Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology

April 22, 2021

Study seeks to increase volume-targeted ventilation use

For more than two decades, evidence has accrued that the use of volume-targeted ventilation (VTV) results in better outcomes in neonates who require mechanical ventilation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

By Jessica Pasley
December 3, 2020

Six Vanderbilt faculty elected as 2020 fellows of the AAAS

Six Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected 2020 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

By Marissa Shapiro
November 18, 2020

Why does COVID-19 seem to spare children? Vanderbilt University Medical Center study offers an answer 

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and their colleagues have determined a key factor as to why COVID-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare younger children. 

By Bill Snyder
August 6, 2020

Patrick receives award for children’s health research

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, has been awarded the fifth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research.

By Christina Echegaray
Children playing a board game. (iStockphoto)
May 27, 2020

Research probes why COVID-19 seems to spare young children

Lung disease experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and their colleagues have determined a key factor as to why COVID-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare younger children.

By Bill Snyder
May 6, 2020

Unplanned extubations in preterm infants studied

Unplanned extubations (UEs) in adult and pediatric populations have long been associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased costs to health care systems.

By Jessica Pasley
March 5, 2020

Clues to lung injury in preterm babies

Jennifer Sucre and colleagues have discovered a factor that contributes to the pathological changes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the most common complication of preterm birth.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 22, 2019

Harvest Party

Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 25, 2019

Teams land perinatal care quality awards

Three teams across Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently earned top-status Gold Level Quality awards from the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC).
By Christina Echegaray
December 11, 2018

Tim McGraw stars in fundraising ad for Children’s Hospital NICU

Country music star Tim McGraw has teamed up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to promote the hospital’s Give to the Next Breath initiative, a philanthropic marketing effort to support the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
By Paige Turner
April 5, 2018

Lung diseases share molecular signature

Lung diseases of infancy and aging share a molecular signature, pointing to a potential target for treatment and prevention.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 29, 2017

Event celebrates Walsh’s career as chief of Nurseries

William Walsh, M.D., has always “put the baby in the middle” — sometimes literally, but most often figuratively.
By Christina Echegaray
June 15, 2017

Patrick honored for neonatal abstinence syndrome research

Stephen W. Patrick, M.D., MPH, MS, has been chosