Who We Fund
Since 1949, LLS has provided more than $1.7 billion to the best and the brightest blood cancer researchers and biotech companies to support their groundbreaking research. Meet grantees and the companies who’ve joined our fight to find cures and help blood cancer patients everywhere.
Sergei Doulatov
Leukemias
Armin Rashidi
gut bacteria and transplant success
Christiane Querfeld
T-cell lymphoma
Jian Xu
leukemia and MPN biology
Kirk Schultz
pediatric transplantation
Liran Shlush
pre-leukemia
Tomasz Skorski
myeloproliferative neoplasms, AML
Wendy Béguelin
follicular lymphoma
Megan McNerney
AML/MDS
Liling Wan
AML
Suzanne Lentzsch
Myeloma
Jianhua Yu
myeloma immunotherapy
Peter Klein
MDS
Luca Busino
DLBCL
Joachim Yahalom
Lymphoma
John Crispino
MPNs, myelofibrosis
Julia Paczkowska
immunobiology of Hodgkin's disease
Lori Muffly
Equity in Access
Taishi Yonezawa
AML
William Matsui
Myeloma
Ryan Wilcox
T-cell lymphoma
Inhye Ahn
CLL
Cailin Collins
Leukemia and pre-leukemia
Andrew Lane
BPDCN
F. Lennie Wong
Equity in Access
Kymera Therapeutics
protein degraders, TCL, LGLL, AML
Alison Moskowitz
lymphoma therapeutics
Jaroslaw Maciejewski
bone marrow failure
Ruben Carrasco
Myeloma
Matthew Frank
Lymphoma CART therapy
Michael Wang
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Michael Rout
follicular lymphoma, CAR T
Kerry Rogers
CLL
Thomas Koehnke
leukemia
Lev Kats
myeloma and epigenetics
Shannon McKinney-Freeman
transplant biology
Mark Dawson
B-ALL and CAR-T resistance
Kathleen Sakamoto
pediatric AML
Qingyu Luo
BPDCN
Rong Lu
preleukemia, leukemia
Grant Challen
preleukemia, leukemia
Ari Melnick
epigenetics and lymphoma
Alec Zhang
myeloma, immunotherapy
Mala Shanmugam
myeloma
Jennifer Woyach
CLL trials
Maximilian Stahl
AML immunotherapy
Martin Dreyling
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Jessica Stewart
Epstein-barr virus and lymphomas
Brian Dalton
DNA mutations and myeloid cancers
Dane Vassiliadis
blood cancer biology
Lei Ding
myeloproliferative neoplasms, myelofibrosis
Therese Vu
T-All and MLL
Ronald Levy
immunotherapies, COVID-19
Ravindra Majeti
preleukemia, AML
Riccardo Dalla-Favera
lymphoma (DLBCL)
Caner Saygin
T-ALL
Samuel Taylor
leukemia biology
Jason Butler
aging and leukemia
Alieen Rowan
Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma
Helen Heslop
Immunotherapy
Lakshmi Nayak
brain tumors in lymphoma
Stephen Oh
myeloproliferative neoplasms
Suman Paul
T cell cancers and immunotherapy
David Ritchie
Hairy Cell Leukemia
Ricky Johnstone
lymphoma and myeloma
Nathan Ungerleider
lymphoma biology
Elliot Stieglitz
CMML
Saar Gill
AML immunotherapy
Trent Hall
MDS
Jeffrey Magee
pediatric AML
Jaehyuk Choi
T-cell lymphoma
BioInvent International
immunotherapy, indolent NHL, CTCL
Nirav Shah
CAR-T for lymphoma
Stephen Nimer
myeloid cancer biology
Constellation Pharmaceuticals
myeloproliferative neoplasms
Catriona Jamieson
cancer stem cell biology
Sahand Hormoz
MPN
Coleman Lindsley
AML/MDS
Zachary Epstein-Peterson
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma trial
Michael Green
lymphoma biology
Steven Horwitz
T-cell lymphomas
Thomas Kipps
Hairy Cell Leukemia
Christopher Porter
Leukemia, lymphoma
Rizwan Romee
Immunotherapy
