Department of Pediatrics Archive — Page 48 of 55
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April 8, 2015
VU joins national effort to speed Ebola therapy testing
Vanderbilt University researchers have joined a multi-center effort led by Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. to accelerate development of potential antibody therapies against the often-lethal Ebola virus. -
March 23, 2015
New systems biology method may help improve vaccine evaluation
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found a new way to “dissect” the human immune response following influenza vaccination. -
February 26, 2015
Respiratory viruses are main childhood pneumonia culprit: Study
Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine. -
February 24, 2015
Contributors to coronavirus ‘fitness’
Understanding the role that host membrane modification plays in coronavirus replication is essential for developing novel approaches to block the viruses that cause SARS and MERS. -
February 5, 2015
VUMC lands grant to join CDC autism surveillance network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $1.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to join the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. -
February 5, 2015
Couple’s gift bolsters neonatology training, research
Dupree Hatch, M.D., shrugs off the sleep deprivation from a night taking care of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and launches into a discussion of his efforts to describe — and reduce — adverse events associated with intubation in the NICU. -
January 8, 2015
Cotton recalled as devoted teacher, mentor, scientist
Robert B. Cotton Jr., M.D., professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University and former longtime director of the Division of Neonatology, died Friday, Jan. 2. He was 74.