Dr. James Ch’ng and Dr. Theodore Moore of the division of pediatric hematology/oncology at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital have each received a St. Baldrick’s Foundation childhood cancer research grant.
As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation provides grants at many levels, including awards for training and early career development to support researchers.
Ch’ng, a fellow in the division of pediatric hematology/oncology, received a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Fellowship award of $195,000 over two years to study the changes in cell energy use involved in the development of cancers associated with Epstein-Barr virus, a common infection that typically causes only a minor illness but is sometimes associated with the development of certain cancers, such as lymphoma.
Moore, the division chief of pediatric hematology/oncology and director of the pediatric blood and marrow transplantation program at UCLA, received a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Summer Fellow award of $5,000. The money will be used to support a medical student who will conduct a research project that considers the use of stem cell sources, such as bone marrow and blood from an umbilical cord, for transplantation in the treatment of certain pediatric cancers.
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital was one of 27 U.S. institutions to receive a summer fellow grant or fellowship award from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in 2018.
