Nationwide Children's Events & Announcements

Aug 20, 2004

Iraqi Patient Update

Fatemah continues treatment with interferon injections (a chemotherapy-type treatment), and Columbus Childrens Hospital physicians are satisfied with her progress. She has not experienced any infections and has been breathing, eating and playing normally.

Aug 17, 2004

Columbus Children's Hospital Launches New Health e-Hints Program

Childrens Hospital has launched Health e-Hints, a free e-newsletter designed to provide parents and caregivers with customized pediatric health and safety information in the most convenient and accessible way possibledelivered right to their desktops! The Health e-Hints e-newsletter was designed to

Jun 03, 2004

Children's Hospital's New Research Facilty Opens with a

A Passion for Answers: A Night of Discovery was the theme for the recent official grand opening celebration of Columbus Childrens Hospitals newest research facility, Research II.

May 20, 2004

Iraqi Infant Flown to Columbus Children's Hospital

A seven-month-old Iraqi infant, Fatemah, and her mother, Beydaa, arrived at Columbus Childrens Hospital Wednesday night, May 19, at 11:30 p.m. following military transport from Iraq through Germany to Rickenbacker International Airport.

Jan 01, 0001

PANERA’S INAUGURAL ‘CHIP IN FOR CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH’ CAMPAIGN TO BENEFIT ON OUR SLEEVES MAY 9-22

Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, is partnering with On Our Sleeves, the movement for children’s mental health, through the launch of its inaugural Chip in for Children’s Mental Health campaign. In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, from May 9-22, a portion of proceeds from all Chocolate Chipper cookies sold at thirty-nine Covelli-owned and operated Panera Bread locations in Columbus and Central Ohio, will support this vital initiative, powered by Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Jan 01, 0001

Hyundai Hope on Wheels Presents Nationwide Children’s Hospital with Hyundai Hope Scholar and Young Investigator Grants Totaling $500,000 to Support Pediatric Cancer Research

In the newest rounds of grants marking its 20th anniversary, Hyundai Hope On Wheels® 501(c)(3) celebrates National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by awarding  grants totaling $500,000 to Dean Lee, MD, PhD, and Ryan Roberts, MD, PhD, physician-scientists in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Jan 01, 0001

Investigators Develop Technique to Effectively Edit NK Cells to Target Specific Cancer Cells

Originally, NK cells seemed promising for a natural therapy to fight cancer due to their innate ability to recognize any cells expressing stress or signs of infection. But investigators quickly realized they faced three key challenges: first, it was difficult to grow a large enough number of NK cells in the lab to offer useful infusions at a reasonable cost; second, an ideal universal donor solution was needed to make NK cell products faster, more reliably and with off-the-shelf availability; and third, NK cells were resistant to genetic modifications that might help them better target specific types of cancer cells. Nationwide Children’s Hospital investigators and their collaborators painstakingly solved the first two problems over the past decade. Now, they’ve conquered the third.