Earlier this month, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) hosted its 16th annual Walk for Hope benefiting the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at CHOP, raising more than $215,000 and sparking hope for a cure to IBD.
More than 1,100 IBD patients, family members, friends, supporters and CHOP IBD clinicians attended Citizens Bank Park and participated in event activities which included food, music, dancing, face painting, photo booth and more! It was a fun morning celebrating CHOP’s IBD patients and their resilience.
IBD has become a global disease and the number of children with IBD continues to rise rapidly around the world. Children diagnosed before age 5 are among the fastest growing age group of IBD, and the past few years have produced an explosion of knowledge about the genetics of IBD and expanded treatment options. CHOP’s expert gastroenterologists, geneticists and researchers are at the forefront of working together to evaluate DNA and the microbiome with the goal of developing the next innovative treatments for individuals with IBD.
Did you know?
- More than 100,000 young Americans under the age of 20 live with inflammatory bowel disease.
- The Center for Pediatric IBD at CHOP annually treats more than 2,400 young patients.
- CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease creates breakthroughs through 40+ active research studies.
To learn more about the event and its impact, visit chopwalkforhope.org.
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Earlier this month, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) hosted its 16th annual Walk for Hope benefiting the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) at CHOP, raising more than $215,000 and sparking hope for a cure to IBD.
More than 1,100 IBD patients, family members, friends, supporters and CHOP IBD clinicians attended Citizens Bank Park and participated in event activities which included food, music, dancing, face painting, photo booth and more! It was a fun morning celebrating CHOP’s IBD patients and their resilience.
IBD has become a global disease and the number of children with IBD continues to rise rapidly around the world. Children diagnosed before age 5 are among the fastest growing age group of IBD, and the past few years have produced an explosion of knowledge about the genetics of IBD and expanded treatment options. CHOP’s expert gastroenterologists, geneticists and researchers are at the forefront of working together to evaluate DNA and the microbiome with the goal of developing the next innovative treatments for individuals with IBD.
Did you know?
- More than 100,000 young Americans under the age of 20 live with inflammatory bowel disease.
- The Center for Pediatric IBD at CHOP annually treats more than 2,400 young patients.
- CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease creates breakthroughs through 40+ active research studies.
To learn more about the event and its impact, visit chopwalkforhope.org.
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