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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Symptom Patterns during Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recovery	Duke University Medical Center / Cheryl Rodgers, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2014	North Carolina
Development of a Connectedness with Healthcare Providers Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer	Indiana University / Celeste Phillips-Salimi	Nurse Researcher Grants	2011	Indiana
Fatigue and Carnitine Levels over Eight Cycles of Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents.	Baylor College of Medicine / Marilyn Hockenberry	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Texas
Nitrosative Stress And Symptom Severity During Childhood Leukemia Treatment	Duke University Medical Center / Marilyn Hockenberry, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	North Carolina
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
Evaluation of the Literacy Demand and Racial/Ethnic Influences for Self-Reported Symptomatic Adverse Events during Childhood Cancer Therapy	Palmetto Health / Janice Withycombe, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	South Carolina
A Nurse-Led Structured Discharge Teaching Intervention for Parents of Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Oncology Patients	University of Alabama at Birmingham / Wendy Landier, RN/PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2016	Alabama
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome	University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	California
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
Relationships Between Symptoms and the Hospital Care Environment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer	Huntsman Cancer Institute / Lauri Linder	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Utah

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