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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The anti-tumor immune microenvironment in the Sonic Hedgehog subclass of medulloblastoma | Emory University / Anna Kenney, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Georgia |
| 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 |
| Saturating CRISPR gene body scans in MLL-rearranged leukemia | Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope / Chun-Wei Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | California |
| 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 |
| Novel Genomic Drivers in Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Suzanne MacFarland, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| Targeted Hyperactivation of PI3K/AKT in B-cell malignancies | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Vishal Khairnar, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
| Identification of Synthetically Immunogenic Compounds to Synergize with Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Adam Wolpaw, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T cells for acute myeloid leukemia | Washington University / Miriam Kim, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Missouri |
| Kidney Disease after CD19-Targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Regina Myers, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |