2017 Recipients of CDF Grants

Dr. Ivan Litvinov
Analysis of multistep carcinogenesis of Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
CDF Research Grant – $60,000

Dr. Youwen Zhou
Role of EZH2 Gene in Large Cell Transformation of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma
University of British Columbia
CDF Research Grant – $50,000

Dr. Marni Wiseman
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia derived exosomes and microvesicles contribute to aggressive skin cancers in patients
CancerCare Manitoba
CDF Research Grant – $47,000

Dr. Raed Alhusayen
The genomics and transcripteomics basis of variability in response to Adalimumab treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute
CDF Research Grant – $40,000

Dr. Robert Gniadecki
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
University of Alberta
World Congress of Dermatology Research Grant – $40,000

Dr. Peter Robin Hull
Skin peeling syndromes – Is cathepsin B responsible?
Dalhousie University
CDF Research Grant – $40,000

Dr. Haishan Zeng
Multiphoton Absorption Based Photothermolysis for Precise Blood Vessel Closure with Potential Application in Treatment of Excessive Angiogenesis Skin Diseases
University of British Columbia
CDF Research Grant – $35,000

Dr. Jennifer Beecker
Systemic treatment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: A pilot study in advance of a Phase III clinical trial
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
CDF Research Grant – $30,000

Dr. Denis Sasseville
Determining and validating potential prognostic biomarkers in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas (CTCL) relevant for immune checkpoint therapy
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
CDF Research Grant – $24,000

Dr. Yuka Asai
FaCES – Filaggrin and the Cutaneous Environment Study
Queen’s University
CDF Research Grant – $20,000

Dr. Danielle Marcoux
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of pigmentary mosaicism in children
CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center
CDF Research Grant – $18,000

Dr. Scott Walsh
Influence of phenotype on mycosis fungoides prognosis
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute
CDF Research Grant – $15,000

Dr. Roni P. Dodiuk-Gad
Prognostic Factors Affecting Morbidity and Mortality of Patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) Hospitalized at a Burn Centre: 1995-2015
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Research Institute
CDF Research Grant – $12,000

Dr. Patrick Fleming
Adherence to Dermatological Follow-up After Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: A Retrospective Cohort
Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital
CDF Research Grant – $9,000