Developmental Research Program
The Leukemia SPORE Developmental Research Program will be a source of seed funding to:
- Encourage and explore innovative translational ideas focusing on leukemia
- Encourage successful researchers working in other fields to focus their expertise toward the development of innovative translational projects in leukemia
The program will support projects with testable translational hypotheses that have foreseeable clinical relevance for therapy and prognosis of leukemia, and significant impact on changing therapy and prognosis in leukemia.
Project Selection
The identification and funding of new ideas will be through a peer-review mechanism. Announcements for developmental funding opportunities will be made each year. Up to four projects will be funded every year depending on the quality and relevance of the submitted proposals. The program will solicit and advertise for such proposals institutionally and from investigators outside the institution. Promising projects may be renewed, encouraged to obtain other peer-reviewed support, or expanded and approved as full SPORE projects to replace others that have been completed or judged not successful.
Developmental Research Award Recipients
2020 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Kapil Bhalla, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor
Sean Post, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor
Koichi Takahashi, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
2019 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Michael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor
Simona Colla, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor
Courtney DiNardo, M.D., M.S.C.E.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor
2018 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Warren Kruger, Ph.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Professor
Sean Post, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor
Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor
Katy Rezvani, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor
2017 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Kapil Bhalla, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Leukemia
Joseph Khoury, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Hematopathology
Tomasz Skorski, M.D.
Temple University
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Roland Walter, M.D., Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division
2016 Developmental Research Award Recipients
George Calin, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
2015 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Kapil Bhalla, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Leukemia
Dale Haines, Ph.D.
Temple University
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Leukemia
Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
Temple University
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
2014 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Pediatrics
Larry Kwak, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Lymphoma/Myeloma
Xiaoping Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Pathology
2013 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Pratip Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Honami Naora, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Systems Biology
2012 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Barbara Hoffman, Ph.D.
Fels Institute
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Peter Ruvolo, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Leukemia
James You, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Hematopathology
2011 Developmental Research Award Recipients
George Calin, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
Lawrence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Pediatrics
Marina Konopleva, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Leukemia
James You, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Hematopathology
2010 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Craig Jordan, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Professor, Biomedical Genetics
George Calin, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
Lalitha Nagarajan Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Genetics
Steven Kornblau, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Leukemia
2009 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Leukemia
Steven Kornblau, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Leukemia
2007-08 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Scott Evans, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine
Lalitha Nagarajan Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Genetics
2006 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Dapeng Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Melanoma Med Oncology
Waldemar Priebe, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics
Dan Jones, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Hematopathology
Seth Corey, M.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Pediatrics
George Rassidakis, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Hematopathology
2005 Developmental Research Award Recipients
William G. Bornmann, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imagining
Seth J. Corey, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Patient Care
Sharon R. Dent, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dan Jones, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
2004 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
William G. Bornmann, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
Sharon R. Dent, Ph.D., B.S.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Peng Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology - Research
2003 Developmental Research Award Recipients
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Srdan Verstovsek, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Leukemia
Nicholas Donato, Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Bioimmunotherapy - Research
Peng Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology - Research