“She was very humble,” Bailey said. “She didn’t want to put her name on this. She wasn’t doing this to try and get credit; she was doing this because she wanted to help kids and their parents.”

This September, we’d like to spotlight the health care heroes who display their expertise and compassion as they care for these children every day.

Since 2019, Running for Research has grown in ways its founders never anticipated.

The grant by the Tampa-based Purple Playas Foundation and the Arthritis Foundation provides $150,000 in matching funding for up to three years of fellowship training.

The award will be used to acquire an array of monitoring and diagnostic equipment, including tablet and laptop computers as well as Wi-Fi access points.

A program designed to improve access to care and health outcomes for children and adults with Type 1 diabetes will be expanded with a $7.6 million, three-year grant from The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

Earlier in January, one family set out to raise funds and awareness for Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) through a grassroots initiative, "Running for Research."

Did you know our Pediatric E.R. boasts two tropical fish tanks? Or that the Sebastian Ferrero Atrium was designed with our youngest patients in mind? There have been many changes at the children’s hospital over the last several years, thanks to supporters like you.

The University of Florida College of Medicine welcomed Peter Kang, M.D., as the new chief of pediatric neurology last month. Previously an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, Kang was also the director of the electromyography laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he cared for children with…