Nationwide Children's News Releases

Jun 16, 2017

Concussion Health, In Partnership with Nationwide Children's Hospital, Announces Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz as Keynote Speaker

Concussion Health, in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital, will host The Concussion Health Summit in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency Friday, July 28-Saturday, July 29.

Jun 16, 2017

Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion Will Transform Care for Children, Adolescents with Mental Illness

Nationwide Children’s Hospital celebrated the groundbreaking today of the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion, a freestanding facility fully dedicated to children and adolescents with behavioral health conditions.

Jun 16, 2017

Media Advisory: Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony

WHAT: Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony WHEN: Friday, June 16 at Noon WHERE: Nationwide Children’s Hospital 444 Butterfly Gardens Drive SPEAKERS: David Campisi, CEO and President of Big Lots, Inc Steve Allen, CEO of Nationwide Children’s Alex Fischer,

Jun 12, 2017

Immune Profiling Leads to Implications for Immunotherapy for NF1-Associated Tumors

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) — an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people — results in dysfunctional neurofibromin, a protein expressed throughout the body and involved in the RAS signaling pathway.

Jun 08, 2017

MEDIA ADVISORY: Fifth Annual International Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor Conference

MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Fifth Annual International Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor Conference hosted by Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Germ cells are a specific cell that grows during the development of a fetus. These cells go on to become sperm in the testicles or eggs in the ovaries.

Jun 05, 2017

Lawn Mower Injuries Send 13 Children to the Emergency Department Every Day

On average every day in the United States, 13 children receive emergency treatment for a lawn mower-related injury. That adds up to almost 4800 children injured each year.

May 31, 2017

Three-Year-Old Boy from Bolivia Received Life-Saving Surgery at Nationwide Childrens Hospital

Three-year-old Nicolas (Nico) Sempertegui, was born with a complex congenital heart condition. He had multiple ventricular septal defects (VSD), an uncommon type of congenital heart defect, which leaves openings in his septum between the two lower chambers of the heart that can lead to

May 30, 2017

Mardis Receives Prestigious Luminary Award

The Precision Medicine World Conference has awarded Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, with a 2017 Luminary Award, recognizing her for her role in shaping health care through her leading work in genome sequencing and therapeutic application development.

May 30, 2017

Nationwide Foundation Pediatric Innovation Fund Accelerating Lifesaving Progress at Newly-Formed Institute For Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Childrens Hospital

The Nationwide Foundation today announced a new $10 million gift for the Nationwide Foundation Pediatric Innovation Fund at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to help accelerate the most promising research and clinical discoveries at Nationwide Children’s.

May 24, 2017

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Research Partnership Receives 2017 Distinguished International Engagement Award

In 2004, Nationwide Children’s Hospital began an international program in partnership with collaborators in the U.S. and China, with a specific research focus on pediatric violence and injury prevention.