Young Investigator Program

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Funding truly transformational science

Our Young Investigator Awards combat the loss of promising scientists from the field by providing financial support to investigators early in their research careers, along with career development and mentoring opportunities. These grants are limited to truly transformational science designed to deliver innovative cancer treatments toward clinical trials and train the next generation of pediatric cancer researchers.

Active Young Investigator Projects

Jamie Anastas, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Focus: Pediatric High-Grade Glioma

Joanna Gell, MD
Connecticut Children’s
Focus: Intracranial Germ Cell Tumor (iGCT)

Hunter Jonus, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Focus: Pediatric neuroblastoma

Mark Kohler, MD, PhD
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Focus: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Babak Moghimi, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Focus: Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Francesca Nazio, PhD
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Focus: Medulloblastoma

John Prensner, PhD
University of Michigan
Focus: Pediatric hematology/oncology

Kristen VanHeyst, DO
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Focus: Osteosarcoma

Elvin Wagenblast, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Focus: Pediatric Leukemia

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