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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overcoming Glucocorticoid Resistance in Lymphoid Cancers | University of California San Francisco / Anica Wandler, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | California |
| Novel Approaches to AML Differentiation Therapy | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Andrew Lane, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2017 | Massachusetts |
| Novel Approaches for Epigenetic Therapy for Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Linda Resar, MD & Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Maryland |
| Natural Killer T cells with an IL-15-armored GD2-specific CAR for Children with Neuroblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Andras Heczey, MD | Bio-Therapeutic Impact Award | 2017 | Texas |
| Mechanisms of OTX2 Mediated Chromatin Regulation in Medulloblastoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Miguel Rivera, MD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Massachusetts |
| 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 |
| Long Non-Coding RNAs as Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Iannis Aifantis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | New York |
| Identifying Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities in Pediatric Low-grade Gliomas Driven by MYB-QKI Fusions | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Cecile Rouleau, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | Massachusetts |
| Identification and Targeting of Microenvironmental Factors Controlling Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Anastasia Tikhonova, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |
| Identification and Characterization of Pathways Dysregulated by MMSET E1099K Mutation in Relapsed Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Their Role in Drug Resistance | New York University School of Medicine / Joanna Pierro, DO | Young Investigator Grants | 2017 | New York |