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Carlos Casiano, PhD
Professor, Basic Sciences School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine School of Medicine
Member, Microbiology&Molecular Gen, SM, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research & Grantsmanship Funded Research Project (PI)

NIH/NCMHD 1P20MD001632-01 Project 2: Oxidative Stress-Induced Cellular Survival Pathways in Prostate Cancer (PI, CASIANO) ( 9/2005 - 7/2011 )

NMTB/DAMD 17-97-2-7016- Immunoproteomics Approach to Enhance Prostate Cancer Detection and Management” (PI, CASIANO) ( 6/2009 - 3/2011 )

Goals: To exploit the emerging immunoproteomics technology for the identification of tumor-associated antigens (TAA) targeted by the immune system of PCa patients that when combined in an array format could serve as effective diagnostic and prognostic markers.

NMTB/DAMD 17-97-2-7016- Tumor-associated Autoantigen Arrays for Autoantibody Profiling in Cancer (PI, CASIANO) ( 6/2003 - 3/2005 )

NIH/NIAID R29AI44088-Autoantigen Cleavage in Apoptosis and Necrosis (PI, CASIANO) ( 4/1999 - 3/2003 )

NIH/NIAID R29AI44088-S1-Minority Research Supplement to Autoantigen Cleavage in Apoptosis and Necrosis (PI, CASIANO) ( 6/1999 - 9/2002 )

Funded Research Project (CI)

NIH/NCMHD 1P20MD001632-01- LLU Center for Health Disparities Research (PI, M De Leon) ( 9/2005 - 7/2011 )

NIH/NIGMS R25GM060507- LLU-NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (PI, Marino De Leon) ( 4/2001 - 12/2010 )

NCI 1F31CA117742-01A1-LEDGF/p75: A molecular target for prostate cancer therapy / Ruth Kirschstein NRSA Minority Predoctoral Fellowship (PI, Mediavilla-Varela; Co-PI, CASIANO) ( 8/2006 - 7/2009 )

NIH/NHLBI R01HL067745-Cocaine and Apoptosis in the Developing Heart (PI, Lubo Zhang) ( 7/2001 - 6/2005 )

Leukemia Society Translational Research Award-Propionic Acid Analogues for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (PI, M Lilly) ( 9/2001 - 8/2004 )