Department of Pediatrics
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January 24, 2022
Vanderbilt recruiting children to study allergic responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
Vanderbilt is conducting a clinical trial to determine risk and mechanisms of allergic reactions to COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine among children. -
January 20, 2022
VUMC to support $170 million NIH nutrition research initiative
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January 20, 2022
Vanderbilt mourns loss of tireless philanthropist Dugas
Laura Jo Turner Dugas, who along with her brothers Cal Jr. and Steve Turner and their families, have been longtime supporters of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, died on Dec. 26, 2021. She was 84. -
January 19, 2022
Study identifies molecular trigger of severe injury-induced inflammatory response
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that early inappropriate activation of the enzyme plasmin caused by severe injury is a trigger of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and resulting organ failure. -
January 13, 2022
Eve of Janus event benefits Children’s Hospital
The Eve of Janus, the longest-running fundraising event for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, recently celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a $1 million milestone gift to the hospital’s Tri Delta Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic. -
January 12, 2022
Excessive screen time impacting health of children in many ways
Vanderbilt physicians are seeing an increasing trend of health conditions in children with chronic diseases like diabetes, directly or indirectly related to excessive screen time. -
January 6, 2022
Study compares surgeries for low birthweight babies