Funding Progress
94% of Funds Raised Go to Research & Education
Funding to explore new ideas is essential to finding a cure for breast cancer. Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation awards both, seed funding and larger, multi-year grants, to brilliant researchers studying to improve the detection and treatment of breast cancer.
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation was an early investor in the study of Tamoxifen, which is now the standard of care treatment for hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer.
Past Research Projects
Treating Breast Cancer by Novel WEE1 Inhibitors
Principal Investigator: Bin Zhang, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology
Effect of the Cellular Stress Response Network in Sculpting the Therapeutic Response Landscape in Human Breast Cancers
Principal Investigator: Marc Mendillo, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Aromatase Phosphorylation in Breast Cancer: A Mechanism for Resistance to Treatment
Principal Investigator: Serdar Bulun, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Biology Research
Mutagenesis Consequent to APOBEC3B Expression
Principal Investigator: Susan Clare, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Division of Breast Surgery
Application of Adductomics for Characterizing the Breast Cancer Adductome
Principal Investigator: William Funk, PhD
Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Determining the Effect of TE and Radiation on the Biomechanical and Biologic Properties of Skin during Breast Reconstruction
Principal Investigator: Arun Gosain, MD
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Developing an At-home Molecular Diagnostic for Breast Cancer Biomarkers
Principal Investigator: Keith Tyo, PhD, MS
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Targeting Aaspin Mediated Apoptosis for Breast Cancer Therapy
Principal Investigator: Ming Zhang, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery
Principal Investigator: Karen Kaiser, PhD
Department of Medical Social Sciences
Effects of Stellate Ganglion Block on Hot Flashes in Hispanic Women with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial
Principal Investigator: David Walega, MD, MSCI
Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine
Educational Initiatives
Travel Grant
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Leadership: William Gradishar, MD, FACP
For more information: Sister Cities Symposium
Symposium
Lynn Sage Symposium: For Scholars
Leadership: William Gradishar, MD, FACP Contact Erin Donoghue at 312.695.1391 or erin.donoghue@northwestern.edu
Handbook
Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook
Leadership: Nora Hansen, MD Contact: Burt Korman at 312.472.4779 or bkorman@nm.org
