AICF's 2026-27 Fellows
During the 2026-27 academic year, AICF is proud to be sponsoring the following fellows conducting research at some of the top cancer institutes in the country.
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Francesca Albano, PhD
Host Institution: Moffitt Cancer Center Project Title: Defining CAR T therapy-induced bone marrow microenvironment remodeling in a humanized mouse model of Multiple Myeloma Sponsor: Anonymous |
Francesco Avanzi, PhD
Host Institution: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Project Title: TFEB as a Central Driver of Renal Pathology in the Cancer Syndrome Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Sponsor: Charles Evans Hugh Memorial Fund, in honor of Massimo and Chiara Ferragamo |
Guido Barzaghi, PhD
Host Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine Project Title: A pan-leukemia foundation model of 3D genome organization to discover novel epigenetic drug targets for relapsed pediatric T-cell acute leukemia Sponsor: Michael and Valerie Puglisi |
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Elena Battaiotto, MD
Host Institution: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Project Title: Clinical and Molecular Determinants of Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer Sponsor: Anonymous |
Roberto Borea, MD
Host Institution: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Project Title: Validation of a Histopathology-Based Deep Learning Classifier for ROS1 Alterations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Sponsor: Andreotti and Brusone Philanthropy Fund |
Vincenza Capone, PhD
Host Institution: New York University Project title: The AMBRA1-Cyclin D-Lamin Axis: Implications for Cell Migration and Invasion in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Sponsor: Gabelli Funds/Mario Gabelli |
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Maria Vittoria Di Marco, PhD
Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital Project Title: Defining and targeting therapy-induced APOBEC3A activation in lung cancer |
Diletta Fumagalli, MD
Host Institution: Houston Methodist Hospital Project Title: Prospective Evaluation of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Prognostic Biomarker in Endometrial Cancer Sponsor: Anonymous |
Francesca Gaino, MD
Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project Title: PREDICT-HNC: Prognostic Genetic Biomarker Discovery in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma—from Algorithms to Animal Models Sponsor: Gabelli Funds/Mario Gabelli |
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Maria Chiara Grondelli, MD
Host Institution: Stanford University Project Title: From Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myeloid Neoplasms: A Multi-Modal Single-Cell Framework for Identifying Cancer Stem Cells Sponsor: Fusco Family Foundation, Kristin and Jack Fusco |
Veronica La Monica, PhD
Host Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine Project Title: Targeting oxidative adaptation to overcome immune evasion in non–small cell lung cancer Sponsor: Michael and Valerie Puglisi |
Stefano Manduca, MD
Host Institution: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Project Title: Dissecting the Tumor Microenvironment to Identify Biomarkers of Outcome to Nivolumab/Ipilimumab in Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
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Vittorio Padovano, PhD
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco Project Title: Study of Synaptic Proteome Remodeling in Low-Grade IDH Mutant Glioma-Infiltrated Cortex |
Federico Rossari, MD, PhD
Host Institution: University of Pennsylvania Project Title: Harnessing Recall Immunity to Enable Efficient In Vivo T-Cell Gene Delivery for Cancer Immunotherapy (In vivo Recall-CAR) Sponsor: Alexander Bodini Foundation |
Laura Santini, PhD
Host Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine Project Title: Dissecting the cell cycle regulation driving β-cell proliferation in insulinomas |
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Matteo Serra, PhD
Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project Title: Integrative Spatial Analysis: Decoding Melanoma Response to Vaccine-Based Immunotherapy Sponsor: Alexander Bodini Foundation |
Andrea Usseglio Gaudi, PhD
Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project Title: Harnessing microglial metabolism to restore tumor-suppressive phagocytosis in glioblastoma Sponsor: Gabelli Foundation |
