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