Accelerating promising research to the clinic
Our Acceleration Initiative projects are highly innovative and address the largest obstacles in children’s cancer research, driving translational research to the clinic – ready to reach patients within three years.
Active Acceleration Initiative Projects
Joshua Breunig, PhD
Cedars-Sinai
Focus: Pediatric glioma
Gregory Friedman, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Focus: Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas
David Langenau, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Focus: Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
John Lee, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Focus: Ewing sarcoma
Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Focus: High-risk pediatric neuroblastoma and diffuse midline glioma
The Fight Osteosarcoma Together Super Grant is a joint funding award with CureSearch, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Battle Osteosarcoma, Michael and April Egge; The Osteosarcoma Collaborative, and the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund of Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
Patrick Grohar, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Completed Acceleration Initiative Projects
Mary Beckerle, PhD
Focus: Ewing Sarcoma
Richard Gilbertson, MD, PhD
Focus: Pediatric brain cancer
Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, MD
Focus: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
William Weiss, MD, PhD
Focus: Pediatric medulloblastoma
Andrew Kung, MD, PhD
Focus: Pediatric high-risk sarcoma