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 |
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Single-cell Gene Expression and Cytosine Modification Profiling in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors | Dartmouth College / Brock Christensen, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | New Hampshire |
Developing drugs to treat NT5C2 mediated resistance in pediatric ALL | New York University School of Medicine / William Carroll, MD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | New York |
Targeting Valine-Specific Amino Acid Dependency -in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Palaniraja Thandapani, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | New York |
Targeting a Novel Epigenetic Signature in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas | New York University School of Medicine / Danny Reinberg, PhD | Reach Grants | 2019 | New York |
Platform development for target identification in high risk pediatric leukemias | Columbia University / Adolfo A Ferrando, MD/PhD, Charles Mullighan, MD | Crazy 8 Pilots | 2019 | New York |
Using Splice Switching Oligonucleotides (SSOs) to target MDM2 for rhabdomyosarcoma therapy | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Dawn Chandler, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2019 | Ohio |
Generation of CMV-specific CD19 CAR T cells Using Cytokine Capture Followed by Lentiviral Transduction and Expansion | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Margaret Lamb, MD | Reach Grants | 2019 | Ohio |
Dissecting Pediatric Brain Tumour Progression Using Single-nuclei Sequencing | University Health Network / Trevor Pugh, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Ontario |
Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Mechanisms in Childhood Brainstem Tumors | University Health Network - Toronto Western Research Institute / Jerome Fortin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Ontario |
Cancer Risk and Incidence in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Jennifer Kalish, MD/PhD | Epidemiology Grants | 2019 | Pennsylvania |