SEATTLE — Seattle Children’s Hospital has received $700,000 in grants for pediatric cancer research from Hyundai Hope on Wheels.
The organization gave the hospital two grants: $400,000 to support the research of pediatric oncologist and the grant’s principal investigator, Dr. Joelle Payne Straehla; and $300,000 to Dr. Rameshwar Rao, the attending physician at Seattle Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
“This year, Hyundai Hope on Wheels is surpassing $303 million in lifetime giving to support childhood cancer research since its founding in 1998. The grants will be officially presented during a Hyundai Hope on Wheels Handprint Ceremony, the nonprofit’s signature event in which children impacted by cancer place their painted handprints on a Hyundai vehicle, symbolizing their fight against the disease and hope for a cure,” a press release said.
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