Kara Gelb Memorial Grant

Kara Gelb Memorial Grant

Funder: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF)

Status: Active, awarded annually

Overview

The Kara Gelb Memorial Grant is awarded in memory of an original member of the ACCRF Board of Directors and is bestowed upon a promising early- or mid-career investigator who is focusing on translating basic research into improved therapies for ACC patients.

Eligibility

• Early-career investigators
• Mid-career investigators
• Research focus on translating basic research into ACC therapies

Recent Award Recipients

• 2025: Renata Ferrarotto, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center) - "Multicenter Validation of P63 Immunohistochemistry (IHC) as a Prognostic Marker for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma"
• 2022: Maxim Pimkin, MD, PhD (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) - "Targeted protein degradation approaches to define the molecular mechanisms of MYB oncoproteins in ACC"
• 2019: Alexander Pearson, MD, PhD (University of Chicago Medicine) - "Deep Neural Network Development for Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas"
• 2018: Piero Dalerba, MD (Columbia University) - "Pharmacological manipulation of cell differentiation in human Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas (ACCs)"

About Kara Gelb

More information about Kara is available on the ACCRF website.

Contact Information

• Phone: +1 781-248-9699
• Email: [email protected]
• Address: P.O. Box 442, Needham, MA 02494