# Program 4: Leukemia

> **NIH NIH P30** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2020 · $74,713

## Abstract

Leukemia Program 
Project Summary / Abstract 
The mission of the Leukemia Program is to conduct innovative translational research in order to improve the 
therapy of leukemia and related disorders, with a focus on discoveries that will lead to improvements in 
diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. The Program seeks to understand the genetics and pathogenesis of 
leukemia and to devise novel targeted therapies for acute leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, and 
myeloproliferative neoplasms. The program has three Specific Aims: 1) Identify novel cellular and molecular 
mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of leukemia and related diseases; 2) Generate accurate 
animal models of leukemia to improve the understanding of pathogenesis and to develop targeted anti- 
leukemic agents; and 3) Design and implement clinical trials to translate laboratory research discoveries 
made within the Program and DF/HCC as a whole. The program has 73 members, representing six DF/HCC 
institutions and 8 academic departments. In 2014 peer-reviewed grant funding attributed to the Program was 
$9.8 million in total costs from the NCI and $13.6 million from other sponsors. During the current funding 
period, Leukemia Program members published 1,304 cancer-relevant papers. Of these 32% were inter- 
institutional, 26% were intra-programmatic, and 40% were inter-programmatic collaborations between two or 
more DF/HCC members. Overall, when counted once, 27% of DF/HCC publications were inter-programmatic 
collaborations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9842695
- **Project number:** 5P30CA006516-55
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** David Marc Weinstock
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $74,713
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9842695

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9842695, Program 4: Leukemia (5P30CA006516-55). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9842695. Licensed CC0.

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