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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Targeting the Epigenome of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Sama Ahsan, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
The Role of MiRNA Impairment in Wilms' Tumor Formation | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas / Kenneth Chen, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Texas |
The Identification of Neuroblastoma Cancer Stem Cells. | Stanford University / Robert Cho | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | California |
Targeted Hyperactivation of PI3K/AKT in B-cell malignancies | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Vishal Khairnar, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Massachusetts |
Hedgehog & IGF Signaling through IRSI in Brain Development and Medulloblastoma | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Anna Marie Kenney, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2006 | New York |
The Cebpa Downstream Enhancer as a Key Target of Transformation to Acute Myeloid Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Stacy Cooper, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2015 | Maryland |
Identification and Characterization of an Epigenetic Program that Maintains the Self-Renewal of MLL Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells | Stanford University / Hon-Kit Wong | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | California |
Development of An Innovative Treatment Strategy for Neuroblastoma and Other Pediatric Tumors: A Novel Phospholipid Ester Analogue and its Multifunctional Cancer-targeting Nanoconstruct | University of Wisconsin - Madison / Mario Otto | Young Investigator Grants | 2012 | Wisconsin |
Targeting the Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing to Enhance NK Cell Anti-Tumor Activity | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Amanda Campbell, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2023 | Ohio |
Promoter Hypermethylation in MLL-Rearranged Leukemias: Biology and Therapeutic Targeting | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Eric Schafer | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Maryland |