Innovation to Advance Children's Health
Increase Access to Specialty Care
White Hat Gala celebrates technology's power to connect more children and families with the specialty care they need. That includes the Provider Direct platform, which combines cyber innovation with people power to help families obtain treatment faster.
Your investment can help Children’s National fully realize its vision of leading the nation in access improvements. With your support, more patients will receive the care they need, when and where they need it.
Opportunities to make a difference include naming our Bear Technology Hub, establishing an endowed professorship to advance access science and enhancing Nurse Navigator services and waitlist technology. Contact Sarah David to learn more and make a gift.
Fuel Safe, Responsible and Effective AI
In 2026, Children’s National launched a first-of-its-kind pediatric Division of AI Research. This system-wide initiative accelerates the development of AI tools built specifically for children’s health.
Your investment can launch safe and responsible pilot research projects, such as AI-boosted portable MRI, that can transform care for kids and families. You can help us launch AI research careers at a moment of tremendous opportunity.
You can also support specific projects, such as powerful prediction tools within our envisioned AI-augmented emergency care unit. AI has clear potential to expand access, improve outcomes and enhance experiences. Contact Samantha Frankel to learn more and make a gift.
Build the Future of Pediatric Medicine
The Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus is supercharging research and enhancing care for children everywhere. This ecosystem for investigation and invention leverages our standing as the nation’s children’s hospital in the nation’s capital. It combines the strengths of industry, universities, federal agencies, startups and academic medical centers. It houses an incubator for 30 pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and health technology companies.
Your gift can help accelerate pediatric breakthroughs, novel technologies and targeted treatments that promise better outcomes with fewer side effects. Opportunities include naming prominent campus spaces, building research facilities, sponsoring research and supporting scientific workforce development programs for local youth. Contact Kerri Yoder Hubbard to learn more and make a gift.