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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Announces 2016 Nurse Researcher Discovery Grant Recipients

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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Announces 2016 Nurse Researcher Discovery Grant Recipients

The two-year grant funds research to improve nursing care for children with cancer.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding better and safer treatments and ultimately cures for all kids with cancer, awarded the Nurse Researcher Discovery Grant to Mary Baron Nelson, RN/PhD from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Wendy Landier, RN/PhD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The grant provides $100,000 over the course of two years for each of their projects.

Baron Nelson will study how blood flow affects the brain in pediatric brain tumor patients after treatment. This study will be used to create possible interventions to improve cerebrovascular functioning. Landier will test an intervention that incorporates the Children’s Oncology Group’s recommendations for patient/family education after new diagnosis to determine its effectiveness. She hopes to determine the impact of this intervention on key outcomes and to address this issue of vital importance to pediatric oncology nursing and to parents of children with cancer.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation added the Nurse Researcher Discovery Grant to an already successful and innovative pediatric research grant program in 2007. Drawing on founder Alexandra “Alex” Scott’s experiences as a patient, ALSF recognizes the importance of investing in research that enables nurses to find better ways to care for children undergoing cancer treatment.

“We understand the critical and valuable role nurses play in supporting childhood cancer patients and their families because of our experience with Alex’s nurses,” said Jay Scott, Co-Executive Director of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. “Nurses have a unique perspective into a young patient’s quality of care and perhaps most importantly quality of life. Through this grant, we can enable nurses to use this knowledge to make a difference in the lives of children battling cancer.”

For more information on the Nurse Researcher Discovery Grant or Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s various grant categories and successes, visit: www.ALSFgrants.org