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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reciprocal interactions between tumor killer dendritic cells and tumor-induced regulatory T lymphocytes | University of Arizona / Nicolas Larmonier, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Arizona |
| 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 |
| Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia. | University of California San Francisco / Sheng Zhong | Epidemiology Grants | 2008 | California |
| Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Stem Cells in Pediatric Brain Tumors | Harbor - UCLA Medical Center / Joseph Lasky | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
| Preclinical Studies of Gli1 Inhibition in Ewing Family Tumors | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / William May | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |
| Blockade of Mycn in neuroblastoma | University of California San Francisco / William Weiss | Innovation Grants | 2008 | California |
| Genomic Alterations in Medulloblastoma | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | California |
| New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | California |
| Inhibition of Cathepsins to Treat Neuroblastoma | Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children / Robert Mason | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Delaware |
| PI-3 kinase as a novel and attractive target in pediatric cancer and neuroblastoma | Emory University / Donald Durden | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Georgia |
| Increasing the Availability and Quality of Early Phase Clinical Trials Through the Addition of a Specialized Pediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner | Children’s Memorial Hospital / Stewart Goldman | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | Illinois |
| MDM2 as an Effector of Hedgehog Signaling in Brain Development and Medulloblastoma | Purdue University / Susan Mendrysa, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Indiana |
| The Therapy-Related Symptom Checklist for Children (TRSC-C): Systematic Monitoring of Symptoms to Improve Oncology Interventions. | Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. / Phoebe Williams | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Kansas |
| A mouse model of Wilms' Tumor | Massachusetts General Hospital / Nabeel Bardeesy, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Massachusetts |
| Identification and Validation of Differentiation Therapy for Osteosarcoma | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Katherine Janeway, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Massachusetts |
| HMG-I/Y in Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Linda Smith Resar, MD | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| Targeting HMGA1 in Pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Joelle Hillion, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Maryland |
| Molecular Regulation of CNS Involvement in Pediatric ALL | New York University School of Medicine / Iannis Aifantis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2008 | New York |
| The role of immunogenetics in natural killer cell targeting of neuroblastoma | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Katharine Hsu | Innovation Grants | 2008 | New York |
| Molecular Epidemiology to Detect Tumor Precursors in Children at Risk for Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma | SUNY Upstate Medical University / Rosemary Rochford | Epidemiology Grants | 2008 | New York |
| A New York Based Pediatric Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Program | Columbia University / Julia Glade Bender, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | New York |
| Untangling the Matrix in Medulloblastoma | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children / Duncan Stearns, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Ohio |
| Therapeutics In Ovo | Oregon Health & Science University / Charles Keller | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Oregon |
| Generation of CHD5 Antibodies and Know-out Mouse Model | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Garrett Brodeur | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Integration of Targeted New Agents with Chemotherapy | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Robin Norris, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Phase 1-2 Infrastructure Support Grant | University of Pittsburgh / A. Kim Ritchey, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Beth Storey | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Development of Immunostimulatory DNA as a Novel Therapy in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Alix Seif, MD, MPH | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | 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 |
| Characterization and Targeting of p53 Ubiquitination in Neuroblastoma. | Baylor College of Medicine / Eveline Barbieri, MD, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| Treatment of high-risk pediatric brain tumors with a CD133-targeted adenovirus in combination with temozolomide | University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / Marta Alonso, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| Parallel sequencing to identify the causes of childhood cancer | Baylor College of Medicine / Sharon Plon | Innovation Grants | 2008 | Texas |
| The TC3 Line, a Zebrafish Model of T-Cell Malignancy | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Nathan Meeker, MD | Young Investigator Grants | 2008 | Utah |
| Advanced Therapeutics for Pediatric Cancer | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Julie Park, MD | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2008 | Washington |
| Self-Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue by Adolescents: Pilot Study of an Evidence Based Educational Resource. | Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center / Catherine Fiona Macpherson | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Washington |