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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacogenomics of childhood AML susceptibility and treatment response. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Richard Aplenc | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Pennsylvania |
| Linking mitogenic sonic hedgehog signaling to the oncogene Yap 1 in neural stem/progenitor cells and medulloblastoma. | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Anna Kenney, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2009 | New York |
| Molecular diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic approaches toward Ewing sarcoma. | Huntsman Cancer Institute / Stephen Lessnick | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Utah |
| Targeted regulation of acetylation as novel therapy for Ewing sarcoma. | Georgetown University / Jeffrey Toretsky | Innovation Grants | 2009 | District of Columbia |
| Modeling anaplastic medulloblastoma using cerebellar stem cells | Duke University / Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2009 | North Carolina |
| Metabolic control of p53 activation in T-ALL. | Duke University / Jeffrey Rathmell | Innovation Grants | 2009 | North Carolina |
| Epigenetic manipulation of leukemia. | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / H. Leighton Grimes | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Ohio |
| Investigating the role of lin-28 in germ cell tumorigenesis | Boston Children’s Hospital / George Daley | Innovation Grants | 2009 | Massachusetts |
| Application of Epigenetic Markers for Early Detection of Childhood Leukemia. | University of California San Francisco / Sheng Zhong | Epidemiology Grants | 2008 | California |
| The Therapy-Related Symptom Checklist for Children (TRSC-C): Systematic Monitoring of Symptoms to Improve Oncology Interventions. | Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. / Phoebe Williams | Nurse Researcher Grants | 2008 | Kansas |