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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification of FDA approved drugs with anti-tumor activity in rhabdomyosarcoma. | Massachusetts General Hospital / David Langenau | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Massachusetts |
| Exploring a novel immunotherapy: cooperation of endogenous CD8+ t-cells and exogenous, allogeneic CD4+ t-cells. | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Heather Symons | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Maryland |
| Identifying novel biomarkers for risk stratification in t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). | University of California San Francisco / Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |
| Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma. | University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |
| Targeted Polymeric Parthenolide Carriers to Treat Childhood AML | University of Rochester / Danielle Benoit | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | New York |
| Single Cell Signaling Profiles In High-Risk Pediatric Leukemia | Stanford University / Kara Davis | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | California |
| The Role of DNA Methylation in Pediatric Cancer | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Scott Diede | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Washington |
| The p53-Mad2-Genomic Stability Pathway in the Development of Childhood Malignancies | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Pascal Duijf | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | New York |
| Identification of Novel Treatment Targets by Exploring the Interaction of Rhabdomyosarcoma-Associated Oncogenes with Cellular Context in a Mouse Model of Rhabdomyosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Simone Hettmer | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
| MicroRNAs 100 and 125b in Ewing sarcoma | University of Colorado Denver / Paul Jedlicka | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Colorado |