Tonight's picture was taken on August 10, 2009. Five days after we learned that Mattie's cancer was no longer treatable. At this point, we knew Mattie was dying, we just did not know how soon. Mattie was a shell of himself by that point in time and though we tried to shield him from the extent of his illness, he knew intuitively that he was dying. How a child even knows about death is an interesting question, but Mattie understood he wasn't getting better. But was actually feeling worse with each day. In his hands was a bicycle horn. I am not sure why something gave Mattie the horn that day, but this horn interestingly enough is still in our living room and Sunshine (the boa stuffed animal) remains in Mattie's bedroom.
Quote of the day: Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~ Robert Brault
Mattie Miracle is pleased that our grant process has now come to an end. As of today, each of the 12 researchers who submitted a grant proposal were sent an email communication from Peter and me. We crafted two different letters. One letter explained that we would be funding their research and the other letter thanked them for applying and encouraged them to re-apply next year. We have decided to fund 6 out of the 12 proposals.
So out of these 6, one was selected by the scientific review committee overseeing our grant. The committee overwhelming selected Dr. Kimberly Canter's proposal (see photo and info below). Dr. Canter will be given $10,000 to conduct her one year study. Whereas the remaining five research proposals we wish to fund were personally selected by Peter and me. We decided to fund these studies at a $5,000 level. The reason we chose these studies is because they will be producing a tangible product that could be used at other treatment sites around the country. In total we are talking about $35,000 worth of grant funding this year.
APOS applauds Dr. Kimberly Canter, awardee of the 2018 Mattie Miracle Early Investigator Award! Her funded proposal was entitled "Community Implementation of a Psychosocial eHealth Intervention for Parents of Children with Cancer." Thank you, Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation for your immense generosity, partnership and dedication to making a difference in the field of psychosocial oncology!
Kimberly Canter, Ph.D., is a researcher and psychologist in the Nemours Children's Hospital System, Nemours’ Center for Healthcare Delivery Science based in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Canter is a licensed clinical psychologist and also holds an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University.
https://apos-society.org/early-career/apos-early-career-grants/
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