Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 16 of 40

White tablets spilled from an open orange prescription bottle, with additional pill bottles blurred in the background.
January 4, 2022

Opioid use disorder treatment access increases in areas with large Medicaid population

By Jill Clendening
Helmeted rider driving a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle through deep sand, with trees in the background.
January 3, 2022

Increase in ATV injuries prompts additional funding to support safety program at Children’s Hospital

According to hospital records, there were 100 ATV-related trauma admissions between July 2020 and August 2021. That is up from 2017 when injuries accounted for 69 admissions and were the fifth leading cause of trauma admissions at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
From left, Nicholas Negretti, PhD, Jonathan Kropski, MD, John Benjamin, MD, MPH, Jennifer Sucre, MD, and Erin Plosa, MD, led the research team that created a single-cell “atlas” of lung development. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
December 20, 2021

“Atlas” of lung development may aid efforts to heal premature lungs

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have constructed a single-cell “atlas” of lung development that tracks multiple cell types over time.

By Bill Snyder
A masked youth in a baseball uniform stands at a podium bearing the American Red Cross logo, with a masked woman beside him; blood-donation posters are visible in the background.
December 17, 2021

Family knows firsthand the critical need for blood donations

Vanderbilt cancer patient Brody Cramer knows all too well how crucial blood donations are. Since he was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year he has needed 23 units of red blood cells and 16 units of platelets.

By Jessica Pasley
Hands holding and tapping an iPhone displaying app icons in front of a car’s steering wheel and dashboard.
December 17, 2021

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt targets teen driver safety

By Vanderbilt Health News
Exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, showing the glass entrance canopy, tall modern hospital buildings, colorful children’s hospital sign, and red hospital logo.
December 16, 2021

Ess, Warren, Williams elected to American Pediatric Society

Three Vanderbilt pediatricians have been elected to the American Pediatric Society, one of the nation’s oldest and most renowned academic societies.

By Rachel Vitolo