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
2012 ATA Research Grant Recipients
2012 ATA Grants
Stephen Ayers, PhD – The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas
An investigation of the LDLR-independent serum lipid modulation by thyroid hormone
Ari J Wassner, MD – Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Type 3 Deiodinase in Dilated Heart Failure
2012 ATA ThyCA Grants – Thyroid Cancer
Aime Franco, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, Arkansas
The role of Ras versus Raf in thyroid cancer development and progression
Andreas E. Lundqvist, PhD – Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
Study the role of natural killer cells in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
Niklas Finnberg, PhD – Pennsylvania State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Sorafenib and quinacrine as potential combination for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
2012 Second Year Grant Awardees
Inna Astapova, PhD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) Boston, Massachusetts
Mihaela Stefan, PhD – Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York
Naifa Busaidy, MD – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas- ThyCa
Carmelo Nucera, MD, PhD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) Boston, Massachusetts – ThyCa
Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska MD, PhD – Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Washington, DC – ThyCa
