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Child Magazine Ranks Columbus Children's Hospital Among Nation's Best in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Child magazine has ranked Columbus Childrens Hospital as second in the nation in providing outstanding Pediatric Emergency Medical Care, which includes Emergency Services, Trauma Services and Urgent Care Centers.
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New Chief Scientific Officer Joining Nationwide Children's Hospital
Joanne Turner, PhD, BSc, is returning to Columbus, Ohio, to serve as the chief scientific officer at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
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New Associate Chief Clinical Research Officer Appointed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Sarah O’Brien, MD, MSc, associate division chief for research in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology/BMT, and a principal investigator in the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital, has been appointed associate chief clinical research officer for pediatric trials.
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Alexander Bishop, DPhil, Named Director of the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Nationwide Children’s Hospital welcomes Alexander Bishop, DPhil, as the director of the Center for Childhood Cancer Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute (AWRI), effective June 1, 2025. He will also serve as principal investigator in the center, as well as the Richard J. Solove Endowed Professor and Chair in Cancer Clinical Developmental Therapeutics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
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Jerry Mendell, MD, Announced as King Faisal Prize Laureate in Medicine
Jerry Mendell, MD, senior advisor in the Center for Gene Therapy in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is this year’s recipient of the King Faisal Prize for Medicine for his contributions toward the screening, diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and limb girdle muscular dystrophy.
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Nationwide Childrens Hospital Appoints Dr. David Axelson as Chief of Psychiatry
Dr. David A. Axelson, MD, has been appointed chief of Psychiatry and medical director of Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He will also serve as chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Ohio State’s Wexner Medical
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Study Finds Adolescents with Concussion May Benefit from More Activity Earlier
Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found that when it comes to concussion recovery, activity type matters. In a study published today in British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that limiting screen time and returning to school early following a concussion may speed up recovery.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital Names Jason Newland, MD, MEd, Chief of Infectious Diseases
Nationwide Children’s Hospital welcomes Jason Newland, MD, MEd, as the division chief of Infectious Diseases and an associate investigator in the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s. Dr. Newland is also a tenured professor at The Ohio State University and will hold the Cramblett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
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Exploring Pediatric Clinical Research
Clinical research involves the study of people, data or tissue samples to understand children’s health and diseases. It’s the foundation for medical advancement and plays a large role in improving health outcomes for children, teenagers and families.
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New Study Highlights Urgent Need for Targeted Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support for Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth
Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital analyzed six years of multistate child death review data from the United States and found that 81% of sexual and gender diverse youth in the dataset died by suicide, despite many receiving current or prior mental health services.