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1 Year In, the CCDI Molecular Characterization Initiative Has Analyzed Samples From Over 1,000 Patients

The CCDI Molecular Characterization Initiative (MCI) is a project that aims to collect, analyze and report clinical and molecular data and is currently supporting Children’s Oncology Group (COG)-affiliated clinicians in choosing the best treatment for each child through precision diagnosis. This program is part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI), a national commitment and community-wide effort to harness data in ways that speed up progress in childhood cancer. Announced last year, the MCI is a collaboration among NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health, COG and Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is the largest initiative of its kind in the United States.

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Study Finds Emergency Department Visits by Children Associated with Water Beads More Than Doubled from 2021 to 2022

Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found more than an estimated 8,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments (EDs) associated with water beads from 2007 through 2022, and the number of these visits increased rapidly by more than 130% from 2021 to 2022.

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New Nationwide Children’s Hospital Close To Home Location Coming to New Albany

Nationwide Children’s Hospital will expand its Close To HomeSM network with a new facility in New Albany that will offer Urgent Care and specialized pediatric services. The center is expected to open in 2027.

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s New Close To Home℠ Location Now Open in Zanesville

Beginning today, Nationwide Children’s Hospital will provide specialized pediatric outpatient care for the Zanesville community and surrounding areas at a new Close To HomeSM center. The new facility, located at 740 Adair Avenue in Zanesville, will offer new and expanded services, and convenient access to care under one roof.

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Ohio’s First School-Based Health Center through Governor’s Investment in Appalachian Counties Now Open in Maysville Local

The first school-based health center funded by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s historic investment in Ohio’s Appalachian communities, made possible with support from the Appalachian Children Coalition and Nationwide Children's Hospital, is now open near Zanesville.

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The On Our Sleeves® Movement For Children’s Mental Health Names Dr. Ariana Hoet as Executive Clinical Director and Dr. Whitney Raglin Bignall as Associate Clinical Director

Nationwide Children’s Hospital announces Ariana Hoet, PhD, as the new executive clinical director of The On Our Sleeves Movement For Children’s Mental Health and Whitney J. Raglin Bignall, PhD, as the new associate clinical director of On Our Sleeves.

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital Becomes Certified Site for Gene Therapy for Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Nationwide Children’s Hospital has been designated a qualified treatment center for Zynteglo® (betibeglogene autotemcel), a a gene therapy approved for the treatment of people with beta thalassemia who require regular red blood cell transfusions.

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Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD, Named Chief Clinical Research Officer at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Cynthia A. Gerhardt, PhD, director, Center for Biobehavioral Health in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, has been appointed Chief Clinical Research Officer (CCRO) at Nationwide Children's.

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How Can Health Care Systems Research Improve Health Equity?

In the United States, health care inequities based on racial and ethnic sociodemographics are pervasive and persistent. Research has shown the systems that deliver health care have both contributed to and maintain these disparities. Quality improvement programs and health policy innovations have led to modest improvements in equity, but research on which approaches work best and how to scale promising programs is limited.

Nationwide Children's Hospital Names First Chief Data Sciences Officer
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Nationwide Children's Hospital Names First Chief Data Sciences Officer

Peter White, PhD, has been named the inaugural Chief Data Sciences Officer (CDSO) of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute (AWRI) at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The CDSO will lead biomedical data science initiatives to support Nationwide Children's mission as a leader in pediatric health care innovation.

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