Nemours to fund cancer research, music therapy with $7M donation

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health received a $7 million donation to fund its cancer research and support its music therapy program, according to an Aug. 20 news release shared with Becker’s.

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Six million dollars of the donation from Pass It On To Kids Foundation will be used by Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD, division chief of infectious diseases; Tamarah Westmoreland, MD, PhD, associate professor of surgery; and their teams to design and implement the first-in-human trial of Zika virus for women with advanced ovarian cancer who do not respond to other types of treatment.

The remaining $1 million will help grow the hospital’s music therapy program. 

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