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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Assessing the Relationship Between Physical Activity, Fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life in Children Receiving Cancer Treatment | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Pattianne Belfield, PNP, CRNP | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | Pennsylvania |
Fatigue and Carnitine Levels over Eight Cycles of Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents. | Baylor College of Medicine / Marilyn Hockenberry | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Texas |
KAM: Kids are Moving; An Exercise Program for Children with Cancer | University of Minnesota / Mary Catherine (Casey) Hooke, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Minnesota |
A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
COPE in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer | University of Arizona / Gloanna Peek | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | Arizona |
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. | Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College of Nursing / Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
Altered Cerebral Blood Flow after Pediatric Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor Treatment | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Baron Nelson, RN/PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2016 | California |
Sexuality in Adolescents with Cancer | University of Calgary / Nancy Moules, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | Alberta |
Parent Satisfaction in an Outpatient Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Setting | Children’s Mercy / Nancy Shreve | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Missouri |