The University of Vermont Cancer Center has announced the recipients of its 2025 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Project Grants—unique philanthropy-funded mechanisms that support members conducting cancer research.
UVM Cancer Center 2025 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Awards
Pilot Project Grant Awardees
Reem Aboushousha, M.Sc., Ph.D., forTargeting glutathione pathways to overcome drug resistance in lung adenocarcinoma
Tony M. Mertz, Ph.D., and Steven Roberts, Ph.D., for Characterizing reciprocal relationships between transcription-associated mutagenesis and both cancer etiology and therapeutics
Pre-Pilot Awardees
David J. Seward, M.D., Ph.D., for Building an optogenetic mouse model that phenocopies human lung cancer
Trishnee Bhurosy, M.Sc., Ph.D., for Experiences of Food Insecurity and Financial Toxicity among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Cancer
Investigators who are awarded Pilot Project Grants receive $50,000 to support their research, and Pre-Pilot awardees receive $15,000 to help catalyze their research endeavors.