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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Intervention Development and Evaluation to Reduce Disparities in Quality of Life for Latino Families Impacted by Cancer | The Regents of the University of California, Irvine / Michelle Fortier, PhD | Psychosocial Family Impact Grant | 2019 | California |
Blockade of p53 and Aurora A in Therapy Resistant Neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / William Clay Gustafson, MD, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2011 | California |
Factors Affecting Parental Satisfaction, Anxiety and Comprehension of the Informed Consent in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials | University of California, San Diego / Paula Aristizabal, MD | Psychosocial Grants | 2015 | California |
Develop a Therapeutic Vaccine Approach by Removing Viral Immune Evasion | University of California, Los Angeles / Ren Sun, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2013 | California |
Single-cell Profiling of Pediatric Bone Sarcomas | University of California, Los Angeles / Alice Soragni, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | California |
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome | University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | California |
Oncogenic Hedgehog Pathway Activation by a Putative Rho GTPase-Activating Protein | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Jun Ni, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2013 | California |
Understanding and inhibiting mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma | University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD | Crazy 8 Awards | 2022 | California |
Improving Thymus Function by RB Inactivation | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / Julien Sage, PhD | Springboard Grants | 2012 | 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 |