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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 $178,000 in voluntary contributions and supported $176,000 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.

 2024

AI-Driven Advancements in Mammography: Assessing Efficiency and Burnout to Enhance Patient Care Joann Elmore  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA  Translational Research Award $926,975

Financial Toxicity among Underserved Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors Eunjeong Ko and Michelle Avila San Diego State University & Kern County Cancer Foundation Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $846,342

Identifying Pathogen Exposures that Ignite Breast Cancer Risk and Lethality Daniel Hollern Salk Institution for Biological Studies Program Directed Initiative - Many Pathways to Cancer $1,064,000

2023

Arming macrophages to eliminate triple negative breast cancer stem cells David Cheresh  University of California, San Diego  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $205,000

Signs of Early Life Exposures in Midlife to Prevent Breast Cancer Inequities Barbara Cohn and Shahid Akilah Public Health Institute  Preventing Breast Cancer Special Initiative $534,187

 

2022

Financial Toxicity among Underserved Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors Eunjeong Ko and Michelle Avila San Diego State University & Kern County Cancer Foundation Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $218,665

Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid to improve outcomes in breast cancer patients with CNS metastases Michelle Melisko  University of California, San Francisco  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $195,000

The pregnancy exposome and risk for premenopausal breast cancer (PMBC) across race/ethnicities Kimberly Berger  Sequoia Foundation  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $215,262

 

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

A fiber-diverse anti-inflammatory diet and aerobic exercise reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence William McCarthy  University of California, Los Angeles  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $195,000

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

 

2020

GRAton PEsticides (GRAPE):  Exposure potential from groundwater and air in California Wine Country 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

Viro-immunotherapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Shyambabu Chaurasiya  Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $263,614

 

2019

Non-contrast MRI Breast Cancer Screening Rebecca Rakow-Penner  University of California, San Diego  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $187,501

Breast Cancer Risks from California’s Gold Mining Legacy Peggy Reynolds and Joanne Hild University of California, San Francisco & Sierra Streams Institute Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $749,989

Unraveling the mutagenic mechanisms of breast cancer Remi Buisson  University of California, Irvine  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $125,000

 

2018

Metformins in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Richard Pietras  UCLA  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $187,358

Adipose-rich microenvironment in breast cancer Fahumiya Samad  San Diego Biomedical Research Institute  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $288,000

Physical activity intervention for young cancer survivors Nagel Shari Hartman Stori University of California, San Diego & Haus of Volta Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $178,111

Reducing Latina Women’s Exposure to Cleaning Chemicals 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

 

2017

Latino Community Education Tool on Hereditary Breast Cancer Ysabel Duron and Laura Fejerman Latinas Contra Cancer UCSF Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $174,933

A new targeted therapy for breast cancer Xiaohua Wu  The Scripps Research Institute  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $290,250

Women Worker Biomonitoring Collaborative (WWBC) Rachel Morello-Frosch, Heather Buren and Erin Carrera University of California, Berkeley & Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $790,314

 

2016

Preclinical Analysis of MAD28 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Emmanuel Theodorakis  University of California, San Diego  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $210,715

Preventing Tumor Progression in Women with High‐Risk DCIS Thea Tlsty  University of California, San Francisco  Translational Research Award $956,774

Technologies for Augmented Reality Breast Surgery Bruce Daniel  Stanford University  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $235,100

 

2015

Localized Probability of Mammographic Masking John Shepherd  University of California, San Francisco  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $124,112

Impact of Reducing Chemical Exposure to the Human Breast Polly Marshall and Shanaz Dairkee Breast Cancer Over Time California Pacific Medical Center Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $246,950

Identification of novel breast cancer therapeutic antibodies Gary Johanning  SRI International (SRI)  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $299,273

Breastfeeding to Reduce Breast Cancer in Young Mothers Alison Chopel and Danielle Soto Public Health Institute & Brighter Beginnings Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $174,915

STOP Heart Disease in Breast Cancer Survivors Marc Goodman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center  Translational Research Award $1,122,177

 

2014

Intervening on Reproductive Health in Young Survivors Irene Su University of California, San Diego  Translational Research Award $968,782

Gut Microbiota in Association with Chemotherapy Treatment Anna Wu  University of Southern California  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $246,937

CT guided DOT for Breast Cancer Imaging Changqing Li  University of California, Merced  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Detection, Prognosis, and Treatment $193,750

Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mammographic Density Eunjung Lee  University of Southern California  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $248,244

