Charles H. Hood Foundation Announces September 2026 Child Health Research Award Recipients
The Charles H. Hood Foundation is pleased to announce the September 2026 recipients of its Child Health Research Awards, supporting five investigators pursuing new approaches to important challenges in child health.
Riaz Gillani, M.D. – 2026
Riaz Gillani, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Linkedin Globe Dissecting Germline and Tumor Mediators of Chromosomal Instability in Neuroblastoma for Therapeutic Targeting Neuroblastoma (NBL) is the most common solid tumor impacting children, with 50% of high-risk patients relapsing despite intensive treatment. We and others have found that inherited risk factors, as well […]
Kira Bona, M.D., M.P.H. – 2018
Kira Bona, M.D., M.P.H. Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Department of Pediatric Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Linkedin Globe Twitter PediCARE: Feasibility of Novel Poverty-Targeted Intervention to Reduce Childhood Cancer Disparities Cancer remains the leading non-accidental cause of childhood death in the U.S., and novel efforts to address residual drivers of mortality in pediatric cancer […]