Awardee Spotlight: Hongmei Mou, PhD
Dr. Hongmei Mou is one of the five January 2019 recipients of our very competitive Child Health Research Awards. She is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and has established the Mou Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children’s Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center. Learn more about Dr. Mou’s Hood-funded project here.
Reminder: Application Deadline 3/28 for Child Health Research Awards
Proposals are due March 28th for funding to begin July 1st, 2019. Hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects are welcome for consideration. Click here for full eligibility guidelines and application instructions.
PRI Company Update: Prapela Awarded NIH Grant
We are thrilled to share the great news that Prapela has been awarded its first Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant will be used to advance the development of the Prapela SVS Hospital Bassinet for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) […]
Awardee Spotlight: David Martinelli, PhD
Dr. David Martinelli is one of only five recipients of a January 2019 Child Health Research Grant. He is Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Connecticut Health Center, where he teaches graduate, medical and dental students, and also serves as Director of the Neuroscience Department Journal Club. Learn more about Dr. Martinelli’s Hood-funded […]
New External, International Funding Opportunity
Dear Hood Alumni and Institutional Partners: Chiesi Pharmaceuticals is currently accepting research proposals for Respiratory and Neonatology therapeutic targets from academic medical centers, universities, & research institutions in North America and Europe. See https://www.chiesi.com/en/global-corporate-development/academic-rfp/ for more information.
Awardee Spotlight: Carla Kim, PhD
Dr. Carla Kim, recipient of a 2019 Major Grant, is interested in the relationships between stem cell biology, cancer biology, and lung biology. She serves as a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and a Principal Investigator at the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, as well as a Principal Faculty and Executive […]
Learn More about the Child Health Research Awards Program!
We welcome you to join us this coming Friday, February 15th, for a free webinar to learn more about the Child Health Research Awards Program. Friday, 2/15/19, 1:30-2:30pm EST Link to join live: https://tinyurl.com/HoodInfo2-15-19 For audio only dial 646-876-9923 & enter Zoom Meeting ID: 284 606 0667 Please contact Charlene.Mancusi@CharlesHoodFoundation.org with any questions.
Funding Opportunity Announcement
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is pleased to announce that 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, 2019. Hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects are welcome for consideration. See […]
New Awardee Spotlight: Terrie Inder, MD
Each month the Hood Foundation will highlight one of our phenomenal current awardees. This month, we would like to recognize Dr. Terrie Inder, recipient of a 2019 Major Grant. Dr. Inder is a dual-trained neonatologist and child neurologist. She is the current Chair of the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital […]
New Ways to Engage
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is excited to announce that we now have two new ways for our community of stakeholders in pediatric research and innovation to stay engaged with us and with one another: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charles-hood-foundation/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHoodFoundation These platforms will serve as a way to share news and updates from the Hood Foundation as […]