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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigating the role of lin-28 in germ cell tumorigenesis | Boston Children’s Hospital / George Daley | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Massachusetts |
| Linking mitogenic sonic hedgehog signaling to the oncogene Yap 1 in neural stem/progenitor cells and medulloblastoma. | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Anna Kenney, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2009 | New York |
| Metabolic control of p53 activation in T-ALL. | Duke University / Jeffrey Rathmell | Innovation Grants | 2009 | North Carolina |
| MLL-based chromosomal translocations in the pathogenesis of childhood leukemia. | Children’s Mercy / Erin Guest | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | Missouri |
| Modeling anaplastic medulloblastoma using cerebellar stem cells | Duke University / Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2009 | North Carolina |
| Molecular diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic approaches toward Ewing sarcoma. | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Stephen Lessnick | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Utah |
| 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 |
| Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma. | University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides | Young Investigator Grants | 2009 | California |
| Pediatric Oncology Translational Research Program | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / James Whitlock, M.D. | Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants | 2009 | Tennessee |
| Pharmacogenomics of childhood AML susceptibility and treatment response. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Richard Aplenc | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Pennsylvania |