The endowment is funded by the Hawkins Family Foundation, which continues the philanthropic legacy of Dwayne Hawkins, the late founder and CEO of Crown Automotive Group and winner of the 2019 William S. "Bill" Belcher Award, the highest honor given by Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation.

Johns Hopkins All Children's researchers Ranjan Perera, Ph.D., and Masanobu Komatsu, Ph.D., each recently received grants from the Florida Department of Health Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program. Each grant provides about $600,000 over three years to support "Discovery Science."

Courtney Conklin, R.N., on 8 South, is the DAISY Award recipient.

Tayler's journey began in 2008 with a brain tumor at age 4 in Colorado. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation overpowered the despicable disease. She was in full remission and has little memory of the cancer battle beyond the 600 colorful beads her mom and dad saved for her.

Lauren vowed this time would be different than when her first two children came prematurely. Lauren did everything suggested to her times 10 over but at 29 weeks gestation she felt her water leaking and at 30 weeks Lucas was born.

James Quintessenza, M.D., will always remember the first heart transplant surgery at All Children's Hospital in 1995. Fast forward to 2024 and meet Ny'Jour, Johns Hopkins All Children's 200th heart transplant patient.

Meet Dr. Marisol Betensky who recently became the director of the Thrombosis Program at Johns Hopkins All Children's. Learn how she came to specialize in thrombosis, the role of her mentors and her interest in boxing.

A young nurse who overcame leukemia as a patient at All Children's is now back on the hospital' oncology unit, caring for kids who are fighting similar battles.

Ernest Amankwah, Ph.D., Joins Johns Hopkins All Children's as Associate Director for Quantitative and Population Health Sciences in the Institute for Clinical & Translational Research and Co-Director of Data Coordinating Center for Pediatric Multicenter Studies

At about age 2, Za'Riah was referred to the sickle cell program at Johns Hopkins All Children's, one of the largest such programs on Florida's west coast, now 10, Za'Riah has been receiving care for eight years.

Meet 8-year-old Valentina, from Guatemala, who began having fevers and was suffering from low blood counts, doctors in her native country were stumped. Lucky for Valentina, her aunt happens to live in Florida and knew about Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.

Amoura, who turned 6 in August, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center through a routine "heel stick" blood test given to newborns.

David Bilardello, M.B.A., has three decades of leadership experience with large health care systems and has focused exclusively on government relations and public policy for the past 15 years.

Preterm babies with the most severe forms of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) may require long term mechanical ventilation and for that a tracheostomy is necessary and unfortunately the mortality rates among these complex and vulnerable patients is high.

Kai arrived weighing a tiny 3 pounds, 14 ounces. Just a little over 12 hours after she was born, she was set to have her CDH repair surgery.