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How Your Gifts Are Used

Gifts directed to children's health research support medical breakthroughs in a number of pediatric specialty areas:

  • Autism
  • Cardiology (heart)
  • Emergency Medicine (clinical care for the ill or injured child; urgent and emergent
    are through rigorous scientific clinical research)
  • Endocrinology (diabetes)
  • Epidemiology (study of incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations
    and detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease; clinical trials)
  • Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (obesity, stomach, intestines, liver)
  • General Pediatrics/Adolescent Health (the health and development of all
    young people and the health of adolescents at risk)
  • Genetics and Metabolism (genetic counseling and cell biology)
  • Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant (cancer and blood diseases)
  • Infectious Disease / Immunology (infections and fighting off of diseases)
  • Neonatology (newborn babies)
  • Nephrology (kidney)
  • Neurosciences (brain, spinal cord, and muscles)
  • Prevention (obesity, diabetes, and heart disease)
  • Rheumatology (arthritis)

UPF Scholars Fund

Each year the University Pediatrics Foundation presents the University Pediatrics Foundation Scholar Award to a junior researcher in the Department of Pediatrics. This annual award provides $150,000 in funding over a two-year period, offering an unparalleled opportunity for promising young pediatricians to launch their research careers.

International Programs

Gifts to the University Pediatrics Foundation also support programs for children from around the world:

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

Early next year, the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview, will break ground on a brand-new facility for the hospital. Its state-of-the-art design will enhance clinical care, provide a family-centered environment, and make it easier for physicians and researchers to take new knowledge from the lab directly to the bedside.

Unrestricted: Education, Retention, Recruitment, and Equipment

Unrestricted gifts are used as needed, as determined by the University Pediatrics Foundation board and medical advisory committee.

For more information contact:
Cindy Adams Ellis
Director of Development for Children's Health
612-625-6515

Elizabeth Patty
Director of Development for Children's Health
612-625-6136