Emilia Makes History

UPMC Children’s maintains a strong clinical cancer research program. Thanks in part to the community’s support of the Mario Lemieux Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research at UPMC Children’s, an innovative center dedicated to advancing lifesaving childhood cancer research, the hospital can offer more experimental trials like the blinatumomab study to children like Emilia.
Ariel Memorial CrossFit Fundraiser

This past May, Sonya Silvaggio and her fellow CrossFit enthusiasts hosted the 5th Annual Ariel Memorial WOD (Workout of the Day), a heart-pumping fundraiser to honor Sonya’s late daughter.