Our Mission
To Support Charitable Organizations Conducting Medical Research with Emphasis on Finding Cures for Cancer, Heart Disease, Arthritis, Muscular Dystrophy, Retinitis and Macular Degeneration of the Retina in the Greater Bexar County Area
To Support San Antonio Children's Hospital & Boysville
Announcements
2026 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
The Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Fund announces the 2026 recipients of its Young Investigator Awards and Pilot Awards which will provide $1,600,000 in charitable grants for research in the San Antonio, Texas area over the next three years. The following are the 2026 Young Investigator Award recipients, along with institutions and project titles:
Dr. Carlos Bassetto, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
A New Photochemical Approach to Study Mechanosensation on Cardiac Ion Channels
Dr. Jihoon Lee, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Targeting the NSUN2-caRNA m5C-SMARCA4 Axis in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Dr. Syed Mohammad Usama, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Developing Fluorescent CDK 4/6 Inhibitor to Guide Triple Negative Breast Cancer Surgery
Dr. Peng Zhao, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Restoring Metabolic-Immune Homeostatis to Prevent Myocardial Infarction
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