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Research Fellowship: Awardees & Reports

The ESMO Research Fellowship was first introduced in 1989 and is awarded as a one-year project with the option of a second-year prolongation upon request and subsequent approval by the Fellowship Committee. 

Depending on the focus of the submitted fellowship project young oncologists are offered the following research experience:

  • Focus Translational - Comprehensive bench-to-bedside training providing the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in translational cancer research.
  • Focus Clinical - Training in clinical research in renowned European cancer centres and supports efforts to expand professional networks through collaboration with institutions of excellence

2024

Caterina Vaghi
vaghi-caterina

Project: Predictive Biomarkers of responses to immunotheraphy in MSI and MSS/MSI – like mCRC: a multi-omics approach
Home institute: ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
Host institute: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: January 2025

Luca Arecco
arecco-luca

Project: Impact of early breast cancer and its treatments on ovarian reserve, fertility, and post-treatment pregnancies in young patients
Home institute: IRCCS San Martino Policlinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy
Host institute: Institut Jules Bordet, Anderlecht, Belgium
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: TBC

Federica Giugliano
giugliano-federica

Project: Resistance VERSus Durextecan (REVERS.Dx): a retrospective analysis of molecular resistance biomarkers on deruxtecan (DXd) across different tumor types
Home institute: IEO - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS
Host institute: Institute Gustave Roussy
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: November 2024

Daniel Lionarons
lionarons-daniel

Project: Tumour-infiltrating B cell subsets in advanced prostate cancer
Home institute: NKI-AVL - Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Host institute: Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: September 2024

Ashray Gunjur
gunjur-ashray

Project: Non-invasive Intestinal microbiota Profiling for early detection of Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (NIPP)
Home institute: Austin Health
Host institute: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: TBC

2023

Pasquale Lombardi
lombardi-pasquale

Project: A machine-learning algorithm on digital pathology as an immunologic predictor of outcome to immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
Home institute: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
Host institute: Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: BMS
Start date: February 2024

Maximilian Mair
mair-maximilian

Project: Harnessing theranostics to address brain tumour heterogeneity in time and space
Home institute: Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Host institute: LMU Munich, Germany
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: April 2024

Natalie Ngoi 
ngoi-natalie

Project: Multi-omic characterization of the mechanisms of resistance to nectin-4-directed protein-drug-conjugates in advanced solid tumours
Home institute: National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
Host institute: Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: April, 2024

Nadia Saoudi Gonzalez
saoudi-gonzalez-nadia

Project: Multi-omics profiling of colorectal cancer patients response outliers to first line chemotherapy
Home institute: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Host institute: IFOM ETS - the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
Sponsor: ESMO
Expected start date: April 2024

Gil Awada
awada-gil

Project: Imaging-guided de-escalation strategies in the neoadjuvant management of early-stage triple-negative and HER2-positive breast cancer
Home institute: UZ Brussel - Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium
Host institute: Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: September, 2023

2022

Nicole Brighi
brighi-nicole

Project: High sensitivity bespoke liquid biopsy analysis to characterize and track cabazitaxel-resistant clones in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Home institute: IRST - Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRCCS S.r.l., Meldola, Italy
Host institute: University College of London Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: October 2022

Laetitia Collet
collet-leatitia

Project: Molecular characterization of intratumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment in high grade serous ovarian cancer and BRCA1/2 mutant breast cancers using spatial transcriptomics
Home institute: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Host institute: Breast Cancer Translational research Laboratory (BCTL), Jules Bordet Institut, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: November 2022

Santiago Moragon Terencio
moragon-terencio-santiago

Project: Genomic landscape of early-stage luminal breast cancer by single-cell analysis (Tapestri project)
Home institute: Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Host institute: Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: October 2023

Anthony Turpin
turpin-anthony

Project: PARP inhibitors associated tumour immune microenvironment changes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Home institute: CHU Lille - Hopital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
Host institute: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: BMS
Expected start date: May 2023

Andreas Koulouris
koulouris-andreas

Project: Evaluation of clinical and molecular variables and the development of prognostic tools in patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastases
Home institute: University General Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
Host institute: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: June 2022

