Childrens Hospital Of Michigan Foundation

Programs: To support research programs to improve the health of children in michigan. 2017 awards include, but are not limited to, the following: funding for the children's research center of michiganfunding for wayne state university ("wsu") endowed chair and professorshipsfunding various studies on the treatment of pediatric acute myeloid leukemiafunding to develop dual-acting drugs to work synergistically against aml and neuroblastoma cellsfunding to study ptsd, anxiety, and depression in refugee children from syria and iraqfunding to study and identify genetic and epigenetic biomarkers for early diagnosis and novel therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Funding various studies on myelomonocytic leukemia researchfunding to evaluate the body water status in children with hypertensionfunding to study bone marrow characteristics in bone marrow failure syndromesfunding to study the efficacy of treatments for childhood migraines in the emergency departmentstudy to determine relationship between obesity and secondary immunodeficiencyfunding to determine impact of down syndrome on the outcome of fontan operation for a functionally univentricular heart

to support education programs to improve the health of children in michigan. 2017 awards include, but are not limited to, the following: funding for wayne state university ("wsu") endowed chair and professorshipsfunding to promote excellence in nursing by providing access to information and networking opportunitieseducational funding for cardiology fellows, dentistry fellows, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery team, and poison control teamfunding to produce palliative care podcasts for use by medical students, fellows, and residentsfunding for conferences for various positionsfunding for lecture on hematology-oncologyfunding to support the psychology internship program at the children's hospital of michigan

to support community benefit programs to improve the health of children in michigan. 2017 awards include, but are not limited to, the following: funding to teach children's hospital of michigan ("chm") patients and families about safety to reduce the number of unintentional injuries to children funding to assist families who are experiencing financial hardship related to medical care and special needs of their childrenfunding for psychosocial and supportive services for children and families facing chronic and acute life-threatening illnessesfunding for a comprehensive continuum of care, prevention, and education for at-risk youth and especially young women, who are affected by hivfunding to reduce infant mortality due to sleep related causes in detroit and pontiac by providing infant safety and sleep education and the necessary resources to ensure a safe sleep environmentfunding to support fitkids 360, an obesity intervention program for children ages 6-17 and their families