2026 Grant Recipients

Clinical Investigator Award Recipients

SSO Clinical Investigator Award ($50,000/year for two years)
Supported by a grant from the SSO Impact Fund

 

Alex Kim, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

“The Role of SPON2 in Colorectal Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis Chemoresistance Through Tumor Cell Cycle Regulation and Through a Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Differentiation Pathway Evaluating the Impact of Slit 1”

Lisa Kurtz Luciano Appendix Cancer and Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Clinical Investigator Award
($50,000/year for two years)

Supported by a grant from ACPMP

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Beth Helmink, MD, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

“A Novel Bidirectional Therapeutic Strategy for Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma”

Young Investigator Award Recipients

SSO Young Investigator Award ($25,000 for one year)

Supported by a grant from the SSO Impact Fund

 

Alessandra Moore, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
 

“Evaluating the Impact of Slit 1 Expression in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Metastases”

 

Young Investigator Award-Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei ($25,000 for one year)

Supported by a grant from ACPMP

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Jeremy Sharib, MD
University of Washington Medical Center
 
“Evolution of the Immune Microenvironment of Appendiceal Cancer Peritoneal Metastases From Tumor Seeding to Progression”
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