Research Grants

The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation is proud to have funded over 200 childhood cancer research grants since its inception. Use the search feature below to learn more about some of the most recent projects we have helped fund.

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Clinical [89Zr]Dinutuximab PET imaging to determine GD2 expression in neuroblastoma patients with PET

Dr. Max M. van Noesel, MD. PhD, MSc; – Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Comprehensive molecular profiling of pediatric adrenal tumors

Dr. Ronald de Krijger – Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Pulmonary complications in children with solid tumors

Dr. S.M.P.J. Prevaes; Dr. M. van Grotel – Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Dr. Geert O. Janssens; Dr. Matteo Maspero; Dr. Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink – Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Androgen activity in the normal male embryonic hindbrain drives lethal PFA ependymoma

Dr. Jiao Zhang, Ph.D. – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX

Uncovering the role of chromosome 21 in Down syndrome-associated leukemias

Dr. Jason Sheltzer, Ph.D. – Yale University, New Haven, CT

Development of a novel radiopharmaceutical agent for non-invasive immunotherapy target detection and CAR T combination therapy in neuroblastoma

Dr. Rosa Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D. – National Cancer Institute, NIH NCI Pediatric Oncology, Bethesda, MD

Targeting oncogenic transcriptional programs in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Dr. Julia Maxson, Ph.D. – Oregon Health & Science University – OHSU, Portland, OR

Therapeutic downregulation of core circuitry genes in mutant MYOD1 rhabdomyosarcoma

Dr. Berkley Gryder, Ph.D. – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Cooperative mutagenesis driving pediatric pre-B cell leukemia

Dr. Abby Green, M.D. – Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO