Funded Projects

With your support, we have been able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer.  

Browse through our 300+ funded projects below. 

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'A' Award

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Epigenetic Modifiers as Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	Grant Challen	Washington University	MO	2012
A Role for Notch in Self-renewal in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma	Myron Ignatius	Massachusetts General Hospital	MA	2012
BET Bromodomain Inhibition as Epigenetic Therapy in Pediatric Leukemia	Christopher Vakoc	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	NY	2012
Prognostic and Therapeutic Significance of Stem Cell Heterogeneity in AML	Roland Walter	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	WA	2012
A Combinatorial Approach to Target the Tumor-Initiating and Transit Amplifying Cellular Subpopulations in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)	Michelle Monje	Stanford University	CA	2011

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Bridge Grant

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
The role of NOTCH1 in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.	Adolfo Ferrando	Columbia University Medical Center	NY	2012
Discovery of New Targets and Pathways for T-ALL Therapy	Thomas Look	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	MA	2012
Targeting the ETS Transcription Factor Rearrangement EWS/FLI in Ewing's Sarcoma	Kimberly Stegmaier	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	MA	2012
Cooperating Genes for inv16 Acute Myeloid Leukemia	Lucio Castilla	University of Massachusetts Medical School	MA	2012
Sialic Acids- An Achilles Heel for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells	Nora Heisterkamp	Children's Hospital of Los Angeles	CA	2012

Center of Excellence

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Texas Children's Cancer Center Alex's Lemonade Stand Center of Excellence	Stacey Berg	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	2012
Pediatric Developmental Therapeutics Center of Excellence at UCSF	Katherine Matthay	University of California San Francisco	CA	2012
Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center Developmental Therapeutics Center of Excellence	Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	MA	2012

Epidemiology Award

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Childhood Leukemia in Kenya Identified Through Malaria Slide Review	Terry Vik	Indiana University School of Medicine	IN	2012
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database	Joshua Schiffman	Huntsman Cancer Institute	UT	2012
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 as a model population for pediatric brain cancer prevention and control research	Kimberly Johnson	Washington University	MO	2012
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database	Joshua Schiffman	Huntsman Cancer Institute	UT	2010
Molecular epidemiology to detect rumor precursors in children at risk for endemic Burkitt's lymphoma.	Rosemary Rochford	SUNY Upstate Medical University	NY	2008

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*** Co-funded with The Butterfly Foundation

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Innovation Award

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Casein Kinase 1 alpha Agonists as Novel Medulloblastoma Inhibitors	David Robbins	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	FL	2012
A novel mouse model of rhabdomyosarcoma	Chin Chiang	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	TN	2012
Identification of predisposition genes for Ewing's Sarcoma segregating in high-risk pedigrees	Lisa Cannon-Albright	Huntsman Cancer Institute	UT	2012
Identification and validation of new therapeutic targets in pediatric leukemia through an aneuploidy-based synthetic lethality screen	David Pellman	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	MA	2012
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in the Zebrafish to Enable Discovery of New Anit-Leukemic Compounds	David Traver	University of California San Diego	CA	2012

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** Co-funded with I Care I Cure Foundation

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Nurse Researcher Grant

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Effects of CNS Treatment on Antioxidant Level, Apoptosis and Cognitive Abilities in Childhood Leukemia	Ki Moore, PhD, Director, Biobehavioral Health Division	University of Arizona	AZ	2012
Child and Adolescent Preferences for Involvement in Their Cancer Treatment Decisions	Katherine Kelly, PhD	Children’s Research Institute	DC	2012
Assessing the Relationship Between Physical Activity, Fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life in Children Receiving Cancer Treatment	Pattianne Belfield, PNP	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	PA	2012
Childhood Cancer Survivor Utilization and Barriers to Primary Care Providers	Micah Skeens, PNP	Children's Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	OH	2012
COPE in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer	Gloanna Peek	University of Arizona	AZ	2011

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POST

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Targeted Nano-drugs for Safe and Effective Treatment of Childhood Leukemia.	Vinu Krishnan	Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children	DE	2013
Role of CXCR4/CXCL12 in Inducing Chemotherapy Resistance in Pediatric T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	Angela Liou	University of California San Francisco	CA	2013
The Role of Wnt Signaling in Human Medulloblastoma Brain Tumor-Initiating Cells	Branavan Manoranjan	McMaster University	ON	2013
Criteria for Diagnosis of Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia	Molly Olsen	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	PA	2013
Epstein-Barr Virus Genetic Variation in Children with Burkitt's Lymphoma		SUNY-Upsate Medical University	NY	2013

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Program Infrastructure

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Development of a Childhood Leukemia Translational Research Program	Lewis Silverman	Dana-Farber CAncer Institute	MA	2011
Phase I and II Clinical Research Program Infrastructure Award	Brenda Weigel	University of Minnesota	MN	2011
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Phase 1-2 Infrastructure Support Grant	A. Kim Ritchey	University of Pittsburgh	PA	2011
SickKids MIBG and Phase I Leukemia Programs	James Whitlock	Hospital for Sick Children	ON	2011
Improving Development of and Patient Access to Early Phase Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trials	Russ Geyer	Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center	WA	2010

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** Co-funded with I Care I Cure Foundation

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Springboard Grant

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Improving thymus function by RB inactivation	Julien Sage	Stanford University School of Medicine	CA	2012
Mechanisms of PPM1D in Medulloblastoma Tumorigenesis and Invasion	Robert Craig Castellino	Emory University	GA	2012

Young Investigator

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	State	Year Awarded
Development of Targeted Therapies in High Risk Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	Sarah Tasian	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	PA	2012
Role of Myosin VI in Pediatric Glioma Proliferation and Invasion	Monalisa Mukherjea	University of Pennsylvania	PA	2012
Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-Seq) for Identification of Novel Markers of Disease Outcome and Therapeutic Targets in Acute Myeloid Leukemia	Fabiana Ostronoff	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	WA	2012
Exploiting WT1 Genomic Alterations for Target Identification and MRD Monitoring in Pediatric AML	Phoenix Ho	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	WA	2012
Investigating the role of the RNA binding protein LIN28 in neuroblastoma	John Powers	Children's Hospital Boston	MA	2012

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* Co-funded with Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
** Co-funded with I Care I Cure Foundation
**** Co-funded with Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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