What they call their work
What they do
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Cancer Research Funding 4 activities
- Awarding research grants to advance medical knowledge in pursuit of a cure for cancerFunds medical research at leading institutions to advance scientific boundaries, promote cooperation among researchers, and support innovation toward eliminating cancer.
- Funding cancer research and supporting cancer careProvides grants to support cancer research, raise awareness about cancer, assist cancer victims and survivors and their families, and encourage healthcare professionals in cancer care and research.
- Funding clinical trials for childhood neuroblastomaSupports J-A-C-K in implementing clinical trials aimed at improving outcomes for children with neuroblastoma through research grants.
- Funding pediatric cancer research at specific institutionsProvides financial support for pediatric cancer research at institutions including Cohen Children’s Medical Center (Diamond-Blackfan anemia), Children’s Cancer Institute in Australia, CHEO, and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), with a focus on innovative and gentler treatments and reducing long-term treatment effects.
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Who runs it
- Edward J Strohm — Executive Director
Who they work with
- American Cancer Society Partner — Supported research institution
- CHEO Foundation Partner — Supports pediatric cancer research and efforts to reduce long-term treatment effects.
- Canadian Cancer Society Partner — Supported research institution
- Children’s Cancer Institute Australia Partner — Provides financial support for childhood cancer research.
- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Partner — Supported research institution
- Cohen Children's Medical Center Partner — Funds research on Diamond-Blackfan anemia at the institution.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Partner — Funds groundbreaking cancer research and advanced technologies at the laboratory.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Partner — Supported research institution
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity Partner — Partners to fund research into innovative and gentler treatments for childhood cancers.
- Joining Against Cancer in Kids Partner — Provides funding for clinical trials to improve outcomes for children with neuroblastoma.
- Joining Against Cancer in Kids Partner — Supported research institution
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Partner — Supported research institution
- Pat Cairo Family Foundation Partner — Supported research institution
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation Partner — Supported research institution
- St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Partner — Supported research institution
- Stony Brook Cancer Center Partner — Supported research institution
- Stony Brook Children’s Partner — Supported research institution
- Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Partner — Supports pediatric cancer research and advances in therapies and treatments.
- Three Strohm Sisters Family Foundation Partner — Original foundation established by the Strohm sisters, succeeded by The Strohm Foundation Ltd.
- some of the world’s finest institutions Partner — Funds research at leading medical institutions globally.
- world’s finest institutions Partner — Supports research at leading global research institutions through grants.
How they approach the work
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- Global Scientific Collaboration for Cancer Researchmethodology: global-scientific-cooperationBy funding international research collaborations across borders, we accelerate progress toward a cure for cancer because scientific breakthroughs are advanced most effectively through shared knowledge and coordinated global effort among top researchers.
- Strategic Philanthropy Informed by Personal Experiencemethodology: philanthropy-through-personal-experienceBy leveraging personal experience with disease, we generate authentic activism and community organizing that leads to more focused and effective philanthropy because lived experience sharpens strategic giving and deepens commitment to preventing suffering in others.