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
| Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) |
Grant Type |
Year | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors | University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
| A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Pennsylvania |
| Prospective Symptom Assessment in Children with Advanced Cancer | University of Wisconsin - Madison / Kathleen Montgomery, PhD & Jennifer Madden, RN/MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2015 | Wisconsin |
| Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. | Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College of Nursing / Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
| COPE in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer | University of Arizona / Gloanna Peek | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | Arizona |
| Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication | Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Wisconsin |
| Effects of CNS Treatment on the Hippocampus | University of Arizona / Ki Moore | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2009 | Arizona |
| Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
| Sexuality in Adolescents with Cancer | University of Calgary / Nancy Moules, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | Alberta |
| PainSquad+: A Smartphone App to Support Real-Time Pain Management for Adolescents with Cancer | Hospital for Sick Children / Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | Ontario |