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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPC2 as an Oncogene and Immunotherapeutic Target in High-risk Neuroblastoma | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Kristopher Bosse, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| CD19 Delta Ex2 Isoform as a Target for Alternative Therapies in Relapsed Pediatric B-ALL | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Asen Bagashev, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
| CD47-blocking Oncolytic Vaccinia Viruses as Biotherapeutics for Pediatric Solid Tumors | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Gottschalk, MD & Nino Rainusso, MD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
| Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Leukemia with Down Syndrome | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Lisa Jacola, PhD | Psychosocial Grants | 2016 | Tennessee |
| Identification of Mechanisms of Resistance to Trametinib Monotherapy in PAX-fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma | National Cancer Institute / Marielle Yohe, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Maryland |
| Development of an anti-KIR3DL1 Antibody to Promote Innate Immunity Against Neuroblastoma | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Katherine Hsu, MD/PhD & Nai-Kong Cheung, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | New York |
| Uncovering the Dysregulated RNA Binding Protein Network in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Michael Kharas, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | New York |
| A Role for Non-canonical Wnt/PCP Signaling in Growth and Self-Renewal of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma | Massachusetts General Hospital / Madeline Hayes, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
| Redefining the Cellular Architecture of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma through Large-Scale Single-cell RNA-seq Analyses | Massachusetts General Hospital / Mario Suva, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Massachusetts |
| Developing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Melinda Biernacki, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2016 | Washington |