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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Beth Storey | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| 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 |
| Exploring the impact of a teen weekend on the quality of life of the adolescent with cancer: A qualitative, case/control study. | The Children’s Mercy Hospital / Kristin Stegenga, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
| 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 |
| Testing a Hospital Sleep Hygiene Intervention | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Belinda Mandrell, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Tennessee |
| KAM: Kids are Moving; An Exercise Program for Children with Cancer | University of Minnesota / Mary Catherine (Casey) Hooke, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Minnesota |
| Prospective Symptom Assessment in Children with Advanced Cancer | University of Wisconsin - Madison / Kathleen Montgomery, PhD & Jennifer Madden, RN/MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2015 | Wisconsin |
| COPE in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer | University of Arizona / Gloanna Peek | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | Arizona |
| 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 |