2001
David M. Loeb, MD, PhD
Division of Pediatric Oncology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
The Role of WTI in Resistant AMI
In Memory of Michael J. Lopez

Nicholas Mitsiades, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Biotherapy of B-Cell Malignancies by Trial
Medicated Apoptosis
Grant made possible by the Johnny Mercer Foundation
In Memory of Johnny Mercer

Andromachi Scaradavou, MD
New York Blood Center Lindsay K. Kimball Research Institute Laboratory of Immunogenetics, New York, NY
Material Microchimerism in Unrelated Placental
Cord Blood Recipients
Grant made possible by Ford Motor Company

Jordan Fridman, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Identification and Analysis of Drug Resistance
Mechanisms in Leukemia and Lymphoma
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Davorka Messmer, PhD
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Generation of a CTL Response to B-CLL Cells
Using Tumor Antigen-Pulsed Dendritic Cells
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In Memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

2000
Dr. Raymond Comenzo, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
NY, NY
Study of the Use of Infusions of Stem Cells from Patients Following High-dose Chemotherapy or Radiation Therapy as an Alternative to Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
In Memory of Louise Scheinberg

Erica Lerma, MD
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, CA
Molecular Therapy of CML
In Memory of Michael J. Lopez

Jonathan Finlay, MB, ChB
New York University School of Medicine
Stephen D. Hassenfeld Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders
New York University Medical Center, NY, NY
Topotecan Phase I Clinical Trial for Leukemic,
Lymphomatous and Other Pediatric Neoplastic
Leptomeningeal Malignancies
In Honor of Adam Schwartz

Naoto Hirose, MD
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Autoreactivity Maturation Stage in Gene
Expression in the Immunobiology and Clinical
Outcome of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

B. Hilda Ye, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Cancer Center, Bronx, NY
Role of the BCL-6 Oncogene in Lymphoma
Cell Lines

Scott Lowe, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor,NY
Molecular Basis of Drug Resistance in a
Mouse Model of Leukemia and Lymphoma
Grant made possible by The Ambassador Felix Schnyder Fund
In memory of Ambassador Felix Schnyder

Nicholas Chiorazzi, MD and Charles C. Chu, PhD
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY
Determination of Human Fig 1
Polymorphisms in SLE Patients
Grant made possible by The Muriel Fusfeld Foundaton
In memory of Muriel Fusfeld