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 | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Precision Oncology: Parent and Adolescent Experiences | Hospital for Sick Children / Anita Villani, MD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2017 | Ontario |
| Enhancing Communication about Sexual and Reproductive Health between Oncology Clinicians and Adolescent and Young Adults | Connecticut Children's Medical Center / Dr. Natasha Frederick, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2018 | Connecticut |
| Understanding factors contributing to retention in care among children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa | Baylor College of Medicine / Mark Zobeck, MD, PhD | Psychosocial Launch Grant | 2019 | Texas |
| Modeling RUNX1-Associated Clonal Hematopoietic Disorders in Zebrafish | Boston Children's Hospital / Leonard Zon, MD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
| Pharmacologic Enhancement of Residual Wild Type RUNX1 Protein Activity in FPD/AML | Boston Children's Hospital / Alan Cantor, MD, PhD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
| Identifying Therapeutic Targets to Prevent Progression of Familial RUNX1 Disorder to AML Using Novel iPSC Models | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / Eirini Papapetrou, MD/PhD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2016 | New York |
| Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations | Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2016 | California |
| Restoring RUNX1 Levels in FPD/AML | University of Washington, Seattle / Marshall Horwitz, MD/PhD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2016 | Washington |
| Drug Screen for FPD/AML Therapeutics | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Mortimer Poncz, MD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
| Role of Inflammatory Microenvironment in Clonal evolution and Progression from FPD to AML | Oregon Health & Science University / Anupriya Agarwal, PhD | Familial RUNX1 Research Grants | 2017 | Oregon |