Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 2 of 58

Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, speaks at a lectern to an audience, gesturing with both hands between two computer monitors.
September 24, 2026

Building on momentum: Juan Salazar outlines future of Pediatrics in annual address

The address highlighted the department’s continued growth and successes across several mission-critical priorities: people, clinical care, education, research and discovery, and community engagement and advocacy.

By Christina Echegaray
Stylized side view of a person wearing a white virtual-reality headset and raising one hand, rendered with vivid red and blue glitch effects against a pale background.
September 23, 2026

Social Mode: Activated

Avatars help autistic adults connect with
each other — and to the world

By Bill Snyder
Collage illustrating global public-health research: a scientist using a microscope, a field researcher handling equipment, magnified microorganisms, a globe with airplanes, the U.S. Capitol, a syringe and vial, charts, and abstract geometric accents.
September 23, 2026

Catalysts for change (for three decades)

Vanderbilt’s Master of Public Health grads
are the problem solvers the world needs

By Jill Clendening
Smiling child wearing a pearl headband and lavender dress, leaning on a wooden surface outdoors in bright sunlight.
September 23, 2026

Care Reimagined

Expanded pediatric hematology and oncology spaces transform the treatment experience for patients, families and the teams who care for them.

By Christina Echegaray
Close-up, softly focused photograph of a pregnant person’s abdomen with one hand resting on the belly; the person’s face is not visible.
September 23, 2026

Vanderbilt Health study identifies drugs with potential to improve outcomes associated with preterm labor

The findings do not mean that these drugs are ready to be used clinically for preterm labor; rather, they identify promising candidates for further development.

By Evan Dorian
(photo by Erin O. Smith)
September 15, 2026

20 years among the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals, and still No. 1 in Tennessee

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt once again earned top honors for the 20th consecutive year from U.S. News & World Report.

By Christina Echegaray