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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circadian Rhythms, Fatigue and Bright Light Therapy in Adolescent Cancer Survivors | University of Maryland, College Park / Valerie E. Rogers, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2015 | Maryland |
| Symptom Patterns during Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recovery | Duke University Medical Center / Cheryl Rodgers, RN, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | North Carolina |
| Assessing the Relationship Between Physical Activity, Fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life in Children Receiving Cancer Treatment | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Pattianne Belfield, PNP, CRNP | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2012 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer | University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | California |
| Sexuality in Adolescents with Cancer | University of Calgary / Nancy Moules, PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2013 | Alberta |