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"...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Congratulations to PRI funding recipient Aldatu Biosciences for making steady progress in their important work to help better understand and control the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the team has developed potentially game-changing technology to improve the tracking of variants. Read about this here and visit...
We are excited to announce a new partnership with Cures Within Reach, a nonprofit dedicated to repurposing research, on building a portfolio of pediatric repurposing projects that could quickly lead to clinical breakthroughs for the pediatric population. The first phase is a new funding opportunity with...
Applications are now being accepted for the next cycle of the Child Health Research Awards Program. Proposals are due March 29th 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....