Team Campbell Foundation and St. Baldrick’s Foundation Partner to Fund Childhood Cancer Research

Bernardsville, NJ – The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Team Campbell Foundation in Bernardsville, New Jersey, to support the best research to find cures and better treatments for kids’ cancers.

This year, the Team Campbell Foundation will generously support two researchers, Dr. Mario Otto at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Tara Brinkman at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Dr. Otto received a $100,000 research grant to support his research to test a drug in combination with radiotherapy that has shown to reduce or deplete immunosuppressive cells from tumors and lead to increased numbers of cancer killing immune cells in the cancer tissue.

Dr. Brinkman received a scholar award for $114,999 to support her research focused on finding ways to improve social interactions and lower the risk of social isolation for childhood brain tumor survivors.

“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with St. Baldrick’s. These two projects represent a hope for more effective treatment for children and a better quality of life post treatment for survivors,” said Campbell’s mom, Robin Hoyt. “Campbell loved going to school. The project at St. Jude would allow for an easier transition back into the classroom for children like her.”

The Team Campbell Foundation was created in honor and in memory of Campbell Hoyt, who passed away from anaplastic ependymoma, a rare cancer of the brain and spine. Despite battling cancer, Campbell loved helping others and would often comfort nervous patients she saw in the playroom. For Campbell’s 7th birthday, she organized a birthday bake sale that raised $5,651 to help put smiles on the faces of other kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Through Campbell’s family and the Team Campbell Foundation, her gift of giving and caring for others will live on.

About Team Campbell Foundation
The Team Campbell Foundation was formed in late 2014 in memory of Campbell Hoyt, who courageously battled Anaplastic Ependymoma, a rare cancer of the brains and spine, for five years before passing away in August of 2014 at the age of 8. The mission of the foundation is to improve the lives of families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis by raising awareness, funding research and providing psycho-social enrichment opportunities. For more information about Team Campbell Foundation, please visit www.teamcampbellfoundation.org.

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 is leading the charge to take childhood back from cancer by funding 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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