Alfie Milne Young Investigator Award Recipients
The award cultivates the best and brightest future professionals who are committed to CLA research. LGDA, in cooperation with LGD Alliance Europe and Lymphatic Malformation Institute (LMI) annually fund a $25,000 award to early career researchers, such as postdoctoral and clinical fellows or instructors, pursuing promising research ideas related to CLAs.
We recognize that the research and scientific communities are vital to our patient support programs and activities which are tailored for a patients’ wellbeing.
Recipients:
Griffin McDaniel, MSTP, MD/PhD Student
Location: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mentor: Tim LeCras
Title: Mutant to wild-type endothelial cell interactions in the pathogenesis of kaposiform lymphangiomatosis
Yarelis Gonzalez-Vargas, PhD
Location: Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Mentor: Brandon Dixon
Title: Towards a precision medicine approach for the study and management of pediatric lymphatic malformations
Nour C. Bacha, PhD
Location: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
Mentor: Carrie Shawber
Title: Assessment of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Lymphatic Anomaly Pathogenesis
Michela Rossi, PhD
Location: Bone Physiopathology Research Unite, Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Rome
Mentor: Andre Del Fattore
Title: Analysis of a new therapeutic approach to inhibit osteolysis in Gorham-Stout Disease
Silvia Martin Almedina, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Location: St. George’s University of London
Mentor: Pia Ostergaard
Title: Molecular mechanisms of EPHB4 pathogenesis – towards new treatment development for lymphatic anomalies
