Successful St. Baldrick's Event

Thursday, March 19, 2026

UI Health and its University of Illinois Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital University of Illinois raised more than $4,000 to support pediatric cancer research and clinical trials at this year’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving event.

Alt Text: Left to right: Lakshmi Kadkol, Kate Klein and Adriana DurakiAndrew Kreppel, MD, MPH,“braved the shave” for St. Baldrick’s annual fundraiser for childhood cancer research.

The March 13 event also included the Do It For Dominic Fund, which chose the UI Health/Rush/Cook County Health Children’s Oncology Group Clinical Trials Program for a $50,000 grant. The grant helps fund clinical trials for pediatric cancer patients at the three hospitals.

Read the full story on UIC Today.