Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 20 of 56
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January 12, 2023
Expandable prosthesis gives young patient more mobility
To treat the osteosarcoma in his left leg, Dominic Gamez, 7, and his family chose to have a magnetic expandable prosthesis implanted that can be manipulated to grow incrementally as the child grows. -
January 12, 2023
Antibody “fingerprinting” method potential advance to slow spread of dengue
Vanderbilt researchers have reported a major advance in understanding and potentially preventing dengue, a devastating, mosquito-borne tropical viral infection that is spreading across the globe. -
January 10, 2023
Anti-nausea drug response in children
Genetic variation in a metabolic enzyme was not associated with response to the anti-nausea drug odansetron in children, Vanderbilt researchers report. -
January 5, 2023
Infectious disease expert Edwards ends storied career
Vanderbilt's Kathryn Edwards, MD, internationally recognized for her countless contributions to vaccine evaluation and implementation, public health advocacy, and the mentorship and training of new generations of experts in infectious disease over the past four decades, retired on Dec. 31, 2022. -
January 5, 2023
Three elected to the American Pediatric Society
Three physicians in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics have been elected to the American Pediatric Society. -
December 15, 2022
Van Driest to lead All of Us pediatric research
Vanderbilt's Sara Van Driest, MD, PhD, has assumed a new post as the first-ever director of pediatrics for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through precision medicine. -
November 22, 2022
Risk score for muscular dystrophy
An imaging-based risk score can identify patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are at greater risk of early mortality, allowing more intensive treatment and potentially prolonging life.