Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 26 of 36

A child presses a red-painted hand onto the side of a white Hyundai vehicle, beside an existing green handprint, while photographers and onlookers watch.
September 22, 2016

Hyundai Hope On Wheels grant spurs pediatric cancer research

Richard Ho, M.D., MSCI, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope On Wheels Scholar Grant to study ways to reduce long-term side effects of chemotherapy in pediatric cancer survivors and develop more personalized therapies for pediatric oncology patients.

By Christina Echegaray
Architectural rendering of a large modern children’s hospital complex, with curved glass-fronted sections, tall rectangular wings, colorful horizontal accent bands, landscaped trees, and a covered entrance.
September 19, 2016

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt begins construction on four-floor expansion

Construction is underway at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for a planned four-floor expansion that will advance the size and scope of the hospital’s comprehensive array of specialty and subspecialty pediatric health care programs.

By Christina Echegaray
Steven Webber, identified in the caption, speaks into a microphone while holding a presentation remote before an audience in a hospital auditorium.
September 8, 2016

People key to driving success of Department of Pediatrics: Webber

Steven Webber, MBChB, MRCP, delivered the annual State of the Department of Pediatrics address on Tuesday, stressing the continued importance of the enterprise’s four mission areas — research, clinical care, education and advocacy and service.

By Christina Echegaray
Sleeping blond child in a blue-and-white striped top lying on their side with one hand beneath their head, partly covered by a white blanket.
September 1, 2016

Lemonade Stand grant boosts Tansey’s pediatric tumor research

William Tansey, Ph.D., professor of Cell Development and Biology and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) to study malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs).

By Christina Echegaray
Medical staff in surgical gowns, masks, and caps perform an operation in an operating room.
August 25, 2016

VUMC team helps launch fetal surgery program in Australia

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system.

By Christina Echegaray
A woman sits beside a young boy in a hospital waiting area, gently holding his hand near his mouth. The boy wears a blue shirt and necklace, and the woman wears a white American-flag shirt with a red lanyard.
August 11, 2016

Timing, teamwork key for young liver transplant patient

Antwane Cole Jr., known as “AJ” to friends and family, began his summer playing football and enjoying his favorite superhero, Spiderman.

By Christina Echegaray