The ATA supports thyroid research through the generosity of members, patients, industry, and workplace donors enabling the ATA to award thyroid research grants since 1996. ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors, Inc., a member of the ATA Alliance for Patient Education and Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation (THANC) contribute significant thyroid research grants establishing additional grants for young investigators that are awarded (in total) by expert reviewers on the ATA Research Committee. Our thanks to the members of the ATA Research Committee who have contributed their time and expertise over many years to the advancement of thyroidology.
2003 ATA Research Grant Recipients
2003 ATA Grants
Eric M. Jacobson, PhD – Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Molecular Determinants of the Presentation of Immunogenic Thyroglobulin Peptides by HLA-DR3
Jeffrey A. Knauf, PhD – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Oncogenes and Prostanoid Biosynthesis: Role of RET/PTC-induced Activation of Prostaglandin E2 Synthase in Thyroid Tumorigenesis
2003 ATA ThyCa Grant
Xiulong Xu, PhD – Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
BRAF Gene Mutation and the Oncogenesis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas
