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Funding Innovative Breakthroughs And Personal Successes

The Charles H. Hood Foundation is different from most medical research philanthropies by virtue of the people and projects the organization funds. While pediatric-related health projects may be a component of other organizations, the Hood Foundation is singularly focused on improving the health and well-being of children. In the projects supported, The Hood Foundation seeks out cutting edge research and initiatives in the critical phases of development that may have higher risk, but also have the potential for greater impact.

 

By choosing among the best and brightest researchers in the New England area and funding the promising research that other funding entities might reject, the Hood Foundation facilitates more innovative breakthroughs and individual successes. Hood Grant awardees go on to become leaders in their field and are positioned to more likely secure outside funding on future projects. The Foundation looks to fill gaps in the medical research and innovation funding marketplace to springboard the next generation of cutting-edge scientific leaders and advancements in pediatric health.

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Institutions Funded by the Hood Child Health Research Program 2005-2025

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston College
Boston Medical Center
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brigham and Woman’s Hospital

Brown University
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Harvard Medical School 

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Harvard School of Public Health
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine
Northeastern University
Rhode Island Hospital
Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Slone Epidemiology Center

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Tufts Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Medical School
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Yale School of Medicine
Yale University

Where Are They Now?

Charles Hood Child Health & Major Grant Award Recipients have gone on to become leaders in advancing pediatric health.

Charles Hood Child Health & Major Grant Award Recipients, 2016-Present

    Hood Alumni in notable leadership positions

    Former Hood awardees have served in an impressive array of leadership positions, including the following:

    Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD

    First female Dean of Medicine, Duke University

     

     

    Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD

    Chair of Pediatric Oncology, DFCI & Associate

    Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital

     

     

    Diane W. Bianchi, MD

    Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

     

     

    Jan L. Breslow, MD

    Lab Chief at Rockefeller University & former President of the American Heart Association

     

     

    F. Sessions Cole, MD

    Director of Newborn Medicine, Washington University & Chief Medical Officer, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

     

     

    R. Alan Ezekowitz, MD, PhD

    Former Chief of Pediatric Services, MGH

    Raif S. Geha, MD

    Chief of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital

     

    Robert J. Haggerty, MD

    Former Chief of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center

     

    Margaret K. Hostetter, MD

    Former Chief of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

     

    Wayne I. Lencer, MD

    Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital

     

    Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD

    Clinical Director, Physician-in-Chief and Executive VP of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     

    Peter E. Newburger, MD

    Chief of Peditric Hematology/Oncology UMass Medical School

    David H. Perlmutter, MD

    Dean, Washington University School of Medicine & former Chair of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

     

    Fred S. Rosen, MD

    Former Chief of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital

     

    Mitchell J. Weiss, MD, PhD

    Chair of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     

    David A. Williams, MD

    Chief of Hematology,/Oncology, Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and President, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center