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
Completed Young Investigator Projects
Adam Durbin, MD, PhD
Neuroblastoma
Kathryn Lemberg, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Focus: Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
