Funded research - Tax Checkoff
Your contribution to the California Breast Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund on your state income tax form 540 will directly fund vital research into the causes, prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
In 2023-2024, CBCRP was allocated $356,000 in voluntary contributions and supported $346,000 in research awards and $10,000 in administrative costs. The following projects were supported entirely or in part by Californians who contributed to the California Breast Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund on their income tax form.
Award details can also be found in our funded projects database.
2023
David Cheresh
University of California, San Diego
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$205,000
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Barbara Cohn and Shahid Akilah
Public Health Institute
Preventing Breast Cancer Special Initiative
$534,187
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2022
Eunjeong Ko and Michelle Avila
San Diego State University & Kern County Cancer Foundation
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$218,665
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Michelle Melisko
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$195,000
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Kimberly Berger
Sequoia Foundation
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$215,262
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2021
Evaluating a multi-component oncofertility care intervention for rural young breast cancer survivors
Helen Palomino and Hui-Chun Su
Cancer Resource Center of the Desert & University of California, San Diego
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$718,694
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William McCarthy
University of California, Los Angeles
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$195,000
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Targeted therapy to reverse triple negative breast cancer health disparities and boost immunotherapy
Diana Marquez-Garban
University of California, Los Angeles
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$195,000
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2020
Jane Sellen, Peggy Reynolds and Nichole Warwick
Pesticide Action Network, University of California, San Francisco & Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$190,029
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Shyambabu Chaurasiya
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$263,614
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2019
Rebecca Rakow-Penner
University of California, San Diego
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$187,501
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Peggy Reynolds and Joanne Hild
University of California, San Francisco & Sierra Streams Institute
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$749,989
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Remi Buisson
University of California, Irvine
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$125,000
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2018
Richard Pietras
UCLA
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$187,358
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Fahumiya Samad
San Diego Biomedical Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$288,000
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Nagel Shari Hartman Stori
University of California, San Diego & Haus of Volta
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$178,111
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Kim Harley and Norma Morga
University of California, Berkeley & Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$740,898
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2017
Ysabel Duron and Laura Fejerman
Latinas Contra Cancer UCSF
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$174,933
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Xiaohua Wu
The Scripps Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$290,250
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Rachel Morello-Frosch, Heather Buren and Erin Carrera
University of California, Berkeley & Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$790,314
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2016
Emmanuel Theodorakis
University of California, San Diego
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$210,715
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Thea Tlsty
University of California, San Francisco
Translational Research Award
$956,774
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Bruce Daniel
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$235,100
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2015
John Shepherd
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$124,112
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Polly Marshall and Shanaz Dairkee
Breast Cancer Over Time California Pacific Medical Center
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$246,950
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Gary Johanning
SRI International (SRI)
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$299,273
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Alison Chopel and Danielle Soto
Public Health Institute & Brighter Beginnings
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$174,915
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Marc Goodman
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Translational Research Award
$1,122,177
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2014
Irene Su
University of California, San Diego
Translational Research Award
$968,782
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Anna Wu
University of Southern California
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$246,937
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Changqing Li
University of California, Merced
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Detection, Prognosis, and Treatment
$193,750
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Eunjung Lee
University of Southern California
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$248,244
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Christopher Contag
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$240,750
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2013
Anna Napoles and Carmen Ortiz
University of California, San Francisco & Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$191,152
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Axel Schonthal
University of Southern California
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$242,530
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Brian Feldman
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$236,434
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2012
Deanna Kroetz
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$100,000
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Kim Harley & Kimberly Parra
University of California, Berkeley & Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$646,431
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Debasish Tripathy
University of Southern California
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$245,096
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2011
Joy Melnikow
University of California, Davis
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$148,170
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Brunhilde Felding-Habermann
Scripps Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Renewal
$473,750
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David Feldman
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Renewal
$444,942
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2010
Allison Kurian
Stanford University School of Medicine
Translational Research Award
$1,066,225
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Peggy Reynolds
Cancer Prevention Institute of California
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$199,080
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Lei Zhang
UCLA
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$150,000
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Mihaela Lorger, Ph.D. & Felding Brunhilde
The Scripps Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$284,850
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2009
Arash Naeim
UCLA
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$180,890
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Karin Staflin
Scripps Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$ 90,000
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Yani Lu
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$ 89,996
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2008
Gaurav Sharma
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship
90,000
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Paul Mills
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$163,668
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Jessica Gorman
University of California, San Diego
Dissertation Award
35,492
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Thea Tlsty
University of California, San Francisco
Translational Research Award
$750,000
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2007
Brian Hargreaves
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$236,771
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Ella Jones
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$150,000
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Frank Pajonk
UCLA
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$150,000
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Susan Love
Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
Translational Research Award Research $851,559
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Peggy Reynolds and Linda Okahara
Northern California Cancer Center & Asian Health Services
Community Research Collaboration Award – Full
$666,913
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Connie Tsai
University of California, Irvine
Dissertation Award
$76,000
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Georgia Sadler and Natasha Riley
University of California, San Diego & Vista Community Clinic
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$165,405
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2006
Barbara Mueller
La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$327,372
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Alice Whittemore, Ph.D.
