2007 Annual Report

Nanjing Medical University
Antibody Technology
Development Program
Nanjing, China
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yansei University
Seoul, South Korea
Tianjin Cancer
Institute & Hospital
Tianjin, China
Guangzhou University
Guangdong Province, China
Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, China
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
National Cancer Centre
Translational Research Program
Singapore
National University of Singapore
Singapore
New in 2007 National Cancer Centre
Translational Research Program
VAI Distinguished Scientific Investigator Bin Teh, M.D.,
Ph.D., directs the Translational Research Program,
a collaboration with the National Cancer Center,
Singapore (NCCS), that focuses on the biology behind
varying drug responses in Asian versus non-Asian
cancer patients. The program provides a larger patient
base for rare cancers – 55 percent of all cancer cases in
Singapore are captured by the NCCS network.
New in 2007 Compassionate Care Protocol
Craig Webb, Ph.D., director of VAI’s Program of Translational
Medicine, spearheads the Compassionate Care Protocol, a
study by VAI and several clinical partners that aims to provide
personalized medicine to advanced-stage cancer patients. Using
a database developed by Webb’s lab, detailed molecular and
genetic data from patients’ tumors helps determine which unique
combination of drugs will have the greatest impact on treatment.
The study continues in 2008 with the hope of including up to 200
local cancer patients.
Iwate Medical University
Morioka, Japan
Kitasato University School of Medicine
Kanagawa, Japan
University of Tokushima
Tokushima, Japan
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Griffith University
Nathan, Queensland, Australia
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Collaborations
One of Van Andel Institute’s founding principles is to
collaborate with local, national, and international
scientists and organizations. Collaborations quicken
the pace of progress, opening up new avenues of research and
generating new ideas. Many of our research collaborations from
2007 are represented on the map to the left; you can see that
Van Andel Institute is not only connected to our local community,
but to a world of partners.
Collaborations Close to Home
Ann Arbor, MI
> Department of Veterans Affairs
Healthcare System
> Lansing Reveal Technologies
> Pfizer (also St. Louis, MO and
Groton, CT locations)
> University of Michigan
Detroit, MI
> Barbara Ann Karmanos Institute
> Henry Ford Hospital
> Wayne State University
Grand Rapids, MI
> Academic Surgical Associates
> Advanced Radiology Services
> Cancer & Hematology Centers
of Western Michigan, P.C.
> Center for Molecular Medicine
> ClinXus
> Compassionate Care Protocol
> Core Technology Alliance
> Cornerstone University
> Digestive Disease Institute
> Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology
Program
> Grand Valley Medical Specialists
> Grand Valley State University
Good Manufacturing Practices
Facility
> Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Center Fellowship Program
> Michigan Medical, P.C.
> Spectrum Health
> Saint Mary’s Health Care
> West Michigan Center for Family Health
> West Michigan Heart, P.C.
> XB TransMed Solutions
(XB-Biointegration Suite)
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Holland, MI
Hope College
Kalamazoo, MI
> Jasper Clinical Research & Development, Inc.
> ProNAi Therapeutics
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East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Lansing, MI
Michigan Cancer Consortium
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Central Michigan University
St. Joseph, MI
> GeneGo, Inc.
> Oncology Care Associates
VARI Collaborations
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