2019 (Cycle 30)
Cancer
| In situ vaccination of lung cancers with engineered dendritic cells combined with immunotherapy | $153,894 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Inhibiting a DNA damage control mechanism as a strategy to selectively kill lung cancer cells | $142,203 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Secondhand smoke, past smoking, diet, novel biomarkers and breast cancer metastasis. | $602,000 |
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Role of the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF125 in pancreatic cancer | $780,000 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Quantitative and Scalable Tumor Growth Map for Complex Genotypes in Lung Cancer | $626,000 |
| Stanford University | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| miR-200 MicroRNAs in Lung cancer metastasis | $191,832 |
| University of California, Berkeley | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Targeting the unique metabolic vulnerabilities of lung cancer | $199,872 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Cancer cells alter protein synthesis rates to drive tumorigenesis | $135,738 |
| University of California, San Francisco | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Validation of RIPK2 as a Small Molecule Drug Target for Lung Cancer Treatment | $118,350 |
| Scripps Research Institute | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Identification of Proteins Involved in 5'OH microRNA Production and Protection | $133,677 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| The Role of p53-Ninj2 loop in Tumor Progression and Metastasis | $492,239 |
| University of California, Davis | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cancer | |
| Stem cell signals in the initiation and progression of lung cancer | $137,550 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Novel Immunotherapeutics for Cigarette-Smoking Associated Acute Myeloid Leukemia | $990,000 |
| University of Southern California | New Investigator Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Multilayer investigation of resistance mechanisms to WEE1 inhibition in Small Cell Lung Cancer | $207,300 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Determining How the Intratumoral Environment Confers Stemness in Lung Cancer | $166,350 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Characterization of Smoking-Associated Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) for Lung Cancer | $151,350 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Defining regulators of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal to prevent and treat blood cancers. | $166,350 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Developing a Novel Cell-free DNA Methylation Assay for Noninvasive Early Detection of Lung Cancer | $151,350 |
| Stanford University | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Targeting pH Homeostasis as a Therapeutic Approach for Pancreatic Cancer | $195,450 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Defining the mechanism of dynamic matrix stiffening-driven lung cancer metastasis | $193,320 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cancer | |
| Acetylation of NFkB in NSCLC resistance models | $162,909 |
| University of California, San Francisco | Dissertation Awards |
| Cancer | |
Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
| Effects of tobacco and e-cigarettes on heart repair and regeneration | $678,000 |
| Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Maternal inhaled nicotine enhances endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling leading to a hypertensive phenotype in offspring | $187,831 |
| Loma Linda University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Effect of nicotine on the cardiac aging process | $191,832 |
| University of California, San Diego | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| The Effects of Electronic Hookah on Endothelial Cell Function: The Role of Nicotine | $498,419 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Effects of long-term nicotine exposure on stem cell therapy | $207,300 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| Analysis of tobacco toxin-genetic interactions through study of the dioxin-AHR pathway | $589,712 |
| Stanford University | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
| A Human iPSC-based Platform to Unravel the Role of Nicotine in the Pathogenesis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms | $178,440 |
| Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease | |
Environmental Exposure/Toxicology
| Role of Oxidative Stress in Cigarette Smoke Induced Developing Germ Cell Death | $144,947 |
| University of California, Irvine | Dissertation Awards |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| What is the local lung dose of smoke from emerging tobacco products? | $935,724 |
| University of California, Davis | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Tobacco and cannabis exposure during pregnancy in six race/ethnic subgroups in California | $960,000 |
| Sequoia Foundation | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Pilot Investigation of Tobacco and Cannabis Contaminants in an Urban Natural Reserve | $602,000 |
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Evaluating the Impact of Key Parameters on Evaporation of E-cigarette Aerosols | $133,674 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| A validated second hand smoking exposure model for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) | $479,770 |
| University of California, Irvine | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Are mothers and their children at risk from in utero exposure to grandmaternal smoking? | $952,370 |
| Sequoia Foundation | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
| Determining Risk of Transfer of Hookah Tobacco Thirdhand Smoke | $1,128,750 |
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Environmental Exposure/Toxicology | |
Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment
| Nicotinic Receptor Modulators in Nicotine Dependence | $495,000 |
| University of California, Irvine | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
| Effects of Prenatal Nicotine and THC on Dopaminergic Function and Nicotine Intake During Adolescence | $199,872 |
| University of California, Irvine | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment | |
Oral Disease and Dental Health
| Understanding the mechanisms of perineural invasion in oral cancer | $499,510 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
| Impact of cigarette smoking on dental pulp mesenchymal stem cells mediated tissue regeneration | $500,849 |
| University of the Pacific | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
| The effect of combustible cigarettes and electronic cigarettes on oral Candida pathogenesis | $187,116 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards |
| Oral Disease and Dental Health | |
Pulmonary Disease
| Understanding how perinatal nicotine exposure influences immune establishment and function for life | $166,350 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Dissertation Awards |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Smoking's Impact on Influenza Pathogenesis and LIAV Response | $99,061 |
| University of California, Riverside | Dissertation Awards |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
| Impact of JUUL Use on Lung Physiologic and Immune Health and Systemic Inflammation | $567,587 |
| Veterans Medical Research Foundation | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Pulmonary Disease | |
State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research
| The impact of cartoon-based marketing strategies on e-cigarette appeal and use among adolescents | $1,225,843 |
| University of Southern California | High Impact Research Project Award |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
| The impact of price on the demand for marijuana and cigarettes | $937,500 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Research Project Award |
| State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research | |
Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation
| Mediators and Moderators of Combined Varenicline and Naltrexone for Smoking Cessation | $89,671 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Dissertation Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Spatial-, neighborhood- and healthcare system-related drivers of lung cancer treatment disparities | $130,116 |
| San Diego State University Research Foundation | Dissertation Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Multilevel prevention of commercial tobacco-related harms on rural California Tribal lands | $1,102,650 |
| PIRE California, Inc. | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Youth-initiated tobacco harm reduction? A qualitative study of sexual and gender minorities | $1,070,979 |
| Scientific Analysis Corporation | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Technology-Assisted Motivational Interviewing and Referral Coach: The TAMI Coach | $499,418 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| Intersecting Inequities: Linking tobacco use to oral health disparities among Blacks and Latinx | $107,757 |
| University of California, Merced | Dissertation Awards |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| The Use of Virtual Reality to Induce and Assess Nicotine Craving | $335,352 |
| University of California, San Diego | High Impact Pilot Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |
| The Impact of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Tobacco and Marijuana Co-Use | $1,091,974 |
| University of California, San Francisco | High Impact Research Project Award |
| Tobacco-Use Prevention and Cessation | |