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 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type |
Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAM: Kids are Moving; An Exercise Program for Children with Cancer | University of Minnesota / Mary Catherine (Casey) Hooke, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Minnesota |
| Symptom Patterns during Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recovery | Duke University Medical Center / Cheryl Rodgers, RN, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | North Carolina |
| Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication | Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Wisconsin |
| Optimizing Engager T-cells for CD19+ Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Mireya Paulina Velasquez, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |
| Niche for in Vitro Generation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Brandon Hadland, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Washington |
| Hospital Volume and Induction Mortality in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Acute Leukemia | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Jennifer Wilkes, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Pennsylvania |
| Immunotherapy Of Neuroblastoma With Natural Killer T Cells Engineered To Target O-acetyl-GD2 | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Texas |
| Exosomes as Biomarkers to Monitor Disease Progression and Response to Therapy in Ewing sarcoma | Children's Mercy / Glenson Samuel, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Missouri |
| A Developmental Model to Characterize the Epigenetic Origins of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Initiating Cell | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Jeffrey Huo, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Maryland |
| Molecular Mechanism and Development of Therapeutic Strategies Targeting MYCN-induced Calcium Signaling in Advanced Neuroblastoma | University of Hawaii at Hilo / Ingo Koomoa-Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2014 | Hawaii |