Addressing Unmet Medical Needs
Bristol-Myers Squibb strives to help our neighbors by working with non-profit partners to improve access to treatment, eliminate health disparities and promote healthy lifestyles.
Our list of accomplishments includes:
- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
With the help of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, established one of the state's largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has launched three clinical centers of excellence dedicated to the study and treatment of some of the most urgent health challenges facing today’s youth: childhood obesity, infectious disease and rheumatic disease.
- University Medical Center of Princeton Community Health Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb is helping to create a community health center to serve uninsured and underinsured adults and children at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, a new hospital set to open in central New Jersey in late 2011. In addition to meeting the primary care needs of struggling families, the clinic also will help those whose physical illnesses are complicated by depression, anxiety and other mental health issues through services such as individual psychotherapy, family therapy and addiction counseling.
- Ronald McDonald House of Central New York
A grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb will expand a Ronald McDonald House in Syracuse, New York, adding a teen room for siblings of hospitalized children. The Ronald McDonald House of Central New York has long been a home away from home for the families of children receiving care at nearby hospitals. While its playroom meets the needs of younger visitors, older siblings need some space, too. Bristol-Myers Squibb’s contribution will provide such a place.
- Association for the Advancement of Mental Health
Children and adolescents from low-income households who need mental health care in New Jersey often face delays of weeks or even months for treatment. A new program by a behavioral health organization is getting them the help they need. The Rapid Access Program, launched by the Association for the Advancement of Mental Health in Mercer County, New Jersey, with help from a Bristol-Myers Squibb gramt, is making it possible for troubled youth to get off the waiting list of an overburdened health care system and into treatment in a matter of days.
- American Cancer Society’s Trenton Crusade Against Cancer
Bristol-Myers Squibb is dedicated to fighting health disparities wherever they occur, both around the globe and in our local communities. That is why we sponsor the American Cancer Society’s Trenton Crusade Against Cancer, a multi-lingual campaign of outreach events and awareness activities to address the relatively high incidence of cancer in New Jersey's captial city.