2021

Jose Carlos Benitez
benitez-josecarlos

Project: EMT and immune suppression cancer activation pathways of Non-Small cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) by Single Cell targeted gene expression analysis to assess resistance to immunotherapy and early relapse 
Home institute: Mutua Terrassa University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Host institute: Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France 
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: September 2021

Marcela Carausu 
carausu-marcela

Project: Interrogating triple-negative breast cancer heterogeneity and its microenvironment at the single-cell level
Home institute: Institute of Oncology "Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu", Bucharest, Romania
Host institute: Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: March 2022

Gaia Giannone
giannone-gaia

Project: Predictive biomarkers for response to nintedanib in ovarian clear cell carcinoma 
Home institute: Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
Host institute: Imperial College London (Hammersmith Hospital Campus), London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: November 2021 – November 2022

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Pernelle Lavaud
lavaud-pernelle

Project: Analysis of samples from the SCLC REACTION trial: Discovery of biomarkers to optimize treatment  
Home institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Host institute: Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Institute, Alderley Edge, United Kingdom 
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: November 2021

Giulia Mazzaschi
mazzaschi-giulia

Project: A micro-CT based radiomic approach to identify radio-immune signatures in preclinical models of head and neck and lung cancers   
Home institute: University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Host institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Cedex, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: November 2021 – November 2022

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Pablo Cresta Morgado
cresta-morgado-pablo

Project: Integration of genomic testing and patient expectations into prostate cancer treatment decision-making  
Home institute: Angel H. Roffo Oncology Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Host institute: Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: BMS
Fellowship period: October 2021– October 2022

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Pedro Rocha
rocha-pedro

Project: Met inhibition in combination with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 as a new therapeutic approach in Small Cell Lung Cancer  
Home institute: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Main BuildingHouston, United States
Host institute: Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: October 2021

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John Greene
greene-john

Project: The impact of obesity on survival outcomes following drug treatment for advanced malignancy recorded within the Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) database
Home institute: St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Host institute: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: October 2021 – October 2022 

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Tiago Padua
padua-tiago

Project: A personalized approach of neoadjuvant therapy, including immunotherapy and bladder preservation, for muscle-invasive urothelial bladder carcinoma (MIBC) 
Home institute: : Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Host institute: San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: September 2021

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2020

Elisabeth Bergen
bergen-elisabeth

Project: Molecular classification of pancreatic cancer by gene expression analysis of circulating tumor DNA
Home institute: Vienna General Hospital (AKH) - Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Host institute: Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology Department Georges Pompidou European Hospital,  Sorbonne Paris-Cité,  Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: October 2020 – October 2021

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Luca Cantini
cantini-luca

ProjectENSURE study - Dendritic cell therapy combined with surgery in mesothelioma
Home institute: Università Politecnica delle Marche - AOU Ospedali Riuniti Ancona, Ancona, Italy
Host institute: Erasmus MC Cancer Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2021 – December 2022

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Giulia Costanza Leonardi
leonardi-giulia-costanza

ProjectThe role of tumor-specific CD8+ T cells in tumor evolution and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in cervical cancer patients
Home institute: Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
Host institute: Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT, Inserm UMR 1037) and Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse – Oncopole (IUCT-O), Toulouse, France 
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2021 – January 2023

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Long Nguyen
nguyen-long

ProjectInvestigating the molecular mechanisms that regulate human breast cancer stem cell function in response to systemic therapy
Home institute: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
Host institute: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: April 2021– April 2023

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Andri Papakonstantinou
papakonstantinou-andri

Project: Impact of microbiota on breast cancer prognosis and treatment efficacy
Home institute: Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Host institute: Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2021- December 2022

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Francesco Schettini
schettini-francesco

Project: Prognostic and therapeutic significance of treatment-induced intrinsic subtypes and genomic changes in Luminal breast tumors
Home institute: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II, Naples, Italy
Host institute: August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: January 2021 (prolonged for the 2nd year)

Madeleine Strach
strach-madeleine

ProjectCharacterisation of appendiceal adenocarcinoma by transcriptomic analysis and correlation with clinical outcomes: a step towards rational therapeutics
Home institute: Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Lilyfield, Australia
Host institute: The Christie Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Research Group, Manchester Cancer Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Start date: August 2021

