Jessica Pasley Archive — Page 1 of 56

August 18, 2026

As schedules change, health care advocates encourage back seat second looks to prevent hot car deaths

It only takes 10 minutes for the temperature inside a vehicle to rise 19 degrees and continue to rise. Even on cooler days closer to 70 degrees, children can experience vehicular heatstroke.

By Jessica Pasley
August 18, 2026

Could GLP-1s help treat opioid use disorder? Vanderbilt Health study now enrolling

The study, Evaluation of Tirzepatide as an Adjunct to Buprenorphine for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (TAB), is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted through the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network.

By Jessica Pasley
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt patient Nolan Queener plays with his beads of courage. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
August 7, 2026

One bead at a time, strung together, tells story of pediatric patients’ health journeys

The Beads of Courage Program provides innovative arts-in-medicine programs for children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them.

By Jessica Pasley
August 4, 2026

Cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy is focus of nearly $2M grant

The project will integrate diverse datasets and advanced quantitative approaches to better define the natural history of cardiomyopathy in Duchenne, identify key biomarkers, and support the development of tools to optimize the design and conduct of clinical trials for candidate drugs.

By Jessica Pasley
July 31, 2026

Large doses of fun packed into a pilot on-site summer camp program for hematology-oncology clinic patients  

The success of the half-day interaction on Fridays led the Sunrise Association to pilot a six-day camp environment for the clinic. The hope is that it will be shared with other pediatric hospitals offering cancer therapies.

By Jessica Pasley
July 22, 2026

ECMO program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt among best in the world

Vanderbilt Health was the first to use this technology in Tennessee in 1989, with the first patient placed on ECMO in the neonatal intensive care unit. The pediatric program is one of the largest and most successful programs in the world.

By Jessica Pasley