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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
Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma.	University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides	Young Investigator Grants	2009	California
Targeting TGFb Pathway Dependencies in Group 3 Medulloblastoma	University of California San Francisco / Zulekha Qadeer, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2019	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
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
A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Computerized Symptom Assessment Tool to Assess Disease and Treatment-Related Symptoms Experienced by Children with Cancer	University of California San Francisco / Tina Baggott, RN, PhD, PNP	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger	Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants	2008	California
Predicting Outcome for Patients with Metastatic Neuroblastoma by Analysis of Bone Marrow and Blood for a Neuroblastoma Gene Expression Signature	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger	Innovation Grants	2010	California
131-I-MIBG and Targeted Therapy for Neuroblastoma: Infrastructure Proposal.	University of California San Francisco / Katherine Matthay, MD	Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants	2007	California
Symptom Burden, Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization Among Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact of Parent Sleep, Fatigue and Psychological Distress	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Jessica Ward, PhD	Nurse Researcher Fellowship Grant	2017	California
Understanding the Role of Translational Control in Humanized Mouse Models for Medulloblastoma	University of California San Francisco / Ozlem Aksoy, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2015	California

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