Targeting Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone Christopher Contag  Stanford University  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $240,750

 

2013

Meeting the self-care needs of Latinas after breast cancer Anna Napoles and Carmen Ortiz  University of California, San Francisco & Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource  Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $191,152

Intranasal drug delivery for brain metastatic breast cancer Axel Schonthal University of Southern California  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $242,530

Vitamin D Signals Via a Novel Pathway to Inhibit Metastasis Brian Feldman  Stanford University  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $236,434

 

2012

Genetic Predictors of Chemotherapy Toxicity in Breast Cancer Deanna Kroetz  University of California, San Francisco  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $100,000

HERMOSA:Health & Environmental Research on Make-up Salinas Adolescents Kim Harley & Kimberly Parra University of California, Berkeley & Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $646,431

Co-Targeting the Notch and EphB4 Receptors in Breast Cancer Debasish Tripathy  University of Southern California  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $245,096

 

2011

Communicating Research Results Effectively to Policy Makers Joy Melnikow  University of California, Davis  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award   $148,170

Combating Breast Cancer with the Wellderly Immune Repertoire Brunhilde Felding-Habermann  Scripps Research Institute  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Renewal $473,750

Vitamin D and Breast Cancer in Obesity: Therapeutic Trials David Feldman  Stanford University  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Renewal $444,942

 

2010

Measuring Real-World Breast Cancer Outcomes Allison Kurian  Stanford University School of Medicine  Translational Research Award $1,066,225

Light at Night and Breast Cancer Risk in California Teachers Peggy Reynolds  Cancer Prevention Institute of California  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $199,080

Salivary Biomarkers for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Lei Zhang  UCLA  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $150,000

Targeting Brain Metastasis with a Cell-based Approach Mihaela Lorger, Ph.D. & Felding Brunhilde The Scripps Research Institute  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $284,850

 

2009

Health Literacy in Older Patient's Breast Cancer Treatment Arash Naeim  UCLA  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $180,890

P32: New Functional Target in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis Karin Staflin  Scripps Research Institute  Postdoctoral Fellowship $ 90,000

Risk factors and breast cancer survival in black/white women Yani Lu  Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope  Postdoctoral Fellowship $ 89,996

 

2008

Nanotherapy for Breast Cancer Targeting Tumor Macrophages Gaurav Sharma Burnham Institute for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship 90,000

Pesticide and Gene Interactions in Latina Farm Workers Paul Mills University of California, San Francisco IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $163,668

Reproductive Concerns and Depression among Younger Survivors Jessica Gorman University of California, San Diego Dissertation Award 35,492

Stratifying DCIS Biopsies for Risk of Future Tumor Formation Thea Tlsty University of California, San Francisco Translational Research Award $750,000

 

2007

Multinuclear MRI of Breast Tumors Brian Hargreaves Stanford University IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $236,771

Molecular Imaging of Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Ella Jones University of California, San Francisco IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $150,000

Modulation of Breast Cancer Stem Cell Response to Radiation Frank Pajonk UCLA IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $150,000

Intraductal Therapy of DCIS: a Presurgery Study Susan Love Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation Translational Research Award Research $851,559

Breast Cancer Risk in California Nail Salon Workers Peggy Reynolds and Linda Okahara Northern California Cancer Center & Asian Health Services Community Research Collaboration Award – Full $666,913

Repression of HMGA2 by BRCA1 Prevents Mammary Tumorigenesis Connie Tsai University of California, Irvine Dissertation Award $76,000

Science Literacy & Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Education Georgia Sadler and Natasha Riley University of California, San Diego & Vista Community Clinic Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $165,405

 

2006

Identification of Metastasis Competent Breast Cancer Cells Barbara Mueller La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $327,372

Breast Cancer Metastasis: A Heritable Trait? Alice Whittemore, Ph.D. Stanford University IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award Etiology $264,595

A Novel Biological Framework for the Role of Xenoestrogens Shanaz Dairkee California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $279,242

Addressing Cultural and Tribal Issues in Breast Cancer Linda Navarro and Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater Turtle Health Foundation & University of California, Davis Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $167725

Regulation of Chk1 in Breast Cancer Jennifer Scorah Scripps Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship $90,000

Southeast Asian Breast Health Navigation Mary Anne Foo and Marjorie Kagawa-Singer Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance & UCLA Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $187,500

Telephone-based Decision Support for Rural Patients Sara O’Donnell and Jeff Belkora Mendocino Cancer Resource Center & University of California, San Francisco Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $672,272

