2019 (Cycle 29)
Cancer
| Total Synthesis of Strictosidine, a Precursor to Vinblastine | $133,677 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Immune mechanisms of FLASH radiotherapy: a new paradigm for lung cancer cure | $628,421 |
| Stanford University | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Constructing a Lung Cancer Map of Drug Resistance States with Single-Cell Analysis | $138,450 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Implications of stress-induced LPAR4 expression in lung and pancreatic cancers | $180,996 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Effects of Smoking on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dysfunction and Hematologic Cancers | $122,958 |
| University of California, Irvine | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Combination immuno and metabolic therapy for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma | $499,756 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Impact of Smoking on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | $488,330 |
| University of California, Irvine | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Notch3 in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Pathogenesis and Heterogeneity | $176,982 |
| University of California, San Francisco | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Development of allosteric inhibitors against a molecular target (IKK) induced by cytokines and cigarette smoke | $921,703 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Cancer | |
| Impact of splicing factor mutations in the context of tobacco exposure in lung cancer | $736,710 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | New Investigator Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Promoting Tumor Suppressor Activity in Pancreatic Cancer | $498,469 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Targeting aggressive kidney cancer cells deficient in a metabolic enzyme | $937,500 |
| University of California, Davis | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Cancer | |
| Analysis of bladder cancer precursor formation as a basis for early therapeutic intervention | $193,320 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Investigating the Roles of Stromal AR in Prostate Cancer Progression | $203,280 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Targeting nuclear receptors for the treatment of Pancreatic cancer | $180,996 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Predicting cell-cell interactions in the tumor microenvironment for non-small cell lung carcinoma | $85,522 |
| Stanford University | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Understanding how submucosal gland myoepithelial cells respond to cigarette smoke | $499,678 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
| Models for prospective studies of marijuana's cardiac effects | $499,316 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Do E-Cigarettes Increase Risk for Sudden Death? Focus on the QT Interval | $497,148 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Mechanistic basis of arrhythmogenic cardiac alternans following tobacco smoke exposure | $500,000 |
| University of California, Davis | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Impact of Chronic Cannabis Exposure on Metabolic Health and Disease | $743,386 |
| University of California, Riverside | New Investigator Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| The role of Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1 Alpha 2 in cardiac function and disease | $498,058 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Study on maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood metabolic outcomes | $89,996 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Large scale analyses of generic smoking interaction on cardiometabolic traits | $874,673 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Underlying Mechanisms Regulating the Effects of Inhaled Nicotine upon Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | $1,044,000 |
| Palo Alto Veterans Institute For Research | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Modeling Smoking Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in 3D Microtissues | $128,086 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Fetal nicotine exposure develops heart ischemia-sensitive phenotype | $1,185,000 |
| Loma Linda University | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
Environmental Exposure/Toxicology
| Mitigating pro-inflammatory non-agonist molecules from tobacco smoke | $482,840 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Effects of Third Hand Smoke on Mitochondrial Genetic/Epigenetics and Their Inheritance Pattern | $127,360 |
| University of California, Riverside | Dissertation Awards |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Cigarette smoke effects on nitric oxide-dependent muscle regeneration | $720,338 |
| University of California, San Diego | New Investigator Awards |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Mechanisms of Persistent Immune Dysregulation Following Early Life Tobacco Smoke Exposure | $85,841 |
| University of California, Davis | Dissertation Awards |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Cancer prevention through low cost remediation of arsenic in drinking water | $914,614 |
| University of California, Berkeley | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| E-Cigarette Aerosol Characterization Using Holography and Machine Learning | $936,669 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Evaluating a protocol for the removal of thirdhand smoke in homes of former smokers | $493,225 |
| University of California, Berkeley | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| A Novel Mouse Model of Thirdhand Smoke-Induced Childhood Leukemia | $542,378 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment
| Long-term impact of cannabis exposure on the adolescent brain | $937,500 |
| University of California, Irvine | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
| Elucidating the genetic basis of nicotine dependence by using electronic health records | $743,841 |
| University of California, San Diego | New Investigator Awards |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
| Evaluating Highly Selective Nicotinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists | $1,227,300 |
| California Institute of Technology | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
| Smoking in Bipolar Disorder: Contribution of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Functions and Genomics | $498,582 |
| University of California, Irvine | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
| Neuroimaging to detect brain network differences among heavy drinking smokers treated with different cessation aids | $45,058 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
Oral Disease and Dental Health
| Epigenetic mechanisms in the inflammatory oral lesion of smokers | $198,036 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
| Effects of cigarette smoke on inflammasome activation in oral cells | $176,616 |
| University of the Pacific | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
| Functions of caspase-8 mutations in development of head and neck cancer and anti-tumor immunity | $247,872 |
| University of California, San Francisco | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
Pulmonary Disease
| Gestational E-Cigarette Exposure, Transgenerational Asthma, and the Germ Cell Epigenetic Memory | $1,048,215 |
| LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| The Effect of Combined Tobacco and Marijuana Use on Pulmonary Function: A Pilot Study | $586,820 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Selectin-targeted glycocalyx mimetic as a treatment for pulmonary inflammation | $132,097 |
| University of California, Davis | Dissertation Awards |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Characterization of innate immunity in pollution-induced exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | $933,635 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Engineered Proteins to Reverse Chitin Buildup and Fibrotic Lung Disease | $494,868 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells as a Sensor in Tobacco Induced Lung Diseases | $937,500 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research
| Community College Smoke free Policies: Disparities, Contexts and Strategies | $948,641 |
| Public Health Institute | New Investigator Awards |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
| A Community Based Approach to Tobacco Control | $974,719 |
| Loyola Marymount University | High Impact Research Project Award |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
| A digital mixed methods evaluation of university tobacco-free policies | $540,733 |
| CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation | High Impact Pilot Award |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
| Digital Surveillance to Identify Alternative & Emerging Tobacco Industry Mobilization and Influence | $495,186 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation
| Novel Pharmacotherapy Approaches in Smokers with Serious Mental Illness | $498,794 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| VIP smoking cessation intervention for adults with serious mental illness | $495,156 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Everyday smoking contexts and practices of bisexual young adults | $135,392 |
| University of California, San Francisco | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Combined intranasal oxytocin and mindfulness training as a novel treatment for smoking cessation | $1,231,893 |
| University of Southern California | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Disparities in Rates & Impact of Tobacco and Marijuana Use in UCLA Primary Care | $932,434 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Reducing Disparities by Integrating Tobacco Cessation into HIV Care | $497,790 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Disparities in Life Course Tobacco Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk | $101,150 |
| University of Southern California | Dissertation Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| At the Intersection of social inequity: Tobacco use disparities among diverse LGBTQ adolescents | $213,864 |
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Tobacco cessation and prevention for underserved Arab Americans: A pilot study | $635,235 |
| PIRE California, Inc. | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Social Media-based Treatment: Engaging Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers | $499,397 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
Unknown
| A Pilot Study of Tobacco & Cannabis Contaminants in Protec | $531,982 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | NRS Pilot |
| Unknown | |