Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Dr. Chung is Fight Colorectal Cancer’s 2011 Lisa Fund Research Grant recipient. He is studying the hedgehog pathway in metastatic colorectal cancer.

1. FUNDING CHALLENGES:
EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS
Jon Chung, Ph.D.
Fight Colorectal Cancer Post Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2. Career path for a cancer research
scientist
FELLOWSHIPS 4 YEARS Undergraduate
+
PROFESSOR’S GRANT 6+ YEARS Graduate student
6+ YEARS Post Doc
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
~3+ YEARS New assistant Professor
R01 GRANT

3. Funding for each career stage
FUNDING Undergraduate
PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Graduate student
[AND/OR PAID FROM PROFESSOR’S GRANT]
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Post Doc
[AND/OR PAID FROM PROFESSOR’S R01 GRANT]
TRANSITION GRANT New assistant Professor
UNIVERSITY STARTUP PACKAGE
R01 Grant First R01 Grant

4. My career path
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE UK Undergraduate
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER/CANCER RESEARCH UK Graduate student
UK GOVERNMENT/CANCER RESEARCH UK FELLOWSHIP
JOHNS HOPKINS Post Doc
DR. BUNZ R01
FIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER FELLOWSHIP

5. My career path
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE UK Undergraduate
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER/CANCER RESEARCH UK Graduate student
UK GOVERNMENT/CANCER RESEARCH UK FELLOWSHIP
JOHNS HOPKINS
DR. BUNZ R01
Post Doc ?
FIGHT COLORECTAL CANCER FELLOWSHIP
TRANSITION GRANT
or
UNIVERSITY STARTUP PACKAGE
New assistant Professor ?
First R01 Grant

6. Typical costs for cancer research
LARGE EQUIPMENT
-Microscope: $10,000-$100,000
-Ultra cold freezer: $5,000+
-Cell incubator: $5,000+
EVERYDAY COSTS
-Colorectal cancer cells: $300 per cell line (>50 colorectal lines)
-Antibodies/enzymes/cancer drugs: $300 each
-“Consumables”: $20,000+

7. Career path for a cancer research
scientist
20 years 4 YEARS Undergraduate
6+ YEARS Graduate student
6+ YEARS Post Doc
~3-5 YEARS New assistant Professor
~15% success rate (2011 NCI) R01 GRANT

8. Fight Colorectal Cancer Funded Project:
Hedgehog inhibitors for colorectal
cancer?

9. Fight Colorectal Cancer Funded Project:
Hedgehog inhibitors for colorectal
cancer?
Medulloblastoma trial:
Rudin et al. 2009, NEJM

10. THANK YOU!