Child Health Research Awards Program Submissions Now Open
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.
Charles H. Hood Foundation Announces September 2026 Child Health Research Award Recipients
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is pleased to announce the September 2026 recipients of its Child Health Research Awards, supporting five investigators pursuing new approaches to important challenges in child health.
Wenqing Zhou, Ph.D.
Wenqing Zhou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Linkedin Globe Innate Microbiota Sensor in Early-life Intestinal Health Soon after birth, our gut becomes home to trillions of helpful microbes, often called the microbiota. These microbes play essential roles in digestion, nutrition, and overall health. The immune system must learn early to tolerate […]
Chengxiang Qiu, Ph.D. – 2026
Chengxiang Qiu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dartmouth College Linkedin Twitter Globe Bluesky Evolutionary Transfer Learning to Chart the Pathophysiology of Human Developmental Disorders A single fertilized cell becomes an entire animal: heart, brain, bones, and all, in just weeks (mouse) or months (human). This everyday miracle of development is one of the most remarkable processes in […]
Kirsten Meyer, Ph.D.
Kirstin Meyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Yale University Linkedin Globe Dissecting and Targeting Oncogenic Condensates in Pediatric Cancer Every cell in the body must switch its genes on and off at the right time to ensure proper function. To do this, cells gather the molecular machines that read genes into tiny droplets called condensates, much the […]
Riaz Gillani, M.D. – 2026
Riaz Gillani, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Linkedin Globe Dissecting Germline and Tumor Mediators of Chromosomal Instability in Neuroblastoma for Therapeutic Targeting Neuroblastoma (NBL) is the most common solid tumor impacting children, with 50% of high-risk patients relapsing despite intensive treatment. We and others have found that inherited risk factors, as well […]
Catherine Buck, M.D. – 2026
Catherine Buck, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Yale University Linkedin Twitter Globe Toward physiologic feeding in infants of women with hyperglycemia in pregnancy: A pilot randomized clinical trial One in five pregnancies are affected by high blood sugar (type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes), a diagnosis which increases a child’s risk of developing obesity […]