Nationwide Children's News Releases

Sep 26, 2023

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Announces Vice Presidents for Integrated Marketing and Public Affairs

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has named two new leaders within the organization’s Marketing and Communication function.  

Sep 20, 2023

New $10 million Nationwide Foundation donation to support Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s affordable housing initiative, groundbreaking genomics program

A new $10 million gift to Nationwide Children’s Hospital through the Nationwide Foundation’s Pediatric Innovation Fund will support the hospital’s work to expand access to affordable housing in the Linden neighborhood and its groundbreaking work in genomic medicine, including research and patient care. 

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 13, 2023

Nationwide Children’s, Ohio State Receive $17.7 Million to Study Children’s Health

A research team at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center was recently awarded $17.7 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join a national consortium to study how childhood environments and experiences influence the health of children as they grow and develop.

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.

Sep 01, 2023

HYUNDAI HOPE ON WHEELS PRESENTS NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WITH $650,000 TO SUPPORT PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH

Columbus, OH – September 5th, 2023 – Hyundai Hope On Wheels® will present Dr. Timothy Cripe and Dr. Lynda Villagomez at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus with a $400,000 Hyundai Hope Scholar Award and a $250,000 Hyundai Young Investigator Award on Tuesday, September

Aug 29, 2023

Health Care at School: Hospital Reduces Barriers and Provides Critical Services

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Routine health and dental care are essential to children’s health, yet disparities put many children at risk for unmet health and dental needs.

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.

Jul 27, 2023

New $50 Million Fund To Expand Affordable Housing in the Linden Community

The nonprofit Ohio Capital Finance Corporation announced today the creation of a $50 million fund to expand Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s affordable housing initiatives in Columbus’ Linden neighborhood.