The last 25 years have transformed the ways in which we prevent, diagnose, and cure childhood diseases. Your support has helped translate promising scientific discoveries into groundbreaking...
A grandmother’s love advances pediatric epilepsy research and training
Describing Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford as “her heart,” longtime donor Judi Rees has continued her tradition of generosity and commitment to children’s health by creating an endowed...
Foundation Grants: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a national fundraising movement launched by the creativity of one young cancer patient, has provided generous support to expand our capacity for pediatric...
$510,000 awarded to Stanford researchers to help fight childhood cancer
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation , a volunteer-powered and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research , is proud to award a total of $510,000 in grants to...
Pediatric urologist William Kennedy, MD, is a leader in expanding access to high-quality care through telehealth. He shared the following with writer Jan Cook: Early in my tenure at Lucile Packard...
The worst disease you’ve never heard of: Stanford researchers and patients battle EB
I’m often humbled by my job. Well, not the job, exactly, but the physicians, researchers, and especially patients who take the time to speak with me about their goals and passions, their triumphs and...
$9 million grant to establish open-access autism database at Stanford
The project, funded by the Hartwell Foundation, will assemble many types of biological data from children with autism and make the information freely available to researchers worldwide. Dennis Wall,...
It Takes a Village: Rallying Support to Cure Food Allergies
Nine years ago, David and Kori Shaw moved to Palo Alto with their 3-year-old daughter, Keegan, and 1-year-old son, Carter. Along with the usual adjustments of relocating—new job for dad, new...
Food allergies are a peculiar disease. Unlike other life-threatening conditions, the people they affect are completely healthy unless they are exposed to the allergen. They and their families live a...
A Catalytic Investment in Allergy Research: Q&A with Sean Parker
In December, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker donated $24 million to establish the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford University. His gift, one of the largest private...
