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Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Oahu-area Hyundai Dealers Award Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children $50,000 for Childhood Cancer Research

Oahu, Hawaii – January 5, 2012 – Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Oahu-area Hyundai dealers will today award Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children of Honolulu a Hyundai Scholar Grant in the amount of $50,000. The funds will support the work of Dr. Randy Wada, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist & Medical Director, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children, which combines clinically validated programs to improve health behaviors in both the physical activity and nutrition of adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. The data for these programs is also integrated into the Hawai‘i Pacific Health electronic medical information system to reduce obesity and its associated risks in the population.

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At A Glance ‘ Healing Childhood Cancer

Primary Children's Medical Center of Salt Lake City received $100,000 grant last week from Hyundai to fund research on Ewing's sarcoma, a rare and highly aggressive bone cancer in children. The car manufacturer doled out $7.1 million to 71 hospitals…

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