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$68.3M Research
$20.1M
1,400+ researchers are advancing the understanding of disease, treatments and cures with help from philanthropy.
Children’s Fund Gifts support areas of greatest need, including innovative technology and services for the entire patient family.
A few highlights: Cardioport, with better access than a catheter, may revolutionize minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
A wristband using motion and sweat sensors to detect onset of a seizure protects epilepsy patients at risk of sudden death from seizure while sleeping.
$28.3M Patient care, medical training and community health
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Some highlights: Treated 605,275 patients from all 50 states, and 2,180 international patients from more than 100 countries. Trained 599 residents, fellows and interns as Harvard Medical School’s primary pediatric teaching hospital. Reached 968 kids through our obesity program; plus 1,500 kids, and 165 teachers and parents with our in-school mental health program.
$2.4M Designation pending
Improved understanding of brain disorders. “Deep sequencing” identifies hardto-detect mutations affecting a small percentage of cells in studies of autism and epilepsy.
HealthMap, a web-based program that scours big data, led the Centers for Disease Control’s efforts to track the worst Ebola outbreak ever.