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The Cooper Foundation Receives $982,000 Grant for Cooper Urban Health Institute Project Targeted at Reducing Disparities in Cardiovascular Care in Vulnerable Populations

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The Cooper Foundation has received a $982,000 grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to support the work of Cooper University Health Care’s Urban Health Institute. These funds will support a new initiative – Reducing Disparities in Cardiovascular Care through Optimization of Risk Factors in Vulnerable Populations – that will provide behavior change support, focus attention on social determinants of health, connect patients to community resources, and enhance medication adherence with the help of an interdisciplinary team. Read more.

The Cooper Foundation and Cooper Chairman George E. Norcross III Establish Relief Fund to Help Employees of Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center Following Hurricane Harvey

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cooper Chairman George E. Norcross III Kicks Off Fund with $5,000 Donation

The Cooper Foundation, George E. Norcross III, and Cooper University Health Care, which operates MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, have established a relief fund to provide support to employees of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston following the hurricane that struck this week. Read more.

Cooper Foundation Receives $2.2 Million Donation to Fund Cell Research

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The Cooper Foundation has received a gift of $2.2 million to fund specialized research at Cooper University Health Care to explore the role of a unique line of cells in certain cancers, wound healing, and vision. The donation will also facilitate expansion of basic science research at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

Members of the research team at Cooper (l to r): Igor Kuzin, MD, PhD, research scientist; Zeus Antonello, PhD, research scientist; Richard D. Lackman, MD, director, Orthopaedic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper; and Spencer Brown, PhD, research director, Surgery Department.

Members of the research team at Cooper (l to r): Igor Kuzin, MD, PhD, research scientist; Zeus Antonello, PhD, research scientist; Richard D.

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Operation Backpack Is Underway!

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Edit: The deadline has been extended to Monday, August 14, 2017.

Summer is just beginning. But The Cooper Foundation is on a mission!

Do you remember the excitement of getting a new backpack for school? Cooper is teaming up once again with its neighborhood school to provide backpacks to every student scholar enrolled at KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy.

If you’re a Cooper employee:

  • Organize your coworkers to collect donations.
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Teddy Goes to Cooper!

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Sick and injured stuffed bears help alleviate kids’ fears of going to the hospital and doctor

More than 100 kindergartners from the KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy helped treat stuffed bears suffering from sore paws, painful ears, torn fur and shortness of breath today during Cooper University Health Care’s second annual Teddy Goes to Cooper event. Bears were also able to receive any immunizations they might need for school. Read more.

Camden Students Donate Blankets for Pediatric Patients at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital

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Susan Bass Levin, president and chief executive officer of the Cooper Foundation (far right), and Brittany Spaeth, manager, Child Life Program, (second from left) accepted the blankets on behalf of Cooper.

Susan Bass Levin, president and chief executive officer of the Cooper Foundation (far right), and Brittany Spaeth, manager, Child Life Program, (second from left) accepted the blankets on behalf of Cooper.

Eighth-grade students at H.B. Wilson Family School visited Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper to donate handcrafted blankets for pediatric patients. The students collected money and created the blankets as a community service project under the direction of class advisor Yvette Fullman-Everett class. Read more.

Cooper Presents “Camden” Sweatshirts to City School Children As Part of Its Commitment to Promote Health and Wellness

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On Monday, November 9, 2015, executives, physicians and nurses from Cooper University Health Care visited H.B. Wilson Elementary School to kick-off a sweatshirt distribution to all Camden students in grades K-8. The event was designed to promote health and wellness and to increase community pride. The specially branded “Camden” sweatshirts were donated by The Cooper Foundation.

Local Student Shares Love for Reading with Pediatric Patients

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cooperfdnbookdriveTo say 12-year-old Rebecca Isenberg enjoys reading is an understatement.

“She has read the whole Harry Potter series nine times!” says her mom, Susan Friedler, DO, Attending Physician, General Pediatrics at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Cooper Medical School at Rowan University.

While helping her mom sort through books for pediatric patients at Cooper, Rebecca has noticed a shortage of books suited for older children. Read more.