Congratulations to Our July 2022 Child Health Awardees!
The Hood Foundation is thrilled to announce our most recent Child Health Research Award recipients! We offer sincere thanks to all of the highly qualified investigators who submitted proposals, as well as our amazing Scientific Reviewers. Congratulations to each of the following on having been selected for funding from a highly competitive group of peers […]
Apply Now! Child Health Research Awards
Applications are now being accepted for the next cycle of the Child Health Research Awards Program. Proposals are due March 28th for funding to begin July 1st. Hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects are welcome for consideration. Learn more here.
Announcing Our January 2022 Major Grant and Child Health Awardees
Please join us in congratulating our most recent round of Major Grant and Child Health Research Award recipients! We offer sincere thanks to all of the highly qualified investigators who submitted proposals, as well as our amazing Scientific Reviewers. Commendations to each of the following on having been selected for funding from a highly competitive group […]
Hood Awardee Update: Dr. Kira Bona on Poverty and Childhood Cancer Outcomes
Kira Bona, MD, MPH, is a pediatric oncologist and investigator focused on improving disease outcomes for pediatric cancer patients by systematically intervening on social determinants of health. Dr. Bona, also a 2018 Child Health Awardee, was recently featured in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s “Behind the Breakthroughs” program for her novel work exploring the impact of poverty […]
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Insulin
The Hood Foundation is honored to join Joslin Diabetes Center in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin! And we are sincerely humbled to have been selected by Joslin as one of their top 100 partners for recognition at this year’s High Hopes Gala, scheduled for Saturday, November 13th. Learn more about this […]
Funding Opportunity Announcement: January 2022 Child Health Research Awards
Applications are now being accepted for the next cycle of the Child Health Research Awards. Proposals are due 9/22/2021 for funding to begin 1/1/2022. Hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects are welcome for consideration. Learn more here.
July 2021 Child Health Awardees
The Hood Foundation is honored to announce our most recent Child Health Research Award recipients! We offer sincere thanks to all of the highly qualified investigators who submitted proposals, as well as our amazing Scientific Reviewers. Congratulations to each of the following on having been selected for funding from a highly competitive group of peers […]
Cures Within Reach Announces Pediatric Repurposing Winners
In an exciting turn of events, last week’s CureAccelerator Live! for Pediatric Rare Diseases yielded not just one but two winners. Congratulations to Dr. Joyce Teng of Stanford University and Dr. Nancy Gordon of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and thank you to Cures within Reach for their excellent management of the […]
Welcoming Argus Cognitive
CH Innovations, the investment arm of the Charles H. Hood Foundation, is excited to welcome Argus Cognitive to its Program Related Investments portfolio. Argus Cognitive develops medical decision support systems to aid clinical diagnosis and therapy choices. Learn more about this exciting company and their important work here.
Pediatric Repurposing Funding Finalists
Following up from our earlier partnership announcement, we are excited to share that Cures Within Reach has identified the top four finalists for funding under the pediatric-focused CureAccelerator Live! for Rare Diseases 2021 Competition: Ignacia Fuentes, PhD of DEBRA Chile Repurposing a Common Antioxidant Nutraceutical, N-Acetylcysteine, for Wound Treatment in Butterfly Skin Nancy Gordon, MD […]