$100K Award from Hugs for Brady Foundation will Support Pediatric Cancer Research at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Newswise — New Brunswick, N.J., April 16, 2012 – Recognizing a great need to support pediatric cancer research, the Hugs for Brady Foundation has made a![\"\"](\"http://www.newswise.com/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2012/04/13/BradyKateDenbergPhotog.JPG&width=320&height=240\")
$100,000 commitment to fund the Hugs for Brady Young Investigator Award in pediatric hematology/oncology at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ). CINJ is a Center of Excellence of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The efforts put forth by the Hugs for Brady Foundation are done in memory of New Jersey resident Brady Wells, who died of a rare form of leukemia just shy of his second birthday.
No one knows about this need better than Sherrie and Michael Wells, who founded Hugs for Brady shortly after the death of their child Brady Michael in July 2010, just three weeks shy of his second birthday. Brady was diagnosed with acute undifferentiated leukemia – considered a
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