Children’s Trust Grants $100,000 for Startup Pediatric Research
Each spring, a group of hand-selected researchers pitch next generation, budding research concepts to members of the Children’s Trust for a chance at winning seed funding to help kickstart their research.
Meet One Family Supporting UPMC Children’s Excellence in Scleroderma Research
The recent passing of television star Bob Saget has put scleroderma research in the national spotlight – research that’s breaking ground right here at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Type 1 Diabetes: Closing in on a Cure
A UPMC Children’s physician-researcher and his team are closer than ever to discovering a new treatment for over 200,000 children, adolescents, and adults living with diabetes in the United States.
Children’s Trust Grants $70,000 for Startup Pediatric Research
Each spring, a group of hand-selected researchers pitch next generation, budding research concepts to members of the Children’s Trust for a chance at winning seed funding to help kickstart their research.
Recognizing Innovation and Philanthropy in Diabetes Care at UPMC Children’s
November is National Diabetes Month — a time to raise awareness for diabetes, its impact on people’s lives, and how health care heroes are tirelessly developing better treatments, care, and cures
Mario Lemieux Foundation Makes $5 million Gift to Cancer Research at UPMC Children’s
On October 4, 2022, the Mario Lemieux Foundation announced a transformational gift of $5 million to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Hyundai Hope on Wheels Awards $500,000 to Support Cancer Research
Since its launch in 1998, Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded more than 1,000 research grants to improve outcomes and treatments for children diagnosed with cancer.
Physicians in Pursuit of the Self-Healing Heart
In the lab of Bernhard Kühn, MD, new findings offer the potential for use of an existing drug to treat children with heart disease by allowing the heart to heal itself.
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).