Jessica Pasley Archive — Page 31 of 57

Smiling athlete wearing glasses and an orange shirt holds up three USA Games gold medals on blue-and-purple ribbons.
December 28, 2018

Olympic achievement: Children’s Hospital employee KeKe Hinds brings home the gold

“I am very competitive when it comes to sports. It’s such fun and I get to meet so many great people.”

By Jessica Pasley
A group of eight people, including adults and children, pose in front of a decorated Christmas tree with red ribbons, lights, ornaments, and wrapped presents.
December 14, 2018

Twenty-three families with babies in NICU treated to holiday outing to Opryland Hotel

A time for holiday cheer and a break from the hospital

By Jessica Pasley
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with long brown hair against a warm brown background.
December 13, 2018

Study links soy formula feeding and menstrual pain

Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), with the help of an epidemiologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, recently published findings showing an association between infant soy formula feeding and menstrual pain in adulthood.

By Jessica Pasley
Child posing beside a life-size Taylor Swift wax figure holding a glitter-covered guitar in front of a Madame Tussauds Nashville backdrop.
December 6, 2018

Taylor Swift wax figure from Madame Tussauds brings smiles to Children’s Hospital

Posers gonna pose pose pose pose pose

By Jessica Pasley
A clinician presents a gift basket to a woman and two children in a pediatric clinic reception area. Another woman holds a young child beside them; balloons and partial Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital branding are visible in the background.
November 29, 2018

Children’s After-Hours Clinics reach patient visit milestone

When Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital launched its After-Hours Clinic Program in 2013, the decision to bring its expertise in treating children closer to home and to provide another option for families was the right choice.

By Jessica Pasley
Portrait of Tonia Rex, PhD, smiling at the camera.
November 29, 2018

NEI grants help bolster glaucoma research efforts

Two Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) researchers were recently awarded National Eye Institute (NEI) Audacious Goals Initiative (AGI) for Regenerative Medicine grants for $6.8 million over five years to develop new treatments for optic neuropathies and glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.

By Jessica Pasley