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Etiology
$264,595
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Shanaz Dairkee
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$279,242
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Linda Navarro and Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater
Turtle Health Foundation & University of California, Davis
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$167725
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Jennifer Scorah
Scripps Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$90,000
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Mary Anne Foo and Marjorie Kagawa-Singer
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance & UCLA
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$187,500
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Sara O’Donnell and Jeff Belkora
Mendocino Cancer Resource Center & University of California, San Francisco
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$672,272
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2005
Brunhilde Felding-Habermann
The Scripps Research Institute
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$278,850
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Thomas R. Nelson
University of California, San Diego
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$149,879
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Thea D. Tlsty
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$148,163
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Stanley G. Rockson
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$234,178
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Zul Surani, Roshan Bastani and Beth Glenn, Ph.D.
South Asian Cancer Foundation & UCLA
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$112,424
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2004
Jeff Belkora, Sara O'Donnell, and Julie Ohnemus
University of California, San Francisco, Mendocino Cancer Resource Center & Humboldt Community Breast Health Project
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$115,000
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Robert Carlson
Stanford University
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$156,108
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Shiuan Chen
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Topic-targeted Research Award - Request for Applications
$766,376
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Bruce Tromberg, Nola Hylton and John Butler
University of California, Irvine & University of California, San Francisco
Translational Research Collaboration - Full
$500,000
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Maurizo Pellecchia
The Burnham Institute
STEP Award
$285,764
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Myrto Petreas
California Department of Health Services
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$85,901
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2003
Kristiina Vuori
The Burnham Institute
STEP Award
$288,000
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Catherine Carpenter
University of California, Irvine
Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications
$533,527
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Verena Kallab
University of California, San Francisco
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$80,000
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Rebecca Smith-Bindman
University of California, San Francisco
Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications
$583,287
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Dave Hoon, Lori Wilson and Armando Giuliano
John Wayne Cancer Institute
Translational Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$188,800
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2002
Malcolm Pike
University of Southern California
STEP Award
$159,697
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Thea Tlsty and Stefanie Jeffrey
University of California, San Francisco & Stanford University
Translational Research Collaboration Award - Full
$642,497
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Priscilla Banks and Carol Somkin
African American Advisory Committee & Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$132,055
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2001
Quan Lu
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$86,400
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Caroline Bliss-Isberg and David Speigel
Central Coast Women’s Cancer Consortium & Stanford University
Community Research Collaboration Award - Full
$773,655
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Dave Hoon
John Wayne Cancer Institute
STEP Award
$472,000
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Barbara Berman and Heidi Kleiger
University of California, Los Angeles & Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc.
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$110,207
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Susan Murin
University of California, Davis
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$74,968
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2000
Cheng-Ming Chuong
University of Southern California
IDEA-II: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II
$244,320
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Argyrios Ziogas
University of California, Irvine
Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications
$287,987
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Hope Rugo
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II
$200,000
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Michael Campbell
University of California, San Francisco
IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award
$195,000
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1999
Vicki Davis
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
IDEA-II: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II
$302,983
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Matthew J. Cordova
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellowship
$74,968
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Diane Estrin and Rani Eversley
Women's Cancer Resource Center & University of California, San Francisco
Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot
$86,147
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Beth E. Meyerowitz
University of Southern California
Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications
$617,738
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DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENTS TO EXISTING AWARDS FOR:
Danielle Rose Ash (Mentor: Katherine Kahn)
University of California, Los Angeles
The Impact of Structure on the Quality of Breast Cancer Care
Melanie Funes-Duran (Mentor: Colleen Sweeny)
University of California, Davis
Pathway-Specific Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells
Dorothy Hong (Mentor: Michael Press)
University of Southern California
HER-2/neu Gene Variations and Breast Cancer Risk
Yoshiko Umezawa (Mentor: Rose Maly)
University of California, Los Angeles
Determinants of Receiving Breast Cancer Treatment in the Underserved
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