AICF's 2024-25 Fellows
During the 2024-25 academic year, AICF is proud to be sponsoring the following fellows conducting research at some
of the top cancer institutes in the country. Read more about them below.
of the top cancer institutes in the country. Read more about them below.
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Remo Alessandris, MD Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project title: Investigating the roles of oncogenic extrachromosomal circular DNA (ecDNA) in cholangiocarcinoma Sponsored by: Alexander Bodini Foundation and Margot & Jimmy Nederlander Click here to read more about Dr. Alessandris's project! |
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Sara Bleve, MD Institution: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Project title: Lipid metabolic reprogramming predicts response to AR selective inhibitor (ARSI) in metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients Sponsored by: Del Vecchio Family Foundation Click here to read more about Dr. Bleve's project! |
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Carlo Bosi, MD Institution: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Project title: Defining the contributions of the normal tissue to the immune response to irradiate cancers Sponsored by: Agostinelli and Langman Families, in memory of Carmela Santucci Click here to read more about Dr. Bosi's project! |
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Vanessa Cristaldi, PhD Institution: New York University Grossman School of Medicine Project title: Inflammatory memory and immunological exposure: impact on T cell trafficking in melanoma Sponsored by: Bulgari Family, in memory of Anna Bulgari Click here to read more about Dr. Cristaldi's project! |
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Edoardo Garbo, MD Institution: Dana Farber Cancer Institute Project title: Clinicopathologic, genomic, and transcriptomic correlates of wild-type KRAS amplification in NSCLC Sponsored by: Andreotti and Brusone Philanthropy Fund Click here to read more about Dr. Garbo's project! |
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Mauro Giuffre', MD Institution: Yale School of Medicine Project title: Predicting One-Year Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicentric Machine Learning Pipeline to Deploy a Prediction Model with an Integrated Fine-Tuned Large Language Model with Relevant Guidelines to Provide Point-of-Care Patient Management Sponsored by: Gabelli Foundation Click here to read more about Dr. Giuffre's project! |
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Federico La Manna, PhD Institution: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Project title: Beyond vicious: addressing how prostate cancer dysregulates the local stem cell compartments to promote bone metastasis Sponsored by: The Valerie & Michael Puglisi Family Click here to read more about Dr. La Manna's project! |
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Francesca Manara, PhD Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project title: Dissecting the role of Hvcn1 in B cell immunity and lymphomagenesis Sponsored by: Gabelli Funds / Mario Gabelli Click here to read more about Dr. Manara's project! |
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Matteo Mazzocca, PhD Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project title: Dynamics of enhancer-oncogene interactions in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Sponsored by: Gabelli Funds / Mario Gabelli Click here to read more about Mazzocca's project! |
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Martina Milighetti, PhD Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project title: Immune requisites for durable T cell immunity to personalized RNA cancer vaccines Sponsored by: The Valerie & Michael Puglisi Family Click here to read more about Dr. Milighetti's project! |
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Francesco Paoloni, MD Institution: Dana Farber Cancer Institute Project title: The role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in NUT carcinoma Sponsored by: Fusco Family Foundation, Kristin and Jack Fusco Click here to read more about Dr. Paoloni's project! |
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Viviana Rubino, PhD Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Project title: Dual targeting of lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) cells and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) using interleukin 7 receptor-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (IL7R-CAR) T cells Sponsored by: Alexander Bodini Foundation Click here to read more about Dr. Rubino's project! |
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Andrea Timpanaro, PhD Institution: Seattle's Children Research Institute Project title: TRAIL-expressing CAR T cells against diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma Sponsored by: Ferragamo Family Click here to read more about Dr. Timpanaro's project! |
