Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH, recipient of a 2016 Hood Child Health award, was honored earlier this month by the Harvard Club at their 2020 Boston’s Most Influential Women Gala. Dr. Poduri is currently Director of the Epilepsy Genetics Program and Poduri Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations to Dr. Poduri and all the accomplished women recognized at this event!
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The deadline to submit a Concept Paper for the April 2027 Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Awards is approaching. Concept Papers are due
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is pleased to announce that the submission process has begun for the April 2027 funding cycle of the Child Health Research Awards Program, which supports early-career investigators pursuing innovative research to improve child health.
We’re inviting pioneers in pediatric innovation—clinicians, engineers, researchers, and visionaries—and key stakeholders from every discipline to join us again this fall for MIT-Hood Pediatric Innovation 2026, Oct 29, 2026