Carl June
CAR T immunotherapy
Dimericon Therapeutics
dimericons, blood cancer
Jianguo Tao
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Baochun Zhang
immunotherapy
Lawrence Boise
CART and myeloma
Roland Walter
Antibody-based AML therapies
Selina Chen-Kiang
Mantle cell lymphoma
Jonas Jutzi
myeloproliferative neoplasms
Amin Sobh
Myeloma biology
George Vassiliou
Leukemia Prevention
Susan Schwab
cancer immunology
Brian Walker
smoldering myeloma, MGUS
Christian Marinaccio
MLL leukemias
Noemí Puig Morón
Myeloma
Gianpietro Dotti
CAR T and AML
Neha Mehta-Shah
T-cell lymphoma
Christian Steidl
B-cell lymphomas
Sean Post
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Michael Savona
MDS and leukemia
Kasey Leger
pediatric blood cancers
ImCheck Therapeutics
immunotherapy, AML
Pietro Genovese
transplant and AML
Daniel Thomas
Myelofibrosis
Enterome
vaccine, FL, MZL
Juliette Bouyssou
leukemias and gender
Justine Kahn
pediatric leukemia and lymphoma
Affimed
immunotherapy, HL, PTCL
Jane Oliaro
Myeloma & Lymphoma Immunotherapy
Tycel Phillips
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Vittoria Biotherapeutics
immunotherapy, CAR-T, TCL
Jonathon Cohen
lymphoma clinical trial access in Georgia
Siddhartha Jaiswal
preleukemia
Timothy Ley
AML, precision medicine
Oreofe Odejide
Equity in Access
Ryvu Therapeutics
AML, MDS
Robert Orlowski
(Smoldering) Multiple Myeloma
Yiman Liu
Epigenetics and leukemia
Stacie Dusetzina
Equity in Access
Jalpa Doshi
Equity in Access
Christopher Flowers
clinical trial access
Rgenta Therapeutics
RNA-targeting, blood cancer
Paolo Strati
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Helen Parsons
Equity in Access
Nicolas Nassar
pediatric leukemia
Jeremy Baeten
AML
Hong Wen
AML
Hao Jiang
leukemia biology
Sattva Neelapu
DLBCL, CAR T
Kura Oncology
MLL leukemia, AML
Lindsey Montefiori
pediatric leukemia
Adam Olszewski
Follicular and marginal zone lymphoma
Gareth Morgan
smoldering myeloma, MGUS
Huda Salman
CMML
Soheil Meshinchi
pediatric AML
Nitin Jain
CLL
Alexey Danilov
lymphoma
Todd Fehniger
NK/CART cell therapy for lymphomas and pediatric AML
Michael Keller
COVID-19, immunotherapy
Catherine Bollard
pediatric blood cancers and immunotherapy
Caroline Arber
myeloma CAR-T
Sigurður Kristinsson
Smoldering myeloma
Mendel Goldfinger
MDS/AML trials for the elderly
Xu Ji
Equity in Access
Daniel Lucas
bone marrow and leukemia biology
Timothy Graubert
AML and MDS biology
Alexandra Stevens
childhood AML
Gaurav Goyal
Erdheim-Chester Disease
Amer Zeidan
MDS and AML
Bruno Paiva
smoldering myeloma
Zhijian Qian
blood cancer stem cells
Robert Soiffer
transplantation
Tak Mak
Immunotherapy
David Fruman
novel combinations
Kimberly Stegmaier
childhood blood cancers
Sarah Tasian
pediatric leukemias
Robert Bradley
MDS
Enrico Tiacci
Hairy cell leukemia
Eric Padron
CMML
Shirong Li
myeloma
Constantine Mitsiades
CAR-T and CAR-NK immunotherapies
Roberta Zappasodi
lymphoma, immunotherapy
Daniel Starczynowski
MDS and AML
Caribou Biosciences
immunotherapy, allo-CAR, NHL, MM, AML
Tanya Siddiqi
clinical trial access
Carl Allen
pediatric blood cancers
Yibin Yang
Lymphoma
Margaret Shipp
lymphoma biology
Ravi Bhatia
transplantation
Sam Butterworth
