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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue and Carnitine Levels over Eight Cycles of Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents. | Baylor College of Medicine / Marilyn Hockenberry | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
| Arterial Stiffness in Children who Recently Completed Cancer Therapy | University of North Carolina / Sheila Santacroce, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | North Carolina |
| Preliminary Content Validation Steps for the Pediatric Oncology Patient Self-Report CTCAE | Children’s National Medical Center / Pamela Hinds | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2011 | District of Columbia |
| Child and Adolescent Preferences for Involvement in their Cancer Treatment Decisions | Children’s Research Institute / Katherine Kelly, Ph.D. | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | District of Columbia |
| Parent Satisfaction in an Outpatient Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Setting | Children’s Mercy / Nancy Shreve | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Missouri |