Childhood Cancer Research

Epidemiology Grants

These grants are designed to support the research of investigators who have a specific focus on the epidemiology of childhood cancer, early detection of childhood cancer, or the prevention of childhood cancer. Awards are $100,000 per year for two years.

This grant is no longer offered.

All Accelerator Programs All ALSF Funded Projects
2020
Genetic Susceptibility to Ototoxicity in Pediatric Germ Cell Tumor Survivors
Jenny Poynter, MPH, PhD
University of Minnesota
2019
Determining Social Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes in Pediatric Cancer Using Children’s Oncology Group Registries
Anne Kirchhoff, PhD/MPH
University of Utah
2019
Cancer Risk and Incidence in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Jennifer Kalish, MD/PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2018
Neighborhood Factors, Acute Kidney Injury and Disparities in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Richard Aplenc, MD/PhD, MSCE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2018
Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides, Neonatal Hormones and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD
University of California Berkeley
2017
Maternal Comorbidities, Pharmaceutical Use and Childhood Cancers: A Record Linkage Study in Taiwan
Julia Heck, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
2017
Genomics of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors
Jenny Poynter, MPH, PhD
University of Minnesota
2016
Sepsis as innate immune stimulus: severe sepsis exposures and protection against relapse in children with acute leukemias
Alix Seif, MD, MPH
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2016
Child's Exposure to Radiation from Medical Imaging and the Risk of Childhood Leukemia: Pooled Analyses from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)
Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD, Steve Selvin, PhD
University of California Berkeley
2015
Space-Time Analysis of the California Birth Cohort: 30 Years of Childhood Cancer
Steve Selvin, PhD
University of California Berkeley
2015
DNA Sequencing Using Malaria Slides
Terry Vik, MD
Indiana University
2014
Genomic Discovery of Wilms Tumor
Rayjean Hung, PhD
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital
2014
Exploring the Intersection between Childhood Cancer and Birth Defects to Identify Novel Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
Philip Lupo, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
2014
Perinatal Hormonal Biomarkers and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors
Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD
University of California Berkeley
2014
Serious Morbidity and Financial Outcomes Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors
Beth Mueller, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2013
Clinical Epidemiology Studies in Children's Oncology Group Clinical Trials
Richard Aplenc, MD/PhD, MSCE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2013
Role of Fetal Growth in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma
Catherine Metayer, MD/PhD
University of California Berkeley
2013
Identification of Risk Factors for Pediatric Brain Tumors in a High Risk Population
Kimberly Johnson, PhD, MPH
Washington University
2012
Childhood Leukemia in Kenya Identified Through Malaria Slide Review
Terry Vik, MD
Indiana University
2012
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database - Joshua Schiffman, MD (2012)
Joshua Schiffman, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
2012
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 as a model population for pediatric brain cancer prevention and control research
Kimberly Johnson, PhD, MPH
Washington University
2010
Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors for Pediatric Cancers Using the Utah Population Database - Joshua Schiffman, MD (2010)
Joshua Schiffman, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
2008
Molecular Epidemiology to Detect Tumor Precursors in Children at Risk for Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma
Rosemary Rochford
SUNY Upstate Medical University
2008
Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia.
Sheng Zhong
University of California San Francisco