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 |
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Space-Time Analysis of the California Birth Cohort: 30 Years of Childhood Cancer | University of California Berkeley / Steve Selvin, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2015 | California |
Saturating CRISPR gene body scans in MLL-rearranged leukemia | Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope / Chun-Wei Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | California |
Targeted Inhibition of Signaling Networks in Pediatric Glioblastoma Stem Cells | University of California Berkeley / Erin Simonds, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | California |
Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia. | University of California San Francisco / Sheng Zhong | Epidemiology Grants | 2008 | California |
The Role of Tumor Heterogeneity in Relapse of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland / Cheryl Peretz, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | California |
Preclinical Testing of Candidate Therapeutics in a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
Targeting eEF2 Kinase in Neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. | Innovation Grants | 2014 | California |
Reversing the Oncogenic Roles of Misdirected Chromatin Remodeling in Synovial Sarcoma | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Cigall Kadoch, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Maternal Comorbidities, Pharmaceutical Use and Childhood Cancers: A Record Linkage Study in Taiwan | University of California, Los Angeles / Julia Heck, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2017 | California |