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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diaper Dermatitis in Pediatric Leukemia. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Beth Storey | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Pennsylvania |
| Exploring the impact of a teen weekend on the quality of life of the adolescent with cancer: A qualitative, case/control study. | The Children’s Mercy Hospital / Kristin Stegenga, PhD, RN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2007 | Missouri |
| Nitrosative Stress And Symptom Severity During Childhood Leukemia Treatment | Duke University Medical Center / Marilyn Hockenberry, RN, 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 |
| Prospective Symptom Assessment in Children with Advanced Cancer | University of Wisconsin - Madison / Kathleen Montgomery, PhD & Jennifer Madden, RN/MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2015 | Wisconsin |
| 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 |
| A Nurse-Led Structured Discharge Teaching Intervention for Parents of Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Oncology Patients | University of Alabama at Birmingham / Wendy Landier, RN/PhD | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2016 | Alabama |
| Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication | Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2014 | Wisconsin |
| Parent Satisfaction in an Outpatient Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Setting | Children’s Mercy / Nancy Shreve | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Missouri |
| Yoga for Children and Adolescents After Completing Cancer Treatment | Children’s Health Care / Mary (Casey) Hooke | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2010 | Minnesota |