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Career Development Award

The CCSS Career Development Award (CDA) is creates 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 serves as a foundation for the development of a career path focused on survivorship research.


2024 Award Recipients

JUNIOR FACULTY | PSYCHOLOGY

The Association Between Opioid-Restricting Policies and Pharmacologic Pain Management 

Awardee: Xin Hu, PhD University of Virginia

Primary Mentor: Xu Ji, PhD

Direct Costs Awarded: $20,000


TRAINEE | SECOND MALIGNANCY

Impact of Radiotherapy Breast Dose and Dose-volume Metrics on Subsequent Breast Cancer in Female Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Awardee: Taylor Meyers, MS University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 

Primary Mentor: Rebecca Howell, PhD

Direct Costs Awarded: $3,000


TRAINEE | CANCER CONTROL AND PSYCHOLOGY

Impact of Neurocognitive Impairment on Financial Hardship in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Awardee: Daniel Zheng, MD, MHS Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania

Primary Mentors: Sogol Mostoufi-Moab, MD, MSCE and Paul Nathan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

Direct Costs Awarded: $3,000


Previous Award Recipients