Transformative Gifts Accelerate Microbiome Research at CHOP

Three donors have joined forces to contribute $13 million to our Center for Microbial Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. This generous gift empowers our researchers to improve pediatric health through the lens of the microbiome — the complex community of organisms that live in and on the human body.

Please join us in thanking The McCausland Foundation, the Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation, and another generous donor for supporting the country’s premier pediatric center focused on translational microbiome-based medicine.

“We have spent the past year recruiting fantastic scientists and building the Center’s infrastructure,” said Joseph Zackular, PhD, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Microbial Medicine. “These philanthropic gifts will allow us to more quickly bring our discoveries to the clinic to improve the lives of children.”