First Grants Yield Important Results
Executive Director, Alan Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.

It has been just over two years since the Discovery Institute awarded its first grants. The results achieved have been outstanding. One of our first grants, to Ashley Hill, MD, supported her search for the cause of an inherited form of a rare, aggressive childhood lung cancer. Recently, Dr. Hill announced the genetic source of this disease at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research.

Two of our first awardees, Robi Mitra, PhD, and Todd Druley, MD, PhD, collaborated to develop a new gene sequencing methodology, which enabled them to answer a key question in cancer. The techniques they developed are now being used to answer genetic questions in pulmonary medicine.

Since 2007, the Institute has funded the work of 48 primary investigators, whose collaborations within Washington University and with other institutions have significantly leveraged the investment. This website is rich with articles about their research and accomplishments.
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PATHWAYS - Summer Issue

-Studying Inositol Pathways in Malaria Parasite
-Unraveling Responses to DNA Dmage
-Inherited Neuromuscular Disorders
-Insulin and Glucose Metabolism in Pediatric heart Failure
-Summer Undergraduate Research