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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
To test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a sleep hygiene and relaxation intervention to improve sleep and fatigue for children receiving maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Hospital for Sick Children / Sue Zupanec	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Ontario
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
Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors	University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Pennsylvania
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
Self-Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue by Adolescents: Pilot Study of an Evidence Based Educational Resource.	Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Catherine Fiona Macpherson	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Washington
Effects of CNS Treatment on the Hippocampus	University of Arizona / Ki Moore	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	Arizona
Factors Influencing the Decision to Provide General Anesthesia or Moderate Sedation for Treatment Related Procedures in Children with Cancer	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Elizabeth Ely, PhD, RN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	Pennsylvania
Preliminary Content Validation Steps for the Pediatric Oncology Patient Self-Report CTCAE	Children’s National Medical Center / Pamela Hinds	Nurse Researcher Grants	2011	District of Columbia
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

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