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Francesco Cortiula
cortiula-franscesco

Project: Concurrent chemotherapy and PROton therapy coMpared to photon therapy, followed by Durvalumab maintEnance in sTagE III NOn-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (PROMETEO study): immunological and hematological effects
Home institute: CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Udine, Italy
Host institute: Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2021 – January 2022

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Aljosja Rogiers
rogiers-aliosia

Project: A prospective observational study to identify a composite biomarker for prediction and early detection of immunotherapy-related adverse events (irAEs)
Home institute: Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia​
Host institute: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: May 2021 – May 2022

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2019

Gabor Dobos
dobos-gabor

Project: Evaluation of a combination of biomarkers for an early diagnosis of mycosis fungoides
Home institute: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Host institute: Hôpitaux Universitaires, Saint-Louis Lariboisière Fernand-Widal, France 
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: January 2020 - June 2021

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Eleonora Ghisoni
ghisoni-eleonora

Project: Characterisation of stromal TILs specificity and activity in immune excluded epithelial ovarian cancer
Home institute: Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment of Candiolo- FPO/IRCCS, Italy
Host institute: CHUV - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: August 2019 - June 2021

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Asuka Kawachi-Kawai
kawachi-kawai-asuka

Project: Identification of novel therapeutic targets in desmoplastic small round cell sarcoma (DSRCT)
Home institute: National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Host institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: November 2019 - November 2022

Ignacio Matos Garcia
matos-ignacio

Project: Impact of human FCγR gene polymorphism on hyper-progression disease with anti-PD1 inhibitors based on Antibody mediated PD1+ T cell phagocytosis
Home institute: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Host institute: UCL Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: March 2020 - December 2022

Laura Mezquita Pérez
mezquita-perez-laura

Project: RADAR study: Molecular signature of radioactivity-induced lung cancer based on radon-induced lung cancer in rats from the French Atomic Energy Commission cohort 
Home institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Host institute: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: BMS
Fellowship period: February 2020 – January 2022

Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva
vasileva-slaveva-mariela

Project: Breast cancer metastasis and lipid metabolism implication
Home institute: Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
Host institute: Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: November 2019 – October 2020

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Giacomo Bregni
bregni-giacomo

Project: A phase II trial of neoadjuvant regorafenib in combination with nivolumab and short-course radiotherapy in intermediate-risk, stage II-III rectal cancer (REGINA)
Home institute: Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
Host institute: Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2020 – September 2021

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Carlo Cattrini
cattrini-carlo

Project: BRCA2MEN: an international, multicentre, observational and ambispective study to validate the predictive value of germline BRCA2 mutations in selecting first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treatment
Home institute: San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Italy
Host institute: National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: January 2020 – January 2021

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2018

Michael-John Devlin
devlin-michael-john

Project: The Immune Microenvironment of a Murine Model of Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer
Home institute: University College Londo Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Host institute: Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: September 2018 – August 2019

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Elisa Gobbini
gobbibi-elisa

Project: Role of BDCA3high dendritic cells and type III interferon in anti-tumor immune responses
Home institute: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy
Host institute: Léon Bérard research center, Lyon, France
Sponsor: BMS
Fellowship period: September 2018 – September 2020

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Christoph Oing
oing-christoph

Project: Illuminating the genomic landscape of hypoxia-driven early metastatic prostate cancer
Home institute: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Host institute: Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: September 2018 – September 2019

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Federica Papaccio
papaccio-federica

Project: Development of “living organoid biobank” derived from colorectal cancer patients. Towards a personalized medicine in cancer
Home institute: Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy
Host institute: INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: September 2018 – September 2020

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Daniel Eiger
eiger-daniel

Project: Cardiotoxicity Related to Systemic Anti-HER2 Therapies: sub-analysis of ALTTO and APHINITY trials
Home institute: Centro Paulista de Oncologia, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Host institute: Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: September 2018 – September 2019

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2017

Angelika Bezan
bezan-angelika

Project: Liquid biopsy by apheresis
Home institute: Medical University of Graz, Austria
Host institute: Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden, Sutton, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: October 2017 – October 2018

