targets in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma”
The University of Edinburgh
Professor Stuart Forbes
Award: £70,000
To fund work on the potential of Notch and Wnt as therapeutic targets in cholangiocarcinoma.
Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
(The University of Edinburgh)
Dr Luke Boulter
Award: £33,000
For work towards “Discovering driver mutations in cholangiocarcinoma using forward genetics”
Young Investigator Award
Dr Marina Baretti – Johns Hopkins University, USA
Award: $60,000*
This jointly funded award is given to support work on immunotherapy for metastatic cholangiocarcinoma over a period of one year.
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) is a scheme administered by the US Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO.
*Funded jointly by AMMF, The Bili Project Foundation, The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and TargetCancer Foundation.
The University of Manchester
Professor Juan Valle
Award: £21,818
Given towards project management costs for the ABC-06 clinical trial.
Imperial College London
Cholangiocarcinoma Biobank
Dr Shahid Khan
Award: £30,000
To fund the establishment of a cholangiocarcinoma biobank, including technician funding, and equipment ( -80º fridge, an encrypted computer, consumables).
University of East Anglia
(Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital)
Dr Simon Rushbrook
Award: £39,249
To fund work on “The Role of NRF2 in the Pathogenesis of Cholangiocarcinoma”
Imperial College London
Professor Richard Syms
Award: £36,714
Given to support collaborative work between Professor Richard Syms and his team from Imperial College London and a team at Khon Kaen University Thailand, investigating the possible use of an internal MRI scanner to improve the planning of surgical resections for cholangiocarcinoma.
University College London
Dr Hayley Whitaker
Total awards made 2012 -2014: £70,376
Funding Dr Hayley Whitaker’s team in their work on the BI-010 biomarker.
Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool
Mr Hassan Malik
Award: £2,000
A small grant awarded to assist with the hENT1 biomarker work.
University of Nottingham
Professor David Bates
Award: £1,500
A small grant awarded to fund a 2nd year BSc student working on an existing project investigating EGFR inhibitors.
Institute of Hepatology
Research Fellow – Dr Gemma Choy
Award: £82,060
A Research Fellowship awarded to Dr Gemma Choy, to enable her to continue work on MAPK-targeted therapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Institute of Hepatology
Dr Salvatore Papa
Award: £34,800
A grant awarded to Dr Papa to assist with work on the molecular development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Imperial College London
Research Fellow – Dr Abigail Zabron
Award: £65,904
A Research Fellowship awarded to Dr Zabron for to enable her to continue the work into cholangiocarcinoma proteomics and genetics.
Imperial College London
Dr Simon Ralphs
Award: £29,758
A Research Fellowship awarded to Dr Ralphs, for collaborative work with Thailand on a urinary biomarker for cholangiocarcinoma.
The BILCAP Trial
Award: £14,000
Given to help support the BILCAP trial.
18.05.17 – The BILCAP trial has reported positively. Capecitabine following surgery has been shown to improve survival by almost a quarter. To read a full report, click here
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