HBF in the News
Emerging Scientists Awarded Grants to Fund Critical Pancreatic and Pediatric Brain Cancer Research
November 1, 2025
HBF is honoring five of the nation’s most innovative early-career cancer researchers with the HBF Inspiration Award. Since the Foundation’s inception in 2019, 25 grantees have received critical funding to advance their research. This year’s awards focused on two of the most challenging cancers to treat: pancreatic and pediatric brain cancer.
2021 Winner, Xian Wang Ph.D., Publishes Research Focusing on Pediatric Bran Cancer
March 29, 2024
Wang's research on "Mechanical nanosurgery of chemoresistant glioblastoma using magnetically controlled carbon nanotubes" was published online in Science Advances
HBF Grants Awarded To Pancreatic Cancer
November 10, 2022
This month, the HBF awarded four of the nation's most innovative young cancer investigators the 2022 Hopper—Belmont Inspiration Award. The award was extremely competitive, receiving applications from across the USA and Europe
HBF Pancreatic Cancer Researchers Discuss Their Award Winning Publications
October 7, 2025
Watch presentations of award winning research from top early career investigators.
Presentations given July 8, 2025 on breakthrough discoveries from:
Dr. Anuprya Singal (MSK); Dr.Jackie Zimmerman (Johns Hopkins); Dr. Will Hwang (Harvard/MGH).
2020 winner, William Hwang, M.D., Ph.D., Publishes Research focusing on Pancreatic Cancer
August 2022
William Hwang's work on Pancreatic cancer spatial transcriptomics was featured on the cover of Nature Genetics magazine.
Global Genes Interview with John Hopper
November 10, 2022
HBF Chairman and President of the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation, John Hopper, sits down with Global Genes to discuss the future of the rare cancer that's targeting young adults.
Jackie Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D., Publishes Research Focusing on Pancreatic Cancer
May 2, 2024
A 2020 HBF Inspiration Award winner, Dr. Zimmerman's research on interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumor cells was published online in Cancer Research.
Jason R. Pitarresi, Ph.D. Publishes Research focusing on Pancreatic Cancer
July 1, 2021
2020 Inspiration Award Winner, Jason Pitarresi, recently published his research showcasing how PTHrP drives pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis and reveals a new therapeutic vulnerability.