DALLAS – February 1, 2024 – Carson Leslie Foundation #cureMEdullo (CLF), the only nonprofit specifically dedicated to funding medulloblastoma research, is pleased to announce a $400,000 commitment made by CLF and other public and private funding to advance the...
By Jan Osborn Early Fall 2006, Carson Leslie was a 14-year old high-school freshman busy with football, baseball, golf, girls and school when he had time, when one afternoon he told his mom that he was feeling weird. Since...
By: Charles Moore According to the Texas-based non-profit organization the Carson Leslie Foundation, each year around 16,000 children are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S., and one in every 285 Americans develops cancer before the age of twenty. The American Cancer...
In six years CPRIT has accelerated cancer research to get answers faster, pushed promising drugs into clinical trials faster and reduced the risk of cancer through prevention and education.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) is honoring the legacy of Carson Leslie and the Carson Leslie Foundation by naming one of the conference rooms in CPRIT’s new office in the William B. Travis State Office...
On March 12, 2015, H.R. No. 734 was adopted by the House. See the official document below… Download PDF
CPRIT Opens RFA For Individual Investigator Research Awards Targeting Childhood, Adolescent Cancer Researchers While cancer research is no doubt a heavily funded endeavor, the amount of funding, research, and commercial development is heavily weighted toward the treatment of adults...
I love the slightly over confident swagger of being a Texan & “I’ve got your back attitude” Carson & King George Strait! George, not associated with CPRIT (yet) but I couldn’t resist— CPRIT has swagger and the backs of children fighting cancer—...
Jennifer & Chuck Greenberg 4 days before Carson died, Clayton Kershaw heard about a boy who LOVED baseball. There wasn’t much to talk about; Clayton came over anyhow and put a BIG ‘ole smile on our boy’s face — THAT...
