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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
A Combinatorial Approach to Target the Tumor-Initiating and Transit Amplifying Cellular Subpopulations in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)	Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD, PhD	'A' Award Grants	2011	California
Investigating Racial Disparities in Pediatric Acute Leukemia	University of California San Francisco / Lena Winestone, MD	Young Investigator Grants	2016	California
Pathological Condensates and Transcription Dysregulation in Rhabdomyosarcoma at Single-Molecule Resolution	California Institute of Technology / Shasha Chong, PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	California
Characterization of the Role of Chromosome 1p Deletion in MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / Miller Huang, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2013	California
Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Rita Secola	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
Development of a comprehensive liquid biopsy-based genomics platform for pediatric solid tumors	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jaclyn Biegel	Catalyst Grants	2023	California
Perinatal Hormonal Biomarkers and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors	University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD	Epidemiology Grants	2014	California
Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma.	University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides	Young Investigator Grants	2009	California
The role of OCT4 in self-renewal signaling and drug-resistance of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Markus Muschen	Innovation Grants	2008	California
Defining how unique properties of the pediatric immune system contribute to poor efficacy of checkpoint blockade in children	Stanford University / Adrienne Long, MD/PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2024	California

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