The grant process involves inviting specific scientists to respond to a request for applications (RFA). Once those materials are received they are reviewed by the Medical Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Deborah Silvera, PhD, received a grant to continue her study of triple negative inflammatory breast cancer (TN IBC). Her research focused on how to enhance the radiosensitivity of IBC stem cells so that radiation would be a more effective treatment.