St. Baldrick’s Foundation Awards $95,000 to Support Next Generation of Childhood Cancer Researchers

LOS ANGELES (March 24, 2016) – The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, is proud to announce that it has awarded $95,000 to support summer fellows at 19 institutions across the United States.

Each grant is for $5,000 and supports the work of medical school and college students who spend a summer working in a pediatric oncology setting. St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellows complete a research project under the leadership of a pediatric oncology expert. Due to a lack of federal funding, pediatric cancer is not the most sought after specialty. However, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation hopes that this kind of experience will inspire some of the best and brightest scientific minds to focus on a career in childhood cancer research.

The following institutions will receive a St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellow grant:

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
• University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
• Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
• University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
• University of Illinois Chicago , Chicago, Ill.
• The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
• Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y.
• State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.
• Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
• Virginia Tech, Roanoke, Va.
• University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisc.
• Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc.

To learn how you can get involved visit www.StBaldricks.org, and connect with St. Baldrick’s on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo.

About St. Baldrick’s Foundation
As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation believes that kids are special and deserve to be treated that way. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts who are working to find cures and better treatments for all childhood cancers. Kids need treatments as unique as they are – and that starts with funding research just for them. Join us at StBaldricks.org to help support the best cancer treatments for kids.

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