Grants
2025 Grants
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Supporting important and necessary research is one of our main missions. This is the 13th year KROH is supporting research at MSKCC. We are proud to announce our new collaboration with Dr. Sherry Shen. Dr. Shen is a medical oncologist and clinical investigator on the Breast Medicine Service at MSK. She serves as co-director of the MSK Lobular Breast Cancer Program, one of the first dedicated clinical programs in the country for patients with invasive lobular carcinoma. This program provides multidisciplinary consultations, pathology review, and access to clinical trials tailored specifically to the needs of individuals with lobular breast cancer. Dr. Shen’s research focuses on developing effective and personalized treatments for patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, with a special focus on invasive lobular carcinoma. She leads clinical trials exploring the use of immunotherapy, novel endocrine therapies, and advanced imaging techniques such as FES PET scans.
Dr. Sherry Shen
Weill Cornell Medical Center
For the 8th year, KROH partners with Weill Cornell Medical Center to support research under Dr. Eleni Andreopoulou. Her study focuses on genetic risks of early onset breast cancer in women under 40. DNA samples are being collected from 200 women diagnosed with early onset breast cancer who are BRCA carriers and 200 women with breast cancer who are not BRCA mutation carriers. The goal is to identify genetic risk factors that predispose some women to develop breast cancer at a young age and to explain the more aggressive clinicopathological features observed at this younger group and finally to identify possible mechanisms/pathways of intervention.
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
The Feinstein Institute for medical research will receive their 8th annual grant from KROH under the new direction of Dr. Betsy Barnes. Dr. Barnes leads the Autoimmune and Cancer Research Lab and her focus will be on exploring how certain cells and problems with protein production may contribute to early-onset breast cancer. Current clinical trials are testing drugs that inhibit a key step in ribosome production. The researchers plan to test these drugs in their mouse model to see if they can prevent tumor formation. If successful, these drugs could offer new treatment options for younger women facing aggressive forms of breast cancer. This research aims to understand why breast cancer is rising in young women and identify new ways to prevent and treat this devastating.
Adelphi Breast Cancer Program
The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program will receive funding for the 10th annual grant that will allow the program to expand its services for bilingual social work/patient navigation at local hospitals. Three full time social workers are funded by KROH at the Adelphi Breast Cancer Program. To date we have directly impacted the lives of over 3,000 women and their families.
The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program offers free emotional support and information to people coping with cancer. The hotline can be reached at 800-877-8077. Visit us at http://breast-cancer.adelphi.edu/.
2024 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $100,000
- MSKCC: $25,000
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award to Feinstein Institute: $3,000 Post-Doctoral Fellow Travel Award to Dr. Bahrain Matta – Analysis of Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer.
2023 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $100,000
- MSKCC: $25,660
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $25,000
- Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award to Feinstein Institute: $3,000 Young Investigator Award to Dr. Bailey Roberts – Mechanisms that regulate cancer metastasis.
2021 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $100,000
- MSKCC: $25,660
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $25,000
- Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award to Feinstein Institute: $3,000 Post-Doctoral Fellow Travel Award to Dr. Su Song – Therapeutic strategies for breast cancer
2020 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $75,000
- MSKCC: $26,660
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $25,000
2019 Grants
Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award to Feinstein Institute
2019 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $75,000
- MSKCC: $26,660
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $25,000
2018 Grants
Advancing Women in Science and Medicine Award to Feinstein Institute
World Hellenic Biomedical Association
2018 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $100,000
- MSKCC: $25,000
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $33,333
2017 Grants
MSKCC
On September 7th, Katerina Raptis and Anna Karacostas presented Dr. Neil Iyengar with a grant check for $25,000 to be allocated towards Dr. Iyengar’s medical research for breast cancer. The funds were raised in May of 2017 along with Steve and Sofia Koutsoumbaris at Allora Kitchen and Bar in Queens.
Katerina Raptis also presented an additional check of $6,500 from the generous donations from family and friends of Dalith Seldman Edgar on the occasion of her birthday. We are ever grateful for the love and support of our dear family and friends. It is because of you that KROH has awarded over $55,000 to MSKCC this year.
2017 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $110,000
- MSKCC: $56,240
- Weill Cornell Medical Center: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $33,000
2016 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $52,729
- MSKCC: $25,000
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: $33,333
2015 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $43,433
- MSKCC: $30,000
2014 Grants
- Adelphi Women’s Breast Cancer Hotline: $44,770
- MSKCC: $35,000
- Breast Cancer Patients: $5,025
2013 Grants
- MSKCC: $35,000