ALSF Childhood Cancer Research Grants
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 more than 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title |
Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type | Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLL Oncogene-Dependent Enhancer Reprogramming Promotes Leukemogenesis | Stanford University / Feng Pan, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | California |
| Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
| Targeting PLK1 as a Common Mechanism in Ph-like ALL | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Joya Chandra, PhD | Reach Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| Treatment of high-risk pediatric brain tumors with a CD133-targeted adenovirus in combination with temozolomide | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Marta Alonso, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| Adoptive immunotherapy using clinical-grade T cells. | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Laurence Cooper, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2007 | Texas |
| Energy Balance Strategies for Decreasing Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Eugenie Kleinerman, MD | Innovation Grants | 2018 | Texas |
| Role of H3.3-G34R mutation in pediatric high-grade glioma | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Jian Hu, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2021 | Texas |
| 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 |
| Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance | University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | California |
| Factors Affecting Parental Satisfaction, Anxiety and Comprehension of the Informed Consent in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials | University of California, San Diego / Paula Aristizabal, MD | Psychosocial Grants | 2015 | California |