Giulia Martini
martini-giulia

Project: An integrative bedside to bench approach for discovery and validation of new biomarkers of resistance in metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) by liquid biopsy and development of preclinical cancer models
Home institute: Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
Host institute: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: October 2017 – October 2019

Bernadetta Pellegrino
pellegrino-benedetta

Project: Exploiting the DNA-damage response upon PARP inhibition in homologous recombination deficient tumors to maximize the activity of anti-PD-L1 therapy
Home institute: Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma, Italy
Host institute: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: July 2018 – July 2019

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Antonio Di Meglio
di-meglio-antonio

Project: Health Behaviors and Long-term Treatment Toxicity Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Quantitative Analysis in the French Prospective CANTO Cohort
Home Institute: IRCCS AOU San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Host institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: September 2017 – September 2018

Bruno Duso
duso-bruno

Project: A Phase I-II Investigation of Pembrolizumab in Combination with Oral Metronomic Cyclophosphamide in Patients with Locally Recurrent, Inoperable, and/or Metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Lymphangitic Spread to the Chest Wall
Home Institute: Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Host institute: Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: August 2017 – August 2018

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Sheraz Markar
markar-sheraz

Project: Lasting Symptoms after Esophageal Resection (LASER) 
Home Institute: St. Mary's Hospital Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Host institute: Karolinska Instituttet, Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: September 2017 – September 2018

2016

Annalisa Milano
milano-annalisa

Project: Next-generation expression analysis (NanoString) to develop prognostic and predictive gene signatures for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Home institute: St. Andrea Hospital, Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Rome, Italy
Host institute: Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: October 2016 – November 2018

Francesca Maria Rizzo
rizzo-francesca-maria

Project: Different expression of CXCR4 on CTCs from NET patients with or without skeletal metastases
Home institute: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Bari, Italy
Host institute: UCL Cancer Institute – Department of Oncology, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: August 2016 – September 2018

Sarah Kammerer
kammerer-sarah

Project: Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: development of novel treatment strategies targeting cancer stem cells and identification of new predictive biomarkers
Home institute: Medical University Graz, Institute of Biophysics, Graz, Austria
Host institute: Max Delbrück Centrum for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: September 2016 – September 2017

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Matteo Lambertini 
lambertini-matteo

Project: Liquid Biomarkers during Fertility Preserving Procedures in BRCA Mutated Breast Cancer Patients
Home Institute: IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST, Genova, Italy
Host institute: Jules Bordet Institute, Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: August 2016 – August 2018

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Piera Gargiulo
gargiulo-piera

Project: Inflammation markers and prognostic model of survival and toxicity in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC) receiving palliative Gemcitabine-based chemotherapy: insights from the SAKK 44/00-CECOG/PAN.1.3.001
Home institute: Istituto Nazionale Tumori- I.R.C.C.S - Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy
Host institute: Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research SAKK, Bern, Switzerland
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: July 2016 – October 2017

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2015

Lisa Derosa 
derosa-lisa

Project: BRAVE - Brain metastases and pancReatic metastases: A clinicopathological comparison of Various facets of the tumour hEterogeneity in renal cell carcinoma
Home Institute: Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria S.Chiara, Pisa, Italy
Host Institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: November 2015 – November 2017

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Zoltan Lohinai
lohinai-zoltan

Project: The role of blood and lymph vessels in malignant pleural mesothelioma: From biology to therapy
Home Institute: National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology, Budapest, Hungary
Host Institute: Translational Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: August 2015 – August 2017

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Blanca Navarro Rodrigo
navarro-rodrigo-blanca

Project: Targeting mutational signatures in colorectal cancer
Home Institute: INCLIVA - University of Valencia, Spain
Host Institute: University Hospital of Lausanne, Ludwig Cancer Research Center, Switzerland
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: October 2015 – October 2017

Petr Szturz
szturz-petr

Project: Evaluation of MET expression and inhibition in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck
Home Institute: University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Host Institute: Hopital Bichat - Claude Bernand, Paris, France
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: November 2015 – November 2016

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Alberto Verlicchi
verlicchi-alberto

Project: Therapeutic opportunities for Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: the Hedghog pathway and beyond
Home Institute: Ospedale Civile di Ravenna, Italy
Host Institute: Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: September 2015 – September 2016

