It looks like we don't have much to read on each project. This is the 3rd year we have held this research contest and every year we get other hospitals that ask us to be included. After each hospital is the focus on where the money will be spent. If it is genetic research it is to find the cause of CDH. Surgical Repair is research into the type of materials used to fix the hole in the diaphragm to laproscopic procedures over the big incision to fix the repair. CDH Clinic is money spent on a CDH clinic at that one hospital. Fetal research is the ongoing research several hospitals are doing for the gel procedure and balloon procedure (tracheal occlusion). The International Study Group are focusing on long term care for people dealing with CDH. Gentle ventilation research is the treatment of CDH babies in the NICU. The international hospitals are listed for some of them have asked us to be included but most of their focus is for surgical repair or fetal research.

The winners in the past have been in 2012 the $10,000 went to Mass General (genetic research). Last year CHOP won our contest (fetal research) and we had one family raise $10,000 alone and they picked DRHEAMS to receive the money (genetic research)....we felt since they raised that much money on their own, they could pick where the money was spent.