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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
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
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
Nitrosative Stress And Symptom Severity During Childhood Leukemia Treatment	Duke University Medical Center / Marilyn Hockenberry, RN, PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2013	North Carolina
Fatigue and Carnitine Levels over Eight Cycles of Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents.	Baylor College of Medicine / Marilyn Hockenberry	Nurse Researcher Grants	2008	Texas
Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Cancer	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Rita Secola	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
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
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
Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Experiences with Prognosis-Related Communication	Marquette University / Amy Newman, RN, MSN	Nurse Researcher Grants	2014	Wisconsin

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