News
- 2022
- April
- March
- 2021
- April
- March
- 2020
- April
- January
- 2019
- November
- July
- April
- February
- January
- 2018
- November
- March
- January
- 2017
- September
- March
- 2016
- December
- November
- July
- April
- March
- 2015
- December
- June
- April
- January
- 2014
- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- 2013
- December
- October
- September
- June
- May
- April
- March
- 1964 (2)
- 2014 (2)
- 20th Century Theater (4)
- 50th Anniversary Celebration (2)
- Adam Yauch (2)
- August 27 (4)
- Award (1)
- Beastie Boys (2)
- Beatles (2)
- Benefit (2)
- Bleed for a Cause (2)
- Brandon Acts of Kindness (1)
- Brandon C. Gromada Head & Neck Cancer Foundation (1)
- Brandon's Foundation (2)
- cancer research (1)
- Cancer Research (2)
- Chicago (1)
- Cincinnati Gardens (2)
- Cincinnati Reds (1)
- cocktail reception (1)
- Cooking With Caitlin (1)
- cure (1)
- CycleBar (1)
- Cyclethon (1)
- donate (1)
- Donate (1)
- donation (1)
- Events (1)
- FAB 4 A CURE (1)
- Foundation (1)
- Funding (1)
- fundraiser (1)
- Fundraiser (1)
- fundraising (6)
- Fundraising (6)
- Giving Tuesday (1)
- grant awards (1)
- Grant Awards (1)
- Grant recipients (1)
- Grant Recipients (1)
- Grants (1)
- gratitude (1)
- Great Food for a Great Cause (1)
- Gromada (1)
- Happy 2015 (1)
- Happy Hour (1)
- Happy hour (1)
- Head & Neck Cancer (9)
- Head & neck cancer (1)
- Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month (2)
- Head & Neck Cancer research (1)
- Head & Neck Cancer Research (2)
- Head & Neck Cancer Warrior (1)
- Head 7 Neck Cancer (1)
- head and neck cancer (7)
- Head and neck cancer (8)
- Head and Neck Cancer (7)
- Head and Neck cancer (1)
- head and neck cancer research (2)
- Head and Neck Cancer Research (1)
- Head For A Cure (4)
- HeadForACure (1)
- Holiday Season (1)
- holiday shopping (1)
- Hoxworth (1)
- Hoxworth Blood Centers (1)
- IRA holder or beneficiary (1)
- Laissez les bons temps rouler (1)
- Mardi Gras (3)
- Mardi Gras MASKerade (3)
- Mariemont restaurant (1)
- MASKerade (3)
- MCA (1)
- MCA Day (1)
- MCA Day Chicago (1)
- MD Anderson Cancer Center (2)
- Oakley Wines (1)
- Online auction (1)
- online bidding (1)
- oral cancer (2)
- President Obama (1)
- QCD (1)
- Qualified Charity (1)
- Request for proposals (1)
- research (9)
- Research (20)
- RFP (1)
- Robin Lacy & DeZydeco (1)
- Rusty Ball (3)
- Schwartz Jewelers (2)
- screening (1)
- She's Crafty (1)
- silent auction (1)
- Special guest (1)
- Sponsor (1)
- statistics (1)
- Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (1)
- Thank you (2)
- The Beatles (1)
- The National Exemplar (3)
- The Phoenix (1)
- The Rusty Ball (1)
- ticket presale (1)
- Ticket sales (1)
- Ticketing (2)
- tickets (1)
- treatment (2)
- University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute (4)
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2)
- University of Cincinnati Research (1)
- Upcoming events (5)
- Upcoming Events (2)
- Who We Help (1)
- Wine-Food Pairing event (1)
- WKRC Cincinnati Local 12 (1)
- young professionals (1)
Ceremonial Grant Award Check Presented to UC Researchers
This year Brandon's Foundation awarded its first research grants. During the December 4th Happy Hour at The Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati, the researchers who submitted one of the two research proposals awarded the foundation's first grant awards were presented with a ceremonial award check. Receiving the ceremonial $15,000 check to investigate "A Comprehensive Study of Common Mutations in Sinonasal Cancer" were Scott Langevin, PhD, MHA and otolaryngologist Keith Casper, MD, from the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine/UC Cancer Institute. Dr. Langevin said he and assistants planned to begin DNA extraction from sinonasal cancer tumors before the end of 2014. They will then move on to the task of looking for mutations in the extracted DNA.
Unable to attend the ceremony was Stephen Y. Lai, MD, PhD, FACS of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who submitted the research proposal "MiR-27a* Targets Critical Signaling Pathways in HNSCC (head and neck squamous cell carcinoma)." Dr. Lai was awarded a $10,000 grant by Brandon's Foundation.
Details of the grant-winning research projects and the grant proposal process used by Brandon's Foundation were included in a previous blog post. Hearing from researcher after researcher who submitted a proposal about the lack of funding for head and neck cancer research was the most profound aspects of the the grant award process. Questions and comments are welcome as the Board of Directors moves forward, revises the process and awards more grant funding for head and neck cancers in 2015.