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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Epigenetic therapies to concurrently target DIPG tumor cells and harness the immune system	The Regents of the University of Michigan / Sriram Venneti, MD/PhD	R Accelerated Award Grants	2022	Michigan
Targeting Kinase Inhibitor Induced DNA-Damage Response in Ph-Like ALL	Temple University / Christian Hurtz, PhD	'A' Award Grants	2022	Pennsylvania
Characterizing the Developmental Context of Pediatric Leukemia	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Elvin Wagenblast, PhD	'A' Award Grants	2022	New York
Phase I trial of multilamellar mRNA lipid particles for recurrent pediatric high grade glioma	University of Florida / Elias Sayour, MD/PhD	R Accelerated Award Grants	2022	Florida
STING Pathway Activation: The Missing Link between Genomic Instability and Antitumor Immunity in Osteosarcoma	University of California San Francisco / Elizabeth Young, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	California
Activating Metabolic Pathways to Increase the Persistence of Leukemia Targeting T Cells	Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh / Erica Braverman, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	Pennsylvania
Redefining Osteosarcoma Metastases as Chronic Non-healing Lung Wounds: Implications for Developing Novel Therapies	Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / James Reinecke, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	Ohio
Social Determinants of Health, Hospital-level Resources, and Risk of Septic Shock in Pediatric Leukemia	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Jenny Ruiz, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	Pennsylvania
Dissecting Functional uORFs as a Source of Cancer Genes in High-Risk Medulloblastoma	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / John Prensner, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	Massachusetts
Dissecting the Contribution and Inheritance of Germline DNA Damage Repair Gene Mutations in Neuroblastoma	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Riaz Gillani, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2021	Massachusetts

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