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 |
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Genomic Discovery of Wilms Tumor | Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital / Rayjean Hung, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2014 | Ontario |
Clinical Epidemiology Studies in Children's Oncology Group Clinical Trials | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE | Epidemiology Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Childhood Leukemia in Kenya Identified Through Malaria Slide Review | Indiana University / Terry Vik | Epidemiology Grants | 2012 | Indiana |
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 |
Genetic Susceptibility to Ototoxicity in Pediatric Germ Cell Tumor Survivors | University of Minnesota / Jenny Poynter, MPH, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2020 | Minnesota |
Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides, Neonatal Hormones and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2018 | California |
Maternal Comorbidities, Pharmaceutical Use and Childhood Cancers: A Record Linkage Study in Taiwan | University of California, Los Angeles / Julia Heck, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2017 | California |
DNA Sequencing Using Malaria Slides | Indiana University / Terry Vik, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2015 | Indiana |
Perinatal Hormonal Biomarkers and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2014 | California |
Identification of Risk Factors for Pediatric Brain Tumors in a High Risk Population | Washington University / Kimberly Johnson, PhD, MPH | Epidemiology Grants | 2013 | Missouri |
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 as a model population for pediatric brain cancer prevention and control research | Washington University / Kimberly Johnson Ph.D. | Epidemiology Grants | 2012 | Missouri |
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Joshua Schiffman, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2010 | Utah |
Cancer Risk and Incidence in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Jennifer Kalish, MD/PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |
Neighborhood Factors, Acute Kidney Injury and Disparities in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Richard Aplenc, MD/PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2018 | Pennsylvania |
Child's Exposure to Radiation from Medical Imaging and the Risk of Childhood Leukemia: Pooled Analyses from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD & Steve Selvin, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2016 | California |
Space-Time Analysis of the California Birth Cohort: 30 Years of Childhood Cancer | University of California Berkeley / Steve Selvin, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2015 | California |
Exploring the Intersection between Childhood Cancer and Birth Defects to Identify Novel Cancer Predisposition Syndromes | Baylor College of Medicine / Philip Lupo, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2014 | Texas |
Role of Fetal Growth in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma | University of California Berkeley / Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2013 | California |
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Joshua Schiffman, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2012 | Utah |
Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia. | University of California San Francisco / Sheng Zhong | Epidemiology Grants | 2008 | California |
Determining Social Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes in Pediatric Cancer Using Children’s Oncology Group Registries | University of Utah / Anne Kirchhoff, PhD/MPH | Epidemiology Grants | 2019 | Utah |
Genomics of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors | University of Minnesota / Jenny Poynter, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2017 | Minnesota |
Sepsis as innate immune stimulus: severe sepsis exposures and protection against relapse in children with acute leukemias | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Alix Seif, MD | Epidemiology Grants | 2016 | Pennsylvania |
Serious Morbidity and Financial Outcomes Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Beth Mueller, PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2014 | Washington |