#  HSCI Annual Report 2020 

 



       ![Passages: Annual Report 2020.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/hsci-report-2020/files/hsci-ar-20-web-graphics_cover-image.jpg?itok=S5t6eSHw) 

 

 



 

 



 

##  [**Message from the Directors**](/directors-message)

 ![Portraits of Doug Melton, David Scadden, and Brock Reeve.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/hsci-report-2020/files/home_images-01.png)

 

## [**The Power of the HSCI Network**](/hsci-network)

 ![Excerpt of infographic about HSCI.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/hsci-report-2020/files/home_images-02.png)

 





 

##  Scientific Advances 

 



  [### Targeting Resistant Cancer at the Right Time

 ](/targeting-resistant-cancer) 

   ![Microscopy image of bone marrow.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/home_cancer.png?itok=CNmtWi6E) 

 

 

 

  [### Turning Back the Clock to Regenerate Nerves

 ](/nerve-regeneration) 

   ![Microscopy image of nerves.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/scientific-05_01.png?itok=DUNcnStV) 

 

 

 

  [### Investigating the Gut-Brain Connection

 ](/gut-brain-connection) 

   ![Microscopy image of inflammation in the spinal cord.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/scientific-02_01.png?itok=Ls9I6Qu9) 

 

 

 

  [### Research Highlights

 ](/research-highlights) 

   ![Photo of cryogel in a petri dish.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/scientific-08_01.png?itok=qUGqXZt1) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  **Donor Story**

###  **[Catalyzing Discovery](/catalyzing-discovery)**

 [](/catalyzing-discovery)

 ![Microscopy image of spinal cord.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/hsci-report-2020/files/scientific-10_01.png)

 





 

##  Community Highlights 

 



  [### HSCI Connections

 ](/hsci-connections) 

   ![Quote by HSCI intern.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/home-community.png?itok=s7N9zbzC) 

 

 

 

  [### Leadership

 ](/leadership) 

   ![Leadership.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/home-community2.png?itok=rmSKn9AN) 

 

 

 

  [### Awards

 ](/awards) 

   ![Awards.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci-report-2020/files/home-community3.png?itok=O5Vmb50o)