Jeffrey Taub, M.D., professor of Pediatrics for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, received a $250,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant to fund his research into pediatric cancer.

The funds, presented to the Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation, come from the Hyundai Hope On Wheels program. Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation is one of 45 recipients nationwide to receive a 2015 Hyundai Scholar Grant during September, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Hope On Wheels will award $10.5 million in research grants this month. Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation, a long-time partner of the organization, has received $425,000 from Hope On Wheels since 2010.

"I am honored to receive this grant award from Hyundai Hope On Wheels," said Dr. Taub, chief of Oncology for Children's Hospital of Michigan.  "Their support of pediatric cancer research is essential to developing new treatments that may improve outcomes for children."

The grant will support Dr. Taub's research into developing new therapies for children with acute myeloid leukemia who have relapsed after treatment with standard chemotherapy.

"Support for pediatric medical research is vitally important. Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation is proud to partner with Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine to support excellent clinical care, pediatric research that helps to discover new treatments that improve outcomes for children with cancer, and to train the next generation of physicians," said Tony Werner, president and chief executive officer of the CHM Foundation. "We are all proud to join Hyundai Motor America as a partner in the fight against childhood cancer."