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Sara Valpione
valpione-sara

Project: Study of prognostic factors in patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma treated with targeted therapies
Home Institute: University of Padova, Italy
Host Institute: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: October 2015 – October 2016

 

2014

Vincenza Conteduca
conteduca-vincenza

Project: Novel biological profiles of sensitivity and/or resistance to Abiraterone and/or Enzalutamide in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer
Home Institute: Istituto Tumori della Romagna I.R.S.T., Meldola, Italy
Host Institute: The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: October 2014 – October 2016

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Valentina Gambardella
Valentina Gambardella

Project: The Role of MET in Primary and Acquired Resistance in HER2 positive gastric cancer
Home Institute: AOU Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli (AOU-SUN), Napoli, Italy
Host Institute: INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinico de Valencia, University of Valencia, Spain
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: October 2014 – October 2016

Colin Lindsay
Colin Lindsey

Project: Assessing the clinical application of circulating tumour cells in non-small cell lung cancer using therapeutic apheresis
Home Institute: Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Host Institute: Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: November 2014 – November 2016

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Amir Sonnenblick
Amir Sonnenblick

Project: Phsophorylated-STAT3 and trastuzumab resistance
Home Institute: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem- Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Host Institute: Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: July 2014 – December 2015

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Michael Kolinsky
Michael Kolinsky

Project: Co-targeting of AKT and the Androgen Receptor for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Home Institute: University of Alberta Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Host Institute: The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: October 2014 – December 2015

 

2013

Antoine Hollebecque
Antoine Hollebecque

Project: Circulating Nucleic Acids as predictive biomarkers in Advanced Cancer Patients
Home Institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Department of Medicine SITEP, Villejuif, France
Host Institute: Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: November 2013 – November 2014 

Noelia Tarazona Llavero
Noelia Tarazona

Project: FGFR2 in gastroesophageal cancer: prognosis, prediction and the effects of therapeutic intervention
Home Institute: Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Department Haematology and Medical Oncology, Valencia, Spain
Host Institute: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: October 2013 - October 2015

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Daniela Morales-Espinosa
Daniela Morales Espinosa

Project: Characterization and potential clinical implications of the replication pathway in lung cancer
Home Institute: Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Department: Clinical and Basic Research Sub-direction , Mexico City, Mexico
Host Institute: Catalan Institute of Oncology, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: August 2013 – August 2015

Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu
Aysegul Ilhan-Mutlu

Project: Prevention of Brain Metastasis of Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer By Antiangiogenic Therapy In Mice
Home Institute: Vienna General Hospital (AKH) - Medical University of Vienna, Department of Oncology, Vienna, Austria
Host Institute: University Clinic Heidelberg/Germany, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: October 2013 – September 2014 

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Tal Grenader
Tal Grenader

Project: Molecular resistance following personalised therapy in colorectal cancer (FOCUS-4 clinical fellow)
Home Institute: Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
Host Institute: UCL, Cancer Institute, University College London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: November 2013 – November 2014

Guillermo Antonio De Velasco Oria
Guillermo Antonio De Velasco Oria

Project: Metabolomic study in renal cell carcinoma (RCC): patterns of relapsed and follow up
Home Institute: University Hospital 12 De Octubre, Medical Oncology, Madrid, Spain
Host Institute: Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: September 2013 – August 2014  

2012

Claudette Falato  
Claudette Falato

Project: Prognostic and predictive role of Ki67 determined on metastatic tissue of patients with advanced breast cancer
Home Institute: National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy
Host institute: Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: April 2013 – March 2014

Jennifer Gibbons Marsico
Jennifer Gibbons Marsico

Project: Metabolomic and pharmacological patterns of resistance to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib in patients with advanced renal-cell cancer
Home Institute: Instituto Nacional del Cancer (INCA), Montevideo, Uruguay
Host institute: Kantonsspital St Gallen, Switzerland
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: January 2013 – Novemeber 2014

Angela Lamarca
lamarca-angela

Project: Feasibility evaluation of proliferation and nucleoside transport using FLT PET imaging in advanced pancreatic cancer patients
Home Institute: Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Host institute: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: January 2013 – January 2015

