Pictured here: Grant with his daughter Kate Finlayson, the inspiration behind Team Hydro. Along with his wife Pam and sons Peter and Sam, Grant keeps Team Hydro moving on the quest to find and fund a cure for hydrocephalus. You can support the cause HERE. Dear Friends, Our family is heading to SF this week,
Last Summer, Charles Cantoni entered the icy waters off Alcatraz Island with Team Hydro to swim to San Francisco to raise funds an awareness for hydrocephalus research. At 87 years young, he became the oldest person ever to do so. Mr. Cantoni and his family plan to be at Aquatic Park again this year to
Hydrocephalus is a neurological condition impacting ~1 million Americans; there is no cure and the only treatments require brain surgery. The Friars are using the talents they honed in the pool to swim from Alcatraz to support this worthy cause! San Francisco, CA. The Team Hydro Foundation will host the 19th Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus
SAN FRANCISCO – Members of the Stanford men’s water polo program will join with the Team Hydro Foundation for the 19th Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus Research on August 19th, 2023. The Cardinal will help lead the charge into the icy-cold waters off the notorious Alcatraz Island as part of its rigorous preseason training program leading into the
Dr. Bonnie Blazer-Yost, Ph.D receives $11.3 MILLION from DoD to expand her research; Indiana University-Purdue University to establish dedicated Hydrocephalus Research Center! Last year Team Hydro was proud to sponsor Dr. Blazer-Yost by funding an Innovator Award through the Hydrocephalus Association to study a new possible treatment for hydrocephalus targeting a gene called TRPV4. Based on
The Team Hydro Foundation will host the 18th Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus Research on August 13th, 2022. This year ~40 Team Hydro swimmers will once again brave the bay in hopes of helping drive progress towards a cure. Dr. Samuel Finlayson, MD, PhD, is a Team Hydro co-founder and Chief Medical Officer. “At Team Hydro,
The Dorset Dolphin Swim Team in Marietta, Georgia is at it again! They take to the water on June 10th for the sixth time as they swim in support Lilly, of one of their teammates, as well as a former teammate and coach’s family member who are all living with shunted hydrocephalus. The Dolphins
The skies were dark, the weather was windy and cold, and the water was churning with unusually high swells and chop as 40 Team Hydro swimmers prepared for the 2021 Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus Research! There is no question that the conditions pricked at our nerves as we prepared to jump into the Bay,
In another remarkable show of selfless desire to use their swimming skills to help others, the Dorset Dolphin Swim Team in Marietta, Georgia will take to the water on June 25th, 2021! This will be the fifth year that the Dorset Dolphins will swim in support of one of their teammates as well as a
Team Hydro is thrilled to have supported Dr. Bonnie Blazer-Yost and her team in their quest to develop a non-surgical treatment for hydrocephalus. In 2017, we announced the news of a wonderful “million-dollar breakthrough” from their lab: preliminary results from research funded by our seed grant enabled a one million dollar follow-up grant from the Department of Defense.