 

2005

Inhibition of Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer Brunhilde Felding-Habermann The Scripps Research Institute IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $278,850

Early Breast Cancer Detection Using 3-D Ultrasound Tomography Thomas R. Nelson University of California, San Diego IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $149,879

Breast Cancer Risk Associated with High Mammographic Density Thea D. Tlsty University of California, San Francisco IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $148,163

Breast Cancer Lymphedema: Role of Insulin Resistance/FOXC2 Stanley G. Rockson Stanford University IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $234,178

South Asian Women with Breast Cancer: What are Their Needs? Zul Surani, Roshan Bastani and Beth Glenn, Ph.D. South Asian Cancer Foundation & UCLA Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $112,424

 

2004

Decision Support in Rural Underserved North Coast Counties 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

Characterizing Breast Cancer Cells in Blood and Bone Marrow Robert Carlson Stanford University IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $156,108

Breast Cancer Prevention with Phytochemicals in Mushrooms Shiuan Chen Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Topic-targeted Research Award - Request for Applications   $766,376

Breast Cancer Functional Imaging with Optics and MRI Bruce Tromberg, Nola Hylton and John Butler University of California, Irvine & University of California, San Francisco Translational Research Collaboration - Full  $500,000

Apogossypol Derivatives for Breast Cancer Therapy Maurizo Pellecchia The Burnham Institute STEP Award $285,764

PDBEs in Tissues of Women with and Without Breast Cancer Myrto Petreas California Department of Health Services IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $85,901

 

2003

Overcoming Tamoxifen-Resistance in Breast Cancer Kristiina Vuori The Burnham Institute STEP Award $288,000

Genetics, Obesity, and Breast Cancer Risk Catherine Carpenter University of California, Irvine Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications $533,527

A Novel Predictive Test for HER-2/EGFR Ab-based Therapeutics Verena Kallab University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral Fellowship $80,000

Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality Rebecca Smith-Bindman University of California, San Francisco Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications $583,287

Translational Proteomics of Normal to Benign Breast Disease Dave Hoon, Lori Wilson and Armando Giuliano John Wayne Cancer Institute Translational Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $188,800

 

2002

Fiber, Estrogen and Breast Cancer in Mexican American Women Malcolm Pike University of Southern California STEP Award $159,697

Breast Stromal Genes Act as Early Markers of Malignancy Thea Tlsty and Stefanie Jeffrey University of California, San Francisco & Stanford University Translational Research Collaboration Award - Full $642,497

African American Women and Breast Cancer: What Works? Priscilla Banks and Carol Somkin African American Advisory Committee & Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot  $132,055

 

2001

Genes That Modulate Dioxin-Induced Breast Cancer Quan Lu Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowship $86,400

Does A Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis? Caroline Bliss-Isberg and David Speigel Central Coast Women’s Cancer Consortium & Stanford University Community Research Collaboration Award - Full $773,655

Clinical Utility of Breast Cancer DNA Markers in Serum Dave Hoon John Wayne Cancer Institute STEP Award $472,000

Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Among Deaf Women Barbara Berman and Heidi Kleiger University of California, Los Angeles & Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc. Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $110,207

Smoking Effect on Pulmonary Metastasis from Breast Cancer Susan Murin University of California, Davis                IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $74,968

 

2000

Molecular Staging of Breast Cancer Cheng-Ming Chuong University of Southern California IDEA-II: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II $244,320

Genetic and Environmental Modifiers of Breast Cancer Risk Argyrios Ziogas University of California, Irvine Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications $287,987

Chinese Herbal Therapy (CHT) for Symptom Management Hope Rugo University of California, San Francisco IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II $200,000

Targeting immunometabolism to increase the efficacy of breast cancer immunotherapy Michael Campbell  University of California, San Francisco  IDEA: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award $195,000

 

1999

Breast Cancer Prevention by Inhibition of Estrogen Action Vicki Davis Cedars-Sinai Medical Center IDEA-II: Innovative, Developmental, and Exploratory Award-II $302,983

Do Community Groups Enhance Well-Being? Matthew J. Cordova Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowship $74,968

Returning to Work and Quality of Life after Breast Cancer Diane Estrin and Rani Eversley Women's Cancer Resource Center & University of California, San Francisco Community Research Collaboration Award - Pilot $86,147

Breast Cancer Survivorship: Partner’s Role in Recovery Beth E. Meyerowitz University of Southern California Topic-targeted Research Awards - Request for Applications $617,738

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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