Penguins to Swim for Hydrocephalus in 2016! That’s right! On July 14th of this year the Little Falls Swim Team of Bethesda, Maryland will take to the water to Swim for Hydrocephalus Research for an amazing 5th year in a row! This phenomenal group of age-group swimmers, coaches (and parents) will generously put aside their
Team Hydro remains proud that every penny we raise through our swims goes directly to research! (And we mean every penny–as we ensure our costs are underwritten through other means). As the 2016 swim season begins, and we gear up to find sponsors for our swims, we’d like to mention some of the important research Team
The summer months are upon us, and with them comes Swim Season!!! Team Hydro is thrilled to announce that we will once again be participating in BOTH the Sharkfest Alcatraz Escape (sold out) and the Boston Harbor (sign up here) Open Water Swims in our attempt to raise awareness and funds for hydrocephalus research!
Dear Team Hydro, This year has been a wonderful one for Team Hydro, including an exciting announcement that we will sponsor four new grants for innovation in Hydrocephalus research. The work sponsored by these grants will have immediate applications in both basic research and therapeutic development and validation. To all who contributed to making these
Some 40 Team Hydro swimmers raced across the Boston Harbor today in one of our most successful swims to date! Harbor HydroSharks included a developmental neurobiologist from Harvard who specializes in Hydrocephalus-related work, medical students and researchers from Harvard Medical school and MIT, industry experts at pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Genentech, competitive triathletes, nurses, employees of the
Team Hydro is proud to announce it will sponsor one or more 2015 Innovator Awards through the Hydrocephalus Association Network for Discovery Science (H.A.N.D.S). These awards will be given to investigators who develop projects designed to further “understanding of disease mechanisms and the identification and pre-clinical testing of therapies to prevent or reverse all forms of
Team Hydro’s Third Annual Boston Harbor swim takes place on September 19th. Come meet, greet, celebrate, and support the cause from around 7-11am at the finish line by the John Joseph Moakly US Courthouse! We’d love to see you with us in the Hah-bah (as the locals say)! Some swim spots still available, so let
2015 has officially marked another successful and exciting Alcatraz Crossing by Team Hydro (see photos here)! The event was a reminder of what we can accomplish together, and a great start to our 2015 fundraising efforts — though we still have a ways to go to reach our goal for the year! We had a
Greetings Hydrosharks!! It’s swim week! And what a week it will be!! On Saturday, each and all of our intrepid Team Hydro members will leap from the ferry into the bay to swim for hydrocephalus!! We are so grateful for the willingness of each of you to swim on behalf of all those seeking to
Need some motivation to get you through these last few weeks of training, or need to be inspired that your effort to raise funds and awareness for this cause is is really making a difference? One Million Lives Take a look at these stories about REAL people attempting to live with Hydrocephalus: Sweet baby Gabriel