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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 1,000 funded projects below.

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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Development of a Connectedness with Healthcare Providers Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer	Indiana University / Celeste Phillips-Salimi	Nurse Researcher Grants	2011	Indiana
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome	University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	California
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
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
To test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a sleep hygiene and relaxation intervention to improve sleep and fatigue for children receiving maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Hospital for Sick Children / Sue Zupanec	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Ontario
Evaluation of the Literacy Demand and Racial/Ethnic Influences for Self-Reported Symptomatic Adverse Events during Childhood Cancer Therapy	Palmetto Health / Janice Withycombe, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	South Carolina
PainSquad+: A Smartphone App to Support Real-Time Pain Management for Adolescents with Cancer	Hospital for Sick Children / Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	Ontario
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
Testing a Hospital Sleep Hygiene Intervention	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Belinda Mandrell, PhD, RN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	Tennessee

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