We just funded $8.4 million in kids’ cancer research supporting 34 projects at 23 leading academic and research institutions. This investment brings the total granted by St. Baldrick’s Foundation for research since 2005 to more than $338 million.
The projects include research to improve treatment effectiveness, reduce side effects, understand the biology of pediatric cancers, identify predictive factors, address disparities, and develop innovative therapies to improve the lives of kids with cancer.
The following projects were awarded:
Alabama
- Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Le Su, Ph.D.
California
- University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- St. Baldrick’s International Scholar: Anupong Sirirungreung M.D., M.P.H.
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Srividya Swaminathan, Ph.D.
- Research Grant: Ling Li, Ph.D.
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Babak Moghimi, M.D.
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
- University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Hari Narayan, M.D., M.S.C.E.
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Georgia
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Waitman Aumann, M.D.
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
Illinois
- University of Chicago, Chicago
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
- Pediatric Cancer Data Commons: Samuel Volchenboum M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Massachusetts
- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Yangming Ou, Ph.D.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Jessica Tsai, M.D., Ph.D.
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Challice Bonifant, M.D., Ph.D.
- Research Grant: Eric Raabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
- National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Mark Osborn, Ph.D.
North Carolina
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
- Research Grant: Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., D.Sci.
New York
- Columbia University Medical Center, New York
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Cheng-Chia Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York
- Research Grant: Iannis Aifantis, Ph.D.
Ohio
- Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): LaQuita Jones, D.O.
- Research Grant: Stella Davies, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
- The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Benjamin Stanton, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
- Research Grant: Jennifer Kalish, M.D., Ph.D.
- The Children’s Oncology Group Foundation, Philadelphia
South Carolina
- Prisma Health in the Midlands, Columbia
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar: Anna Hoppmann, M.D.
Tennessee
- St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Paulina Velasquez, M.D.
- St. Baldrick’s Scholar (continuing): Kelsey Bertrand, M.B.B.S.
- Consortium Research Grant
Texas
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
- Research Grant: Carl Allen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Continuing Consortium Research Grant
The next set of grants will be announced in November, supported by donations made between now and October. Visit the St. Baldrick’s grants page to learn more about all the research you’re making possible.
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