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 1,500 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
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Identify Novel Druggable Targets to Treat Philadelphia chromosome-like B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Wei Tong, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Practical, Reproducible, and Statistically-Rigorous Workflows for Single-Nucleus Analysis of Childhood Cancer Data | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health / Stephanie C. Hicks, PhD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | Maryland |
The anti-tumor immune microenvironment in the Sonic Hedgehog subclass of medulloblastoma | Emory University / Anna Kenney, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Georgia |
Platform development for target identification in high risk pediatric leukemias | Columbia University / Adolfo A Ferrando, MD/PhD, Charles Mullighan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | New York |
Targeting microenvironment-induced TGFB signaling to overcome drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Charles Mullighan, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Targeting a Novel Epigenetic Signature in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | New York University School of Medicine / Danny Reinberg, PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | New York |
Saturating CRISPR gene body scans in MLL-rearranged leukemia | Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope / Chun-Wei Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | California |
Understanding factors contributing to retention in care among children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa | Baylor College of Medicine / Mark Zobeck, MD, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2019 | Texas |
Selectively targeting EP300 with small molecules for neuroblastoma (NB) therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Jun Qi, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
Identifying targeted treatments for DICER1-associated sarcomas | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre / William Foulkes, MD/PhD & Sidong Huang, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Quebec |