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