The CCSS Career Development Award (CDA) is designed to create an opportunity for early career investigators and trainees with an interest and aptitude in childhood cancer survivorship research to develop and complete an initial research study within the CCSS. This will serve as a foundation for the development of a career path that includes survivorship research.
Past Awardees
| Category | Awardee | Project Title | Direct Costs Awarded | CCSS Working Group | Primary Mentor |
| 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Rebecca Ronsley, MD, FRCPC Seattle Children’s Hospital |
Prevalence of Gonadal Failure and Infertility in Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors | $20,000 | Chronic Disease | Eric Chow |
| Trainee | Chiara Papini, PhD St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
The Impact of Sleep Trajectories on Neurocognitive Functioning in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer | $3,000 | Psychology | Tara Brinkman |
| Trainee | Perri Tutelman, PhD University of Calgary |
Longitudinal Patterns and Predictors of Cancer Fears in Survivors of Childhood Cancer | $3,000 | Psychology | Fiona Schulte |
| 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Rusha Bhandari, MD, MS City of Hope |
Health Outcomes in Older Survivors of Childhood Cancer | $20,000 | Chronic Disease | Kiri Ness |
| Junior Faculty | Gordon Watt, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering |
Genetic modification of chemotherapy-associated subsequent malignant neoplasms | $20,000 | Genetics | Jonine Bernstein |
| Trainee | Tim Ohlsen, MD Seattle Children’s Hospital |
Financial hardship among long-term survivors of childhood cancer | $3,000 | Cancer Control and Intervention | Eric Chow, Arti Desai |
| 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Kelly Rentscher, PhD University of California Los Angeles |
Psychological distress, social functioning, and phenotypic aging in adult survivors of childhood cancer | $20,000 | Psychology | Kiri Ness |
| Trainee | Christina Sharkey, PhD Children’s National Hospital |
The impact of physical activity and psychological distress on neurocognitive functioning over time | $3,000 | Psychology | Kristina Hardy |
| 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Catherine Goudie, MD MCGill University Health Center |
Long-term cost-effectiveness of cancer predisposition syndrome identification strategies in survivors of pediatric leukemia, brain tumors or bone/soft tissue sarcomas | $20,000 | Genetics | Paul Nathan |
| Trainee | Natalie Wu, MD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Development and validation of a prediction model for end-stage renal disease in childhood cancer survivors | $3,000 | Chronic Disease |
Eric Chow |
| 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Cindy Im, PhD University of Alberta |
Genetic risk prediction profiles for fracture risk among childhood cancer survivors | $20,000 |
Genetics | Yutaka Yasui |
| Trainee | Suman Shrestha, MS, MSc UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Enhancing heart model of current CCSS age-specific computational phantoms by defining cardiac substructures and dose reconstruction | $3,000 | Chronic Disease | Rebecca Howell |
| 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Nicole Alberts, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Chronic pain in adult survivors of childhood cancer: Utilization of the CCSS mHealth platform in assessing pain and wearable technology | $20,000 | Psychology | Greg Armstrong |
| Trainee | Kerri Becktell, Medical College of Wisconsin | Long-term follow-up of survivors of osteosarcoma | $3,000 | Chronic Disease | Cindy Schwartz |
| Trainee | Kari Bjornard, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The impact of chronic health conditions on sexual dysfunction in female childhood cancer survivors | $3,000 | Chronic Disease | Kiri Ness |
| 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Ralph Salloum, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Medulloblastoma and PNET outcomes across three decades of diagnosis | $30,000 | Chronic Disease | Maryam Fouladi |
| Trainee | Stefanie Vuotto, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Psychological distress, neurologic morbidity and functional independence among adult survivors treated with CNS-directed therapies | $3,000 | Psychology | Tara Brinkman |
| 2015 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Danielle Novetsky Friedman, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering |
Impact of radiation dose to the pancreas on subsequent risk of diabetes mellitus | $20,000 | Chronic Disease | Charles Sklar |
| Junior Faculty | Adam Esbenshade, MD, Vanderbilt University |
Using the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale to characterize the burden of chronic conditions | $20,000 |
Chronic Disease |
Kirsten Ness |
| Trainee | Douglas Fair, MD, University of Utah |
Health care financial burden and missed opportunities for care |
$3,000 | Chronic Disease | Anne Kirchhoff |
| 2014 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Philip Lupo, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine |
Epigenomic profiling of metabolic outcomes in childhood leukemia survivors | $20,000 | Genetics | Smita Bhatia |
| Junior Faculty | Rebecca Howell, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Radiation dose reconstruction methods for intensity modulated radiation therapy | $20,000 | Second Malignancies | Marilyn Stovall |
| Trainee | Giselle Perez, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Mental healthcare service availability and utilization among childhood cancer survivors | $3,000 | Psychology and Cancer Control | Elyse Park |
| Trainee | Melissa Schapiro, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital |
Cognitive and academic difficulties in survivors of head/neck rhabodomyosarcoma | $3,000 | Psychology | Robert Hayashi |
| 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Faculty | Sogol Mostoufi-Moab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
Overall risk of chronic endocrine disorders in adult survivors of childhood cancer | $50,000 | Chronic Disease | Mary Leonard |