Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 31 of 35
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April 3, 2014
Children’s Hospital gets to heart of boy’s rare disorder
Twenty-month old Luke Reaves pushed a pig-shaped wooden toy off his hospital bed, then waited to hear the “smack” as it hit the hard floor below. -
February 27, 2014
U.S. Senate hearing explores ADHD treatment concerns
William Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, testified Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee regarding psychotropic medications and treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). -
September 19, 2013
Hyundai award helps drive hope for cancer research
Emmanuel Volanakis, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology, was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope On Wheels grant last week for his ongoing research into T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an aggressive blood cancer. -
September 12, 2013
Federal grant bolsters pulmonary fibrosis research
Lisa Young, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and Cell Biology, has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to study what causes cellular dysfunction and pulmonary fibrosis in patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS). -
September 5, 2013
Webber delivers first State of Pediatrics address
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August 22, 2013
Initiative makes cesarean births a family affair
Robert and Michele McClellan expected the experience of their infant son’s birth via cesarean section to be like that of other women who had had the procedure — unable to witness their son’s exit from the womb and for him to be immediately whisked away.