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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
Nitrosative Stress And Symptom Severity During Childhood Leukemia Treatment	Duke University Medical Center / Marilyn Hockenberry, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	North Carolina
A Comparison of Parent and Clinician Reported Toxicities in Standard Radiation Versus Proton Beam Radiation in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors.	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Rosanna Pollack, RN & Cynthia Schmus, RN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	Pennsylvania
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
Long-Term Morbidity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer with Down Syndrome	University of California San Francisco / Shannon Raber	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	California
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses.	Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College of Nursing / Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	Missouri
COPE in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Cancer	University of Arizona / Gloanna Peek	Nurse Researcher Grants	2011	Arizona
Relationships Between Symptoms and the Hospital Care Environment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer	Huntsman Cancer Institute / Lauri Linder	Nurse Researcher Grants	2010	Utah
Pain and Symptom Experiences in Children with Cancer	University of California, Los Angeles / Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2007	California
Altered Cerebral Blood Flow after Pediatric Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor Treatment	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Baron Nelson, RN/PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2016	California
Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Nelson	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California

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