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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Mechanisms in Childhood Brainstem Tumors | University Health Network - Toronto Western Research Institute / Jerome Fortin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Ontario |
| The Role of LIN28B-let-7-PBK Axis on the Growth and Metastasis of Group 3 Medulloblastoma | Emory University / Shubin Shahab, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Georgia |
| Bcl2-Family Inhibitors in Neuroblastoma: Mechanism of Action, Therapy Resistance, and Development of Biomarkers | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Claudia Zapata, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
| Defining the Mechanism by which LIN28B acts as an Oncogene in Neuroblastoma | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Robert Schnepp, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
| Investigating Racial Disparities in Pediatric Acute Leukemia | University of California San Francisco / Lena Winestone, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | California |
| Augmenting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Induced Epitope Spreading for Pediatric Solid Tumors | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Michael Leibowitz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
| MLL-based chromosomal translocations in the pathogenesis of childhood leukemia. | Children's Mercy / Erin Guest | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Missouri |
| Generation of a novel oncolytic virus for treatment of pediatric brain tumors. | The Ohio State University / Balveen Kaur, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2007 | Ohio |
| GPC2 as an Oncogene and Immunotherapeutic Target in High-risk Neuroblastoma | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| Altering master genetic regulators SNF5/INI1 and LIN28A to model and treat atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Eric Raabe | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Maryland |