Carson Leslie Foundation

Needs

FOREMOST is RESEARCH:

Support for low toxic clinical research for better treatments leading to a cure. Our newest supporter, Lyda Hill Philanthropies fervently believes, "Science is the Answer." We are likeminded in her belief and know that research is the only way to find solutions to the complexities of childhood brain cancer. Current medulloblastoma treatment has not improved in 30+ years and causes significant side-effects that devastate the young bodies and brains of patients leaving severe health complications for a lifetime.

ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES OF YOUNG PATIENTS:

Support for the mental health challenges of young cancer patients in Texas through our programs at Children's Health in Dallas, Medical City Dallas, Dell Children’s, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, Texas Children’s Houston, and MD Anderson Houston.

ADVOCACY/ACTION:

We work closely with Texas' $6B Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and established a Texas wide childhood cancer research initiative, *Researchers RoundUp* to encourage collaboration between CPRIT supported childhood cancer research projects at institutions all across the Lone Star State.

Together with our legislative leaders in Washington, DC and the childhood cancer community, we have successfully built an unstoppable-collaborative GLOBAL movement, resulting in the passage of six bills benefitting the overall state of childhood cancer.