Christine Pratilas, M.D., of Johns Hopkins (on R) receives her 2022 research award from CCF Board Chairman Jerry Chadwick and CCF President Tasha Museles at the 38th Annual CCF Gala.
Eleven researchers representing Children’s National Hospital, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, University of Maryland, and the National Cancer Institute to receive CCF grants intended to advance pediatric cancer treatments and cures
(COLUMBIA, MD)- The Children’s Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF), a 501(c)3 non-profit committed to funding locally-based researchers, programs and facilities until every child is assured a healthy cancer-free future, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 CCF Research Awards. The eleven pediatric oncology researchers, each conducting work in the Baltimore-Washington region, will be presented with their grants at the 39th Annual Gala to be held November 4, 2023 at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD.
The 2023 CCF Research Awards, combined with funding for local programs for children fighting cancer, total $1M.
The 2023 Research Awardees are:
- Chris Albanese, Ph.D., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Curt I. Civin, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Gary Kupfer, M.D., Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Yiouli P. Ktena, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, CCF Giant Food NextGen Awardee
- Nicolas Llosa, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Chase McCann, Ph.D., Children’s National Hospital
- Anandani Nellan, M.D., National Cancer Institute
- Patience Odeniyide, M.D., Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Haneen Shalabi, D.O., National Cancer Institute
- Aykut Üren, M.D. Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Yiouli Ktena, M.D., of Johns Hopkins, will receive the CCF Giant Food NextGen Award, created for a promising young pediatric cancer researcher to fund both their research and their professional advancement in the field. Dr. Ktena will be the eleventh recipient of this joint effort between CCF and Giant Food.
The CCF Research Awards are selected by an independent panel of prominent pediatric cancer researchers from outside the Maryland, D.C., and N. Virginia area. Additionally, CCF will present five non-research awards to local programs at the following: The Children’s Inn at NIH, The Claire Marie Foundation, Nigel’s Neighborhood, Horizon Day Camp and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Since its founding in 1983, CCF has awarded researchers, programs and facilities with more than $43M.
