John Sampson, MD, and Yiting Cao, MD, PhD, were two of four researchers who received grants totaling $270,000 from the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation.

Dr. Sampson's project is "The the effect of CTLA-4 Blockade on Immune Phenotype and Tumor Response in GBM," and Dr. Cao's project is "The Erythropoietin Regulation of Brain Tumor Stem Cells."

The research grant awards were presented January 30, 2008.