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Phi Beta Psi Sorority
National Project
2007-2008 Research Grants
At the 2008 National Convention held in Louisville,
Kentucky, the membership voted to give $361,200 total in research
grants. The six (6) doctors listed below each received $60,200 for the
2007-2008 fiscal year.
 Christopher M.
Weghorst , Ph.D., Ohio State University, James Cancer Hospital
& Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH for the study of genetic
susceptibility and cervical cancer development.
 Jonathan Lancaster ,
M.D., Ph.D., H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Inst., Tampa, FL
for the study of personalized treatment for advanced ovarian cancer.
 Kennth P. Nephew ,
Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
for the study of Epigenetic Targeting of Ovarian Tumor Cells.
Sarah A. Andres
; Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Louisville, Louisville,
KY for the study of a novel gene subset for predicting breast cancer
recurrence and survival.
 Robert L. Fine ,
Associate Professor, MD, Columbia University, Herbert Irving
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Cener, New
York, NY for the study of targeting BRCA mutations in pancreatic cancer.
 Russell O. Pieper ,
Ph..D., University of California, San Francisco for the study
of improving intregrin-targeted therapies for glioma.
Each request for funding is reviewed and evaluated by a volunteer
Medical Advisory Board, consisting of five leading researchers at major
research institutions across the country. After their rating of each
proposal, the Phi Beta Psi Board of Directors makes the final decision
on which grants will be presented to the membership for approval.
All researchers who are approved for funding must submit a progress
report at the end of the fiscal year. They must explain how and where
the money was spent, and the results that occurred. Their grants will be
extended for a second year if the Medical Advisory Board feels that
progress was satisfactory.
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