CBIG Research Funding

Current Funding

National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Institute; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U24CA279629
Privacy-Aware Federated Learning for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
7/2023-6/2028
Spyridon Bakas, PI; Despina Kontos, Co-Investigator

National Institutes of Health 

R01-CA 275074-01
Evaluation of Novel Tomosynthesis Density Measures in Breast Cancer Risk Prediction
 4/2023-3/2028
Celine Vachon, PI; Despina Kontos, MPI

American Cancer Society 

PASD-22-1003156-01-PASD
Genetic and radiomic markers to guide supplemental screening for breast cancer
1/2023-12/2027
Anne Marie McCarthy, PI; Despina Kontos, co-investigator

National Institutes of Health 

R37-CA-273959-01
Next-Generation Tomosynthesis Pilot Study
Raymond J. Acciavatti, PI; Despina Kontos, Collaborator

National Institutes of Health 

R01-EB031592
Framework for radiomics standardization with application in pulmonary CT scans
8/2022-4/2026
Jianan G. Gang, PI; Despina Kontos, Collaborator

V Foundation for Cancer Research 

T2022-013
Imaging and Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Precision Screening and Early Detection of Lung Cancer
8/2022-7/2025
Despina Kontos, PI

National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Insititute

1R01-CA268341-01
MRI Radiomic Signatures of DCIS to Optimize Treatment
7/2022-6/2027
Habib Rahbar MD, PI: Despina Kontos PhD, MPI

American Cancer Society 

RSG-23-103098-01-HOPS
Combining volumetric breast density and polygenic risk scores to improve breast cancer risk assessment for black and white women
7/2023-6/2027
Anne Marie McCarthy, PI; Despina Kontos, Co-Investigator

National Institutes of Health: National Cancer Insititute 

R01-CA-264835-01
Predictive and Diagnostic Radiomic Signatures in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) on Immunotherapy
6/2021-5/2026
Despina Kontos, PI: Sharyn Katz, MPI

National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 

75N9202D00018
Medical Imaging and Data Consortium (MIDC): Rapid Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Agency
7/2020-7/2025
Maryellen Giger, PI; Despina Kontos, Site-PI

National Institutes of Health

1R01-CA236468-01A1
Data and Information Integration for Risk Prediction in the Era of Big Data
9/2019-6/2025
Jinbo Chen, PI; Despina Kontos, Co- Investigator

National Institutes of Health

R01-CA237129-01A1
Understanding the biological basis for the association between parenchymal texture features and breast cancer risk
9/2019-8/2024
Nyante, Sarah (UNC) PI; Despina Kontos, Site-PI

National Institutes of Health

1R01-CA223816-01
Radiogenomic Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Recurrence
7/2018-5/2024
Despina Kontos, PI; Lewis Chodosh, Co-Investigator