Spring 2012
Leave a legacy of hope
Your annual gifts to support leading-edge research, education, and care at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital make a real difference to children and their families. But did you know you also can leave a legacy gift that will make a difference after your lifetime? When you include a gift to support children’s health at the University in your estate plans, your future gift will provide critical funding to accelerate the development of new treatments and cures for childhood diseases.
Check out our new children’s health campaign website
Our Children’s Health Campaign seeks to raise $175 million by 2015 to fund vital advances in research, education, and care. Learn how you can get involved at www.uofmhope.org.
Who is your real-life superhero?
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Patients and families at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital joined with local celebrities March 29 to celebrate all of the hospital’s real-life superheroes—from kids and families to doctors, nurses, and child-family life staff.
WineFest No. 17—A Toast to Children’s Health
Save the date for WineFest No. 17—A Toast to Children’s Health, an event to benefit children’s health research, education, and care at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital, on May 11 and 12.
Never accepting defeat
When Jimbo Fisher and his wife, Candi, learned last year that their youngest son, Ethan, has a rare blood disease called Fanconi anemia, they first dealt with the devastating news in private. Then the Florida State University football coach decided to use his visibility in the media to raise awareness of the disease and funding for research at the University of Minnesota.
Two leaders in pediatric cancer receive endowed chairs through Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Two Department of Pediatrics and Masonic Cancer Center researchers have been named the first recipients of endowed chairs established by Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
John Ohlfest, Ph.D., was named holder of the Hedberg Family Chair in Brain Tumor Research, and Julie Ross, Ph.D., has received the Suzanne Holmes Hodder Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research.
Can a simple nutrient improve learning and IQ in kids with FASD?
University of Minnesota pediatric neuropsychologist Jeffrey Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P., is studying the possibility that choline, a relative of the B vitamins, may improve learning and IQ in children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This research could have implications far beyond FASD.
University opens state’s only hospital-based children’s dental clinic
A brand-new children’s dental clinic opened this month across the street from University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital as the state’s only hospital-based pediatric dental clinic and the most advanced pediatric dental clinic in the Upper Midwest.
Creating a children’s campus
Gabby Burington performs in jazz and tap dancing competitions, something her mother didn’t imagine possible when Gabby was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis as a toddler. But this 6-year-old doesn’t let her diagnosis slow her down. Gabby regularly sees University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital specialists in rheumatology and ophthalmology, whose services are now centrally located on the University’s Riverside campus. Anchored by the new hospital facility, the growing children’s health campus is changing pediatric care at the University.
