Five years ago, we began our mission. With only 4% of the national cancer research budget allocated to pediatric cancer, and only three new cancer drugs developed for children in the past twenty years, the team at Hackensack Meridian Health Children’s Cancer Institute recognized the need for a philanthropic program to help increase funding for […]
Since early March and in response to COVID-19, we have all had to become more vigilant in infection control.
In 2019, Tackle Kids Cancer began funding its first lab research. The research, being conducted by Johannes Zakrzewski, M.D., PhD, is examining a new approach to using immunotherapy to fight cancer in children.
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) will house a new Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Lab with a focus on central nervous system (CNS) tumors.
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced Tuesday bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress — the Fairness to Kids with Cancer Act — to increase federal investment in pediatric cancer research, so more clinical trials receive investment and more children’s lives are saved.
In order to get inside the ropes and onto the greens at the Northern Trust, you have to be a VIP, and on hole 17, that includes some very important patients.
Bruce Beck updates us on 9-year-old Hayden, one of the inspirational kids he met last year with our friends at Tackle Kids Cancer, and shares how your donation can make a huge difference.
The hematology and oncology experts at Hackensack Meridian Health K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Dr. Derek Hanson is the Program Head of Pediatric Neuro-oncology at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Olivia Viscogliosi is a curious, outgoing and very active three-year-old. But, earlier this year, her parents were concerned about her future.
Mya is a superstar by any definition. The cheerful 11-year-old, with a smile that lights up the room
