Our Past Research Fellows
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Research Fellowship Program is aimed at supporting early career researchers focusing on studies in cholangiocarcinoma. The goal is to raise awareness about cholangiocarcinoma and inspire innovative, quality research.
2017 Elisabeth Dardenne Stefanini Memorial Research Fellowship
Trans-ABC06: Understanding the role of DNA-damage repair mechanisms in patients with cholangiocarcinoma: translational research in the context of the ABC06 randomised phase III clinical trial
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Angela Lamarca, MD, PhD - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

2017 Andrea Scott Memorial Research Fellowship
Identifying Therapeutic Strategies for FGFR inhibition in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Lipika Goyal, MD - Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University

2017 Melissa Manza Memorial Research Fund
Targeting YAP as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: John Gordan, MD, PhD - University of California San Francisco

2016 Innovation Award
Contribution of Hepatic Stellate Cells to Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Silvia Affo, Columbia University

2016 Andrea Marie Fuquay Memorial Research Fellowship
2-HG as a Biomarker in Patients with IDH-mutant Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Lipika Goyal, Massachusetts General Hospital

2016 Andrea Scott Memorial Research Fellowship
A Hippo and Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Autocrine Pathway in Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $45,000
Researcher: Sumera Rizvi, Mayo Clinic

2016 Christopher J. Wilke Memorial Research Fellowship
Metabolic Reprogramming by IDH Mutation in Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Lei Shi, Massachusetts General Hospital

2015 Innovation Award
A Balancing Act: Dysregulated Differentiation and Proliferation as a Novel Mechanism of Cholangiocarcinoma Formation
Amount: $60,000
Researcher: Chad Walesky, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2015 Andrea Marie Fuquay Memorial Research Fellowship
Implementation of Precision Medicine Approaches in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Daniela Sia, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2015 Andrea Scott Memorial Research Fellowship
Determining the Cellular Origins of Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $50,000
Researcher: Allyson Merrell, University of Pennsylvania

2015 Christopher J. Wilke Memorial Research Fellowship
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor FGFR Family Gene Aberrations in Cholangiocarcinoma
Amount: $40,000
Researcher: Katsuyuki Miyabe, Mayo Clinic
