Rebecca Dodd, PhD, assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, received a three-year $811,125 grant from the US Department of Defense (DOD). Titled “Targeting a pro-tumorigenic immunosuppressive loop in MPNST,” Dodd’s project will examine the processes behind Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST) development. MPNSTs are sarcomas that occur in 8-13% of […]
Rebecca Dodd, PhD, assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has been awarded a four-year, $792,000 American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant. Dodd will examine events driving the metastasis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), a group of aggressive sarcomas. Connective tissue sarcomas account for 15% of all pediatric cancers. However, […]
Rebecca Dodd, PhD, Assistant Professor in Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, has received the Neurofibromatosis New Investigator Award. This research program is funded by the US Department of Defense through the office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). With her three-year, $686,239 award funds, Dr. Dodd hopes to identify new therapeutic targets […]