CMML
Larry Kwak
Mantle cell lymphoma, immunotherapy
Julia Maxson
AML
Eric Pietras
AML
Katherine Borden
AML
Yan Liu
MDS
Eugenio Morelli
Myeloma
Catherine Smith
leukemia
Jennifer Lewis
URM Student
Patrizia Mondello
IgM MGUS & Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Abintus Bio
immunotherapy, in vivo CAR
Frederike Kramer
MPNs
Eirini Papapetrou
blood cancer stem cells
Zachary Hunter
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM)
Jayna Mistry
aging and leukemias
Areej El-Jawahri
transplant survivorship
Tyler Parsons
MPN and AML
Koichi Takahashi
AML/MDS
Mitchell Geer
leukemia biology
Immune-Onc Therapeutics
immunotherapy, AML, CMML
Maria "Ken" Figueroa
aging and leukemia
Markus Muschen
leukemia and lymphoma biology
Omar Abdel-Wahab
Hairy cell leukemia
Thomas LeBlanc
palliative care
Randall Davis
CLL
Immunitas Therapeutics
immunotherapy, DLBCL, Hodgkin's
Aditi Shastri
AML, MDS
Sami Malek
blood cancer biology
Adam de Smith
pediatric ALL and Down Syndrome
Christopher Booth
BPDCN
Kevin Shannon
pediatric AML
Mark Hamilton
DLBCL and CAR-T
Marc Seifert
Hairy cell leukemia
Peng Ji
myeloproliferative neoplasms
Jing Yang
Myeloma
Sameer Parikh
COVID-19
Nizar Bahlis
Myeloma immunotherapy
Jun Qi
Myeloma
Madhav Dhodapkar
multiple myeloma immunotherapy
Steven Treon
Lymphomas and Waldenstrom's
Grzegorz Nowakowski
Clinical trial access
Simona Colla
Myeloma biology
Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld
Racial diversity in AML
Venkata Lokesh Battula
immunotherapy and AML
Faron Pharmaceuticals
immunotherapy, MDS
Courtney DiNardo
clinical trials, AML
Frederick Locke
lymphoma and immunotherapy
Meng Li
Equity in Access
Wendy Stock
T-cell ALL
Matteo Bellone
Smoldering multiple myeloma
Jenny Wang
AML
Yusuke Isshiki
DLBCL and GCB Lymphomas
Christine Zhang
AML
Keisuke Ito
blood cancer stem cells and MDS metabolism
Jolanta Grembecka
leukemia therapeutics
Kehan Ren
MDS
Kirsten Williams
leukemia, immunotherapy
Amit Verma
AML/MDS
Alex Herrera
lymphoma and immunotherapy
Dan Landau
cancer evolution biology
Alfred Garfall
myeloma immunotherapy
Rajni Kumari
AML
Qing Yi
Novel CAR-T
Richard Lock
T-ALL
Logan Spector
childhood leukemia epidimiology
Marco Ruella
Immunotherapy for T-cell lymphoma
Lucy Godley
preleukemia
Daisuke Nakada
preleukemia, leukemia
G. Greg Wang
DNA biology
Dren Bio
immunotherapy, cytotoxic lymphomas, LGLL
Sisi Chen
leukemia
Courtney Jones
AML metabolism
Jonathan Licht
DNA biology, myeloma
Thorsten Zenz
Hairy cell leukemia
Daniel Pollyea
AML
Caron Jacobson
lymphoma and immunotherapy
Michael Kharas
leukemia
Adi Nagler
Bronchiolitis obliterans after transplant
Jennifer Trowbridge
aging and leukemia
Takeshi Sugio
T-cell lymphoma
Britta Will
Leukemia and pre-leukemia
Daniel Herranz
T-ALL
Reshmi Parameswaran
immunotherapy for hairy cell leukemia
Alex Kentsis
pediatric leukemias
Stephen Gottschalk
pediatric leukemia and CAR-T
Piers Patten
COVID-19
Srividya Swaminathan
pediatric, immunotherapy
Yubin Zhou
peripheral T cell lymphoma
Robert Kridel
follicular lymphoma
Shannon Maude
Immunotherapy for ALL
Marina Konopleva
MDS/AML metabolism
John Leonard
lymphoma research
Arash Alizadeh
blood cancer biology and diagnosis
Craig Jordan
AML