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ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation’s Funded Grants

ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation funds the most promising childhood brain cancer research across the globe. To date, the foundation, along with their partners and donors, has funded over 90 researchers, across 44 institutions, totaling over $36 million.

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Combinatorial and Orthogonal Approaches to Improving Antitumor Immune Responses in H3K27-mutated DIPG/DMG

2025 New Investigator Grant
Leo Wang, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Co-funded by Elle's Angels and Mark Massey Legacy Foundation

Correlatives of Disease Response in Patients Treated with Quad-Targeting CAR T Cell Therapy

2025 New Investigator Grant
Rebecca Ronsley, Seattle Children's Hospital
Co-funded by Lace 'em Up for Libby

Innovative MAPK-Targeting strategies for Young DIPG Fighters: Expanding Therapeutic Benefits

2025 New Investigator Grant
Emmy Dolman, University of New South Wales

Personalized Radiotherapy for Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma

2025 New Investigator Grant
Sarah Brüning, University of Bern

Unraveling Single-Cell Epigenetic Dysregulation and Risk Variants in Diffuse Midline Glioma

2025 New Investigator Grant
Yang Li, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-funded by Taylor Anne Foundation

An Innovative DIPG Therapy Using a Brain Penetrable Polymer-Modified NanoMedicine

2025 Game Changer Grant
Masakazu Kamata, University of Alabama at Birmingham

DMG PIONEER: Pioneering the Integration of Multiomics Data and Patient Therapy Response

2025 Game Changer Grant
Matt Dun, University of Newcastle
Co-funded by Magic for Maddie

Enhancing Therapeutic Delivery in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

2025 Game Changer Grant
James Rutka, Hospital for Sick Children

Targeting Aberrant Long-range Polycomb Chromatin Looping in DIPG

2025 Game Changer Grant
Chau Lu, Columbia University

TREM2 Modulation as an Immunotherapeutic Strategy for DIPG

2025 Game Changer Grant
Krishna Bhat, Mayo Clinic Arizona