Current Research
Hussein Abbas, MD, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Causes/risk factors (MDS)
Timothy Barrow, PhD
University of Essex
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (CLL)
Research focus: Relapse prevention (minimal residual disease)
Lina Benajiba, MD, PhD
INSERM Institute of Health and Medical Research
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer cell biology (microenvironment)
Xufeng Chen, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment (immunotherapy)
Christian Hurtz, PhD
Temple University
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Treatment (targeted therapy)
Jo Ishizawa, MD, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment (targeted therapy)
Max Jan, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (CLL)
Research focus: Treatment (immunotherapy)
Yoon-A Kang, PhD
Washington University in St.Louis
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (MPNs)
Research focus: Causes/risk factors (MPNs)
Anja Karlstaedt, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer cell biology (microenvironment)
David Kurtz, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Multiple myeloma
Research focus: Treatment (immunotherapy)
Laura Mondragon Martinez, PhD
Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Lymphoma (non-Hodgkin)
Research focus: Treatment (immunotherapy)
Rui Su, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer cell biology (leukemia stem cells)
Terrence Wong, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Grant awarded: 2022
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Causes/risk factors (genetics)
Matt Christopher, MD, PhD
Washington University in St.Louis
Grant awarded: 2021
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Relapse prevention (maintenance therapy)
Ernesto Diaz-Flores, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Grant awarded: 2021
Disease: Leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Treatment (targeted therapy)
Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, MD
The Ohio State University
Grant awarded: 2021
Disease: Leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Causes/risk factors (genetics)
Md Kamrul Hasan, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Grant awarded: 2021
Disease: Leukemia (CLL)
Research focus: Cancer cell biology (microenvironment)
Completed research
To view research projects supported by the Leukemia Research Foundation in previous years, click here.