UPMC Children’s Researchers Benefit from Multi-Million Dollar Grant From the Richard King Mellon Foundation
The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $2.1 million toward UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s fundraising campaign, This Moment. The grant will support three researchers at UPMC Children’s.
Home is Where the Heart Heals: Innovative Care for Infants
Philanthropy enables the Heart Institute to invest in personnel and infrastructure, allowing the team to pioneer new and innovative programs for young cardiac patients.
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.
Giving Back in Honor of Anya
Earlier this year, Sandra and Bob La Mar, founders of the Anya Elyse La Mar Foundation, established an endowment at UPMC Children’s to advance scientific discovery at the Mario Lemieux Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research.
Grantmakers 2024: Children’s Trust Grants $170,000 for Startup Pediatric Research
Children’s Trust, an exclusive group of rising philanthropists, hosts the Grantmakers meeting every spring. The meeting brings together a group of hand-selected researchers whose work aims at improving pediatric health.
Using AI to Diagnose Ear Infections in Children
As director of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and president of UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics (CCP), Alejandro Hoberman, MD, recently led a team of researchers in developing a new smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately diagnose ear infections in children.
How Donors are Fueling Ewing Sarcoma Research
For Kelly Bailey, MD, PhD, Ewing sarcoma is more than a rare and difficult-to-treat bone tumor that predominantly affects teenagers. It’s the focal point of her research and the primary reason she practices medicine.
Celebrating One Year: The Mario Lemieux Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research
One year ago, the Mario Lemieux Foundation made a $5 million gift toward this vision, establishing the Mario Lemieux Institute for Pediatric Cancer Research.