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Elisabetta Pietri
Elisabetta Pietri

Project: Characterisation of individual foci of multicentric/multifocal breast cancer
Home institute: Istituto Tumori della Romagna I.R.S.T. , Meldola, Italy
Host institute: Institut Jules Bordet - Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium 
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: October 2012 – April 2014 

Loredana Vecchione
Loredana Vecchione

Project: Identification of multiple synthetic lethal interactions with the BRAF oncogene in colorectal cancer
Home institute: Katholieke Universities Leuven - Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
Host institute: Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis B7 - NKI - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis - Prof Rene Bernards, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: September 2013 – August 2014

2011

Daniela Kolarevic
Daniela Kolarevic

Project: Identification and validation of targeted Therapeutics in triple negative breast cancer (Translational Research within Neobig programme)
Home institute: Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Host institute: Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas Hospital, London, UK
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: 2011 (prolonged for a further year)

Sophie Postel-Vinay
Sophie Postel-Vinay

Project: Investigation of DNA repair deficiencies in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and therapeutic applications using synthetic lethality
Home institute: Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris, France
Host institute: The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: 2011 (prolonged for a further year)

Alejandra Armengol Alonso
 Alejandra Alonso

Project: Association between insulin resistance and pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy among women with operable hormone receptor negative breast cancer
Home Institute: Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Medicias y Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico
Host Institute: Barcelona Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: March 2012 – February 2013

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2010

Leticia De Mattos-Arruda
Leticia De Mattos Arruda

Project: Circulating tumour cells in metastatic breast cancer: it is time to detect and genotyping
Home institute: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Host institute: Vall d´Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: August 2010 – August 2012 

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Hatem Azim
Hatem Azim

Project: Genomic Profiling of Breast Cancer diagnosed during pregnancy
Home institute: National Cancer Institute, Cairo Oncology Centre, Mohandeseen, Egypt
Host institute: Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium 
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: October 2010 – September 2012 

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Konstantinos-Vellios Kamposioras
Konstantinos Kamposioras

Project: Molecular characterisation of the stromal microenvironment in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its role in tumour progression and prognosis
Home institute: University Hospital of Larissa, Greece
Host institute: St. James Institute of Oncology Level 4, Bexley Wing, St. James University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: 2011 – 2013 

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Michalis Karamouzis
karamouzis-michalis

Project: Molecular and genetic analysis of stromal fibroblasts in prostate cancer
Home institute: Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Host institute: Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: 2010 – 2011  

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Giulia Pasello

Project: Identification of novel molecular targets and biological agents for the chemotherapy of malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Home institute: Second Medical Oncology Unit, Instituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova Italy
Host institute: Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Oncology Section, Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: July 2010 – July 2012

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Karin Tamas

Project: Exploring the tumour microenvironment with focus on Placental growth factor and colorectal cancer
Home institute: Szent Laszlo Teaching Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
Host institute: University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Sponsor: Roche
Fellowship period: September 2010 – September 2012 

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Teresa Troiani
Teresa Troiani

Project: Use of MEK inhibitors to overcome primary and acquired resistance to anti-EGFR therapies
Home institute: Oncologia Medica, Seconda Università Degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale "F. Magrassie E Lanzara", Naples, Italy
Host institute: Oncologia Medica, Seconda Università Degli Studi di Napoli, Dipartimento di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale "F. Magrassie E Lanzara", Naples, Italy
Sponsor: Amgen
Fellowship period: August 2010 – August 2011

Michael Baumann

Project: Treatment of naïve and fludarabine-refractory CLL in the TCL-1 mouse model with IPI-926 and other hedgehog pathway inhibitors
Home Institute: Department of Medical Oncology, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Host Institute:Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology CLL, Dept of Haematology and Oncology, University of Cologne, Germany
Sponsor: ESMO
Fellowship period: October 2010 – September 2011 

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Elena Castro Marcos

Project: Prostate Cancer Genetics and targeted screening
Home Institute: Centro de Investigacion del Cancer, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Spain
Host Institute: Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, and The institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Novartis
Fellowship period: October 2010 – September 2011 

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