Steven Jonas, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist breaking ground in the development of new technologies for pediatric cancer at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, has received a $400,000 Hyundai Scholar Hope grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels, a nonprofit dedicated to curing childhood cancer.

The grant brings the total awarded by the organization to UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital to more than $2 million since 2010.

Jonas accepted the grant at a July 20 ceremony attended by Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health, CEO of UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences; Sherin Devaskar, MD, executive chair of pediatrics; Theodore Moore, MD, chief of pediatric oncology at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital; and Hyundai leadership; as well as physicians, researchers and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital patients.

Source: UCLA physician-scientist awarded $400,000 for pediatric cancer research by Hyundai Hope on Wheels

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