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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
To test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a sleep hygiene and relaxation intervention to improve sleep and fatigue for children receiving maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Hospital for Sick Children / Sue Zupanec	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Ontario
Effects of CNS Treatment on Antioxidant Level, Apoptosis and Cognitive Abilities in Childhood Leukemia	University of Arizona / Ki Moore, R.N./Ph.D.	Nurse Researcher Grants	2012	Arizona
Mothers and Fathers Perspectives: Family Management of Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors	University of Pennsylvania / Janet Deatrick	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Pennsylvania
Fatigue and Carnitine Levels over Eight Cycles of Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents.	Baylor College of Medicine / Marilyn Hockenberry	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Texas
Childhood Cancer Survivor Utilization and Barriers to Primary Care Providers	Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Micah Skeens, PNP	Nurse Researcher Grants	2012	Ohio
KAM: Kids are Moving; An Exercise Program for Children with Cancer	University of Minnesota / Mary Catherine (Casey) Hooke, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2014	Minnesota
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
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
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

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