2009 Grant Recipients
State-of-the-Art Pediatric Pulmonary Lab - Community Outreach Spirometry Program Support from The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation built a new state-of-the-art Pulmonary Lab in conjunction with a new Community Outreach Spirometry Program at the Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital Pediatric Pavilion. The program provides 26 pediatric practices with equipment, training, and support to ensure that all children in our area suffering from asthma and other pulmonary diseases are provided with the latest in diagnostic and treatment options. Funds were also distributed specifically to address child physical and sexual abuse in Cabarrus County and outlying areas utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse through the Children’s Advocacy Center. Support was also given to provide items needed by the Child Life Specialist to aid them in their work with the pediatric patients. The Child Life Specialist help to promote effective coping of the child’s experience in the hospital through play, preparation, education, and self-expression activities. Pediatric Blood Cancer Research Portfolio The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation supports breakthrough advances in diagnostics, stem cell transplantation, combination chemotherapies and safe and effective "targeted" therapies researched and achieved through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The pediatric cancer research portfolio provides funding to nine researchers conducting the most promising work in basic biology, and transitional and clinical oncology research. By funding these latest research advances the Foundation can help improve outcomes for blood cancer patients.The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Fund The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation proudly provides funding for leading clinical research trials. These trials evaluate the usefulness of the most promising therapies; performing laboratory investigations to uncover potential cancer therapies, and linking lab discoveries with their value in children. The establishment of the Jeff Gordon Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Fund at Riley Hospital for Children in Indiana will provide for immediate research needs and an endowment to ensure ongoing pediatric cancer research at Riley.Phase 1 Long-Term Follow-Up Study The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation allocated funds for a new study aimed at collecting data from pediatric cancer patients and their doctors to compare their treatment protocols with long-term health histories, in order to develop less invasive treatments in the future. The study is being conducted by CureSearch in conjunction with the Children’s Oncology Group (C.O.G.) the world’s leading pediatric cancer research collaborative that treats 90% of all children with cancer at more that 200 children’s hospitals, university hospitals and cancer centers.Tissue Typing for 30,000 New Potential Marrow Donors The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation continued its support of the National Marrow Donor Registry by providing funding for tissue typing of 30,000 new potential donors through the Be The Match Foundation. Tissue typing helps find the best match of tissues or blood cells, allowing doctors to determine if donor tissue is compatible with the recipient. 70% of all people needing transplants do not find their match within their own families and must turn to the national registry. Expanding the registry increases patients’ chances of finding their life-saving match.
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