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Michael Apkon, MD, PhD Named New CEO of Tufts Medical Center
Michael Apkon, MD, PhD, 1997 Hood awardee, has been named the new CEO of Tufts Medical Center. Congratulations, Dr. Apkon! Read the formal press release here.
July 2018 Child Health Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is honored to announce the newest recipients of our Child Health Research Awards: David Breslow, PhD (Yale University) Defining a Cilia-Lysosome Axis in Developmental Signaling and Cilium-based Disease Eliezer Calo, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Elucidating
Diana W. Bianchi, M.D., Speaks at Hood Foundation Anniversary
The Charles H. Hood Foundation’s 75th Anniversary celebration was honored to have as the keynote speaker, former Hood Foundation awardee, Diana W. Bianchi M.D. She is currently the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the
Building Promising Futures For Over 75 Years
The Charles H. Hood Foundation recently celebrated its 75th Anniversary. The event brought together past and current Hood Awardees, engaging them and other attendees in interactive panel discussions highlighting a few of the many research areas that the Foundation has funded over its
Celebrating 75 Years of Life-Changing Research
A 19th Century dairy farmer, Charles Hood did not set out to change the world, but change it he did. What began as advancements in the sanitary production and distribution of milk resulted in a dramatic increase in the survival
Paula A. Quatromoni, chair of health sciences, helps form the Boston University Sports Medicine Wellness Team
Paula A. Quatromoni, 2007 Hood awardee, has been working for over a decade to develop and refine models to help treat college athletes with eating disorders.
Rene Maehr, PhD, Receives the Glass Charitable Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes
Rene Maehr, 2014 Hood awardee, was instrumental in developing the induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology that permits cells from individuals to be programmed to stem cells.
Variation in Utilization and Need for Tympanostomy Tubes across England and New England
Research conducted by Devin M. Parker, 2016 Hood awardee, was recently published in the Journal of Pediatrics.