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First U.S. Trial of DMD Gene Therapy
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2006Contacts: Bob Mackle Pam Barber Jade Samulski Director of Public Information Director of Media Relations and Support Services Director of Program Management Muscular Dystrophy Association Columbus Childrens Hospital Asklepios
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Passive Injury Prevention Strategies Credited with Decrease in Baby Walker-Related Injuries
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: March 6, 2006 Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Columbus Children’s Hospital have shown that mobile infant walker-related injuries decreased 76% between 1990 and 2001, thanks to the use of passive injury prevention strategies, such as baby
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Study Finds Limited Availability of Child Safety Seat Types For Obese Young Children
Childhood obesity is a critical health issue. And the use of child safety seats is required by law. But how many child safety seat types are available for the increasing number of obese children? Not nearly enough—according to a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics and conducted
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Study Shows Vagus Nerve Stimulation Offers Better Quality of Life for Children With Epilepsy
Epilepsy, a brain disorder that occurs when electrical signals in the brain are disrupted, affects approximately 2.7 million people in the United States. Of this number, more than 325,000 are children. While most of these children respond well to medication, 36% of them do not.
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Cheerleading Injuries Found to be Significant Source of Injury to Girls
First-of-its-kind research conducted by staff of the Center for Injury Research and Policy in the Columbus Children’s Research Institute at Columbus Children’s Hospital indicates that cheerleading has emerged as a significant source of injury to girls.
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Young Woman Undergoes First Heart/Double Lung Transplant at Columbus Children's Hospital
The first heart/double lung transplant at Columbus Childrens Hospital occurred Saturday, December 24, 2005, when 22-year-old Sandy Shreck received a heart and lungs provided by an out-of-state donor.
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The Collaboratory for Kids & Community Health Launched by Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Share Best Practices for the Health of the Whole Child and Communities
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has launched The Collaboratory for Kids & Community Health, to provide community partners, corporate leaders, policy makers, health care systems and researchers a resource for sharing best practices in pediatric population health strategies. The hospital will fuel the Collaboratory with content based on their extensive experience working with diverse partners to improve communities, implement school-based health, provide high-quality housing, address mental and physical health and more. The site will also collate and share best practices from leaders in the community health space.
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Renowned Pediatric Transplant Surgeon Jaimie Nathan, MD, Named Chief of Pediatric Abdominal Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Jaimie Nathan, MD, has been named Chief of Pediatric Abdominal Transplant and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Balamurugan N. Appakalai, PhD, has been appointed as principal investigator in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute and will lead the pancreatic islet cell isolation laboratories at Nationwide Children’s. Both appointments are effective September 1, 2021.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Big Lots Announce 2021 Recipient of Big Lots Behavioral Health Scholarship
Originally launched in 2019, the Big Lots Behavioral Health Scholarship is awarded to a student who plans to pursue, or is currently pursuing, a graduate degree in the fields of behavioral or mental health, social work, or psychology. Recipients of the award receive $10,000 towards their education.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Young Professional Council Fundraising in Collaboration with Lion Cub’s Cookies
Lion Cub’s Cookies has created a special edition cookie, inspired by two Nationwide Children’s Patient Champions, that will be sold from Nov. 11-14 at their Grandview bakery.