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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Role of Primary Cilium Signaling and Dynamics in Medulloblastoma Initiation and Progression | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center / Saikat Mukhopadhyay, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| The Role of Inherited MLL3 Single Nucleotide Variants and Fetal Epigenetic Programming in Infant Leukemogenesis | Washington University / Jeffrey Magee, MD/PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | Missouri |
| Uncovering the Dysregulated RNA Binding Protein Network in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Michael Kharas, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | New York |
| Engineering the CAR T Cells to Overcome Tumor Derived Immune-Inhibition in Glioblastoma | Baylor College of Medicine / Meenakshi Hegde, MD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | Texas |
| An Engineered Nanoimmunotherapy for Treating Neuroblastoma | George Washington University / Rohan Fernandes, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2016 | District of Columbia |
| Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Pediatric Sarcomas | The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD & Maximillian Diehn, MD/PhD (Stanford University) | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Improving Immune-Mediated Oncolytic Viral Therapy: Engineering Tumor Vaccine Elements into the Virus | Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital / Kevin Cassady, MD & Christopher Walker, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | Ohio |
| Developing and Distributing a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |
| Preclinical Testing of Candidate Therapeutics in a Pediatric Spinal Cord High-grade Glioma Model | Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2016 | California |