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Pratiti Bandopadhayay M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Funded: 07-01-2014
through 06-30-2019
Funding Type: St. Baldrick's Scholar
Institution Location:
Boston, MA
Institution: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Based on progress to date, Dr. Bandopadhayay was awarded new grants in 2017 and 2018 to fund additional years of this Scholar award. Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain cancer of childhood. As the Hannah's Heroes St. Baldrick's Scholar, Dr. Bandopadhayay and her lab have shown that the drug JQ1 can hinder the cancer causing effects of a gene called MYC in one of the most aggressive types of medulloblastoma. This project aims to identify drugs which can be added to JQ1 to improve effectiveness. The results of this project will help determine combination therapies that can be used to treat children with this aggressive type of brain tumor.
This grant is named for Hannah’s Heroes, a St. Baldrick’s Hero Fund created in honor of Hannah Meeson and pays tribute to her fight by raising awareness and funding for all childhood cancers because kids like Hannah “are worth fighting for.”