Grant Recipients

With your support, we are able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer.  Browse through our funded projects below (recipients are listed within grant category by state). You can also click on a heading to sort by researcher first name, institution name, or year the grant was awarded. Click on the institution name to read more information.

'A' Award

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Rami Aqeilan The Ohio State University OH WWOX as a Signal Mediator in Pediatric Osteosarcoma 2009
Todd Druley Washington University MO Identifying Rare Genetic Variants Involved in High Risk Pediatric Leukemia Via Pooled Sequencing 2009
Will Parsons Baylor College of Medicine TX Genetic Analysis of Pediatric Gliomas 2009

Epidemiology Award

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Joshua Schiffman Huntsman Cancer Institute UT Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database 2010
Rosemary Rochford SUNY Upstate Medical University NY Molecular epidemiology to detect rumor precursors in children at risk for endemic Burkitt's lymphoma. 2008
Sheng Zhong*** University of California CA Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia. 2008

*** Co-funded with The Butterfly Foundation

Innovation Award

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Nikolaus Trede Huntsman Cancer Institute UT A novel compound for treatment of T cell leukemia 2010
Patricia Dahia University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio TX Understanding the Role of a Novel Hereditary Cancer Gene 2010
Motonari Kondo Duke University NC Pathogenesis of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia from Myeloproliferative Disorder 2010
James Mulloy Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center OH Novel Therapeutic Target in Leukemia Stem Cells 2010
Andrew Napper Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children DE Discovery of Inhibitors of MLL Fusion Proteins as Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Acute Leukemia 2010
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** Co-funded with I Care I Cure Foundation

Nurse Researcher Grant

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Ki Moore University of Arizona AZ Effects of CNS Treatment on the Hippocampus 2009
Tina Baggott University of California San Francisco CA A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Computerized Symptom Assessment Tool to Assess Disease and Treatment-Related Symptoms Experienced by Children with Cancer 2009
Rita Secola Children's Hospital of Los Angeles CA Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer 2009
Mary Nelson Children's Hospital of Los Angeles CA Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors 2009
Beth Storey The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PA Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia. 2008
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Program Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Russ Geyer Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center WA Improving Development of and Patient Access to Early Phase Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trials 2010
Julia Glade Bender Columbia University NY A New York Based Pediatric Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Program 2010
Howard Katzenstein Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta GA Expansion of the Innovative Therapies Program to Include the Development of a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Translational Research Program 2010
Katherine Matthay University of California San Francisco CA 131 I-MIBG Imaging and Therapy for Neuroblastoma: Infrastructure Proposal 2010
Cliona Rooney Baylor College of Medicine TX Center for Pediatric T Cell Therapy (CEPET) 2010
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Young Investigator

Principal Investigator Institution State Project Title Year Awardedsort icon
Rushdia Yusuf Massachusetts General Hospital MA The Role of Metabolism in MLL-AF9 Leukemia Initiation 2010
Danielle Benoit University of Rochester NY Targeted Polymeric Parthenolide Carriers to Treat Childhood AML 2010
Kara Davis Stanford University CA Single Cell Signaling Profiles In High-Risk Pediatric Leukemia 2010
Pascal Duijf Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NY The p53-Mad2-Genomic Stability Pathway in the Development of Childhood Malignancies 2010
Simone Hettmer Dana-Faber Cancer Institute MA Identification of Novel Treatment Targets by Exploring the Interaction of Rhabdomyosarcoma-Associated Oncogenes with Cellular Context in a Mouse Model of Rhabdomyosarcoma 2010
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* Co-funded with Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
**** Co-funded with Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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