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.
Innovation in Gene Therapy Starts at UPMC Children’s
UPMC Children’s is on its way to becoming the lead site for development and human clinical trials of a new gene therapy treatment for VLCADD (Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency), a rare genetic disorder that is identified through newborn screening.
UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation Receives $1 Million Gift from Alba Tull to Benefit Children’s Neuroscience Institute
In April 2022, UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation received a $1 million gift from Alba Tull to advance pediatric neuroscience research, education and patient care at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Children’s Neuroscience Institute (CNI).
Blazing New Trails in Transplantation
UPMC Children’s is at the forefront of pediatric transplantation research.