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
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Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
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Yoga for Children and Adolescents After Completing Cancer Treatment | Children’s Health Care / Mary (Casey) Hooke | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Minnesota |
Virotherapy on Primary Neuroblastoma Cells | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Pin-Yi Wang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Ohio |
Understanding the Role of a Novel Hereditary Cancer Gene | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Patricia Dahia | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Texas |
Treating Brain Tumor by Changing Cell Division Pattern | Yale School of Medicine / Weimin Zhong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |
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 |
TLE1 Tumor Suppressor as a Key Regulator of myc Induced Leukemia | Massachusetts General Hospital / Selvi Ramasamy | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
The role of PDE4B in Racial Disparities in Outcome of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jun Yang | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Tennessee |
The Role of Metabolism in MLL-AF9 Leukemia Initiation | Massachusetts General Hospital / Rushdia Yusuf | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
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 |
Targeting Neovascularization in Graft-Versus-Host Disease | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Marcel van den Brink | Innovation Grants | 2010 | New York |
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 |
Relationships Between Symptoms and the Hospital Care Environment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Lauri Linder | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Utah |
Promoter Hypermethylation in MLL-Rearranged Leukemias: Biology and Therapeutic Targeting | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Eric Schafer | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Maryland |
Predicting Outcome for Patients with Metastatic Neuroblastoma by Analysis of Bone Marrow and Blood for a Neuroblastoma Gene Expression Signature | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger | Innovation Grants | 2010 | California |
Pediatric Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Mechanisms of Origin | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Rene Galindo | 'A' Award Grants | 2010 | Texas |
Pathogenesis of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia from Myeloproliferative Disorder | Duke University / Motonari Kondo | Innovation Grants | 2010 | North Carolina |
Parent Satisfaction in an Outpatient Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Setting | Children’s Mercy / Nancy Shreve | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Missouri |
Novel Therapeutic Target in Leukemia Stem Cells | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / James Mulloy | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Ohio |
Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors | University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in Zebra Fish to Enable Discovery of New Anti- Leukemic Compounds | University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD | Innovation Grants | 2010 | California |
MicroRNAs 100 and 125b in Ewing sarcoma | University of Colorado Denver / Paul Jedlicka | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Colorado |
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | California |
In-UTR Mutations in Neuroblastoma: Functional Consequences and Therapeutic Implications | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
Improving Development of and Patient Access to Early Phase Pediatric Cancer Clinical Trials | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Russ Geyer | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | Washington |
Identification of the Molecular Targets of MLL Translocation-Based Childhood Leukemia | Stowers Institute for Medical Research / Ali Shilatifard | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Missouri |
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 |
Identification of New Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Through Mosaic Trisomy and Aneuploidy-Based Synthetic Lethality Screens | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / David Pellman | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Massachusetts |
Identification and Characterization of an Epigenetic Program that Maintains the Self-Renewal of MLL Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells | Stanford University / Hon-Kit Wong | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | California |
Expansion of the Innovative Therapies Program to Include the Development of a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Translational Research Program | Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta / Howard Katzenstein, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | Georgia |
Expanding Hope: Innovative Therapy at Shands Children's Hospital | University of Florida / Amy Smith | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | Florida |
Elucidating the Initiation Mechanism of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway of DNA Damage Repair | Yale School of Medicine / Yong Xiong | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Connecticut |
Discovery of Inhibitors of MLL Fusion Proteins as Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Acute Leukemia | Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research / Andrew Napper | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Delaware |
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Joshua Schiffman, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2010 | Utah |
Characterization and Targeting of Novel Activating BRAF Mutations in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Angela Waanders, MD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
Center for Pediatric T Cell Therapy (CEPET) | Baylor College of Medicine / Cliona Rooney | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | Texas |
A novel compound for treatment of T cell leukemia | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Nikolaus Trede | Innovation Grants | 2010 | Utah |
A New York Based Pediatric Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Program | Columbia University / Julia Glade Bender, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | New York |
131 I-MIBG Imaging and Therapy for Neuroblastoma: Infrastructure Proposal | University of California San Francisco / Katherine Matthay, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2010 | California |