Hyundai Hope on Wheels® grant funds life-saving research
Mays Cancer Center Annual Report
Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD, a pediatric oncologist and director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UT Health San Antonio, received two grants totaling $500,000 at the Hyundai Hope on Wheels® event. Tomlinson is a physician-scientist studying hepatoblastoma and other aggressive liver tumors in children at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute.
The first was a $400,000 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant Award to study new methods for treating liver tumors, including those resistant to conventional therapies. The second grant — a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Grant Award — was also given to Tomlinson’s genetics team in the division of pediatric oncology to expand the availability of genetic testing at University Hospital’s pediatric clinic. With these grants, research support from Hyundai Hope on Wheels® has exceeded $2.1 million at UT Health San Antonio.
“The Hyundai Impact Grant Award is going to permit our genetic counselors to see more patients. Hopefully, every child … will have access to genetic testing if that seems appropriate for that child,” Tomlinson said.
