Current Research
Shruti Bhatt, PhD
Emory University
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment
Franco Izzo, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Research focus: Treatment
Nadia Kershaw, D. Phil.
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Victoria, Australia)
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Hematological malignancies
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Shan Lin, PhD
Seattle Children's Hospital
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Ioanna Mosialou, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Santhosh K. Pasupuleti, PhD
Indiana University
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Research focus: Causes/Risk Factors
Elisa ten Hacken, PhD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Research focus: Causes/Risk Factors
Victor Tkachev, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Leukemia
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Alejandro Villarino, PhD
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami Health Systems
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: T cell leukemias
Research focus: Treatment
Eric Wang, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Grant awarded: 2024
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Robert Bowman, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Yu-Chiao Chiu, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment
Marta Derecka, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Myelofibrosis
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Relapse Prevention
Zhaohui Gu, PhD
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Relapse Prevention
Xue Han, PhD
The Ohio State University
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment
Tania Jain, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Myeloproliferative neoplasms, acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Treatment
Qingfei Jiang, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Treatment
Theodoros Karantanos, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Linde Miles, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Joshua Riback, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Reona Sakemura, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Treatment
Christian Schuerch, PhD
University of Tübingen
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Relapse Prevention
Alan Shih, MD, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Research focus: Cancer Cell Biology
Srividya Swaminathan, PhD
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Research focus: Treatment
Daniel Utzschneider, PhD
Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne
Grant awarded: 2023
Disease: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Research focus: Treatment
Completed research + results
To learn about research projects, supported by the Leukemia Research Foundation in previous years, and their results, click here.