Nationwide Children's Events & Announcements

Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s “Light Up the Lawn, Light Up a Life” Makes Sparkling Return for Year Two
Nov 14, 2023

Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s “Light Up the Lawn, Light Up a Life” Makes Sparkling Return for Year Two

Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s “Light Up the Lawn, Light Up a Life” Campaign will return for its second year starting today, November 14. "Light Up the Lawn, Light Up a Life” is designed to brighten the holidays for children hospitalized at Nationwide Children’s, their families and the health care heroes caring for them.

Oct 23, 2023

Probiotics Delivered in Biofilm State Protect the Intestines and Brain in NEC Model

Researchers at Nationwide Children’s have been working on a novel solution to prevent NEC. They have developed a novel probiotic system that harnesses the durability of biofilms to improve the administration of probiotics to patients. It has been licensed to Scioto Biosciences. Their latest study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, describes the use of a biofilm formulation of Limosilactobacillus reuteri (Lr) to prevent NEC in a piglet model.

Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, Achieves Surgical Milestone: 100th TPIAT Procedure
Oct 19, 2023

Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, Achieves Surgical Milestone: 100th TPIAT Procedure

Nationwide Children’s Hospital congratulates Jaimie D. Nathan, MD, on a significant milestone in an advanced procedure known as a total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). Dr. Nathan performed his 100th TPIAT on September 19, 2023.

Oct 18, 2023

Nationwide Children's Hospital to Expand Mental and Behavioral Health Research

Nationwide Children's Hospital has created a new Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research, significantly expanding opportunities to seek a better understanding of mental and behavioral health in children and to develop better diagnostics, treatment and preventative strategies. Leading this new institute will be Eric Youngstrom, PhD, a nationally renowned psychologist specializing in the relationship of mood and psychopathology, and the clinical assessment of children and families.

Oct 09, 2023

Study Finds GERD Less Likely Cause of Fussiness in Irritable Infants

In a new study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found that high-risk infants who express irritability and arching of their backs likely are not suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Sep 18, 2023

Study Shows Nearly 300% Increase in ADHD Medication Errors

In a new study, published today in Pediatrics, researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital investigated the characteristics and trends of out-of-hospital ADHD medication errors among people younger than 20 years old reported to U.S. poison centers from 2000 through 2021.

Sep 18, 2023

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Opening New Vision Center, School Health Center in Reynoldsburg, Mt. Vernon

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is opening a new school-based health center at Mount Vernon City Schools and a vision center at Reynoldsburg City Schools as part of ongoing efforts to increase access to health care for students.

Sep 11, 2023

$6.95 Million FDA Grant to Help Create Medical Devices Just for Children

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a $6.95 million grant to be distributed over five years to create a new consortium led by investigators from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, and Cincinnati Children’s to help increase the number of pediatric medical devices across the nation.

From Bench to Bedside: Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Receives First Dose of Gene Therapy Developed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Aug 08, 2023

From Bench to Bedside: Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Receives First Dose of Gene Therapy Developed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

In a landmark moment for the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s, a 5-year-old from Bellefontaine, Ohio, received the first dose of a recently approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where the therapy was invented and initially tested.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Names Ray Bignall, MD, Chief Diversity and Health Equity Officer
Jul 17, 2023

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Names Ray Bignall, MD, Chief Diversity and Health Equity Officer

Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced today that O. N. Ray Bignall II, MD, FAAP, FASN, has been named the hospital’s chief diversity and health equity officer.