Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 27 of 58

Infographic titled “Tennessee Parents’ Top 5 Concerns for Kids,” listing education and school quality; bullying, including cyberbullying; child mental health and suicide; getting sick from COVID; and disruptions to schooling due to COVID. A child holds up five fingers beside the text. Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy branding appears at the bottom.
January 20, 2022

Education, school quality top concerns for parents: poll

A new poll of Tennessee parents from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy has found that education and school quality top the list of parental concerns in the state.

By Jake Lowary
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
January 6, 2022

New faculty awards honor clinical, research, teaching missions

The Office of Research, the Office of Faculty Affairs, and the Basic Sciences have created four new faculty awards named to honor and recognize past and current leadership in the clinical, educational, and research missions of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Vanderbilt Health News
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
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
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
Illustration of three inhaler devices in orange, blue, and light blue, shown upright and at an angle.
December 8, 2021

International study supports dupilumab for treatment of moderate-to-severe asthma in children

In a late-stage clinical trial, the biologic agent dupilumab reduced the rate of severe asthma attacks and improved lung function and asthma control for children ages 6 to 11 with moderate-to-severe asthma, offering a new option to these patients.

By Leigh MacMillan