Funded Research

Discovery grants are awarded to our researchers to test high-risk/high-reward ideas that can lead to big breakthroughs and leverage large-scale funding. Well-timed research support helps ensure senior fellows and other early-career investigators have the resources they need to conduct such studies on emerging treatment options for young cancer patients. This gift will provide, in perpetuity, a critical funding bridge, so new researchers in academic medicine can continue work while they generate data to apply for large, multi-year grants. Philanthropic support will make a significant difference in the impact of important studies in pediatric cancer.

Pediatric Grand Rounds Lecture: "Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroblastoma: Paradigm for Precision Medicine"

During the 2020–21 year, the Lily’s Garden Research Fund supported the work of Richard H. Ho, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Ho is board certified in pediatric hematology and oncology and was the recipient of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers awarded jointly by the National Institutes of Health and the White House in 2013. He also serves on the American Association for Cancer Research’s pediatric oncology committee where he provides expertise in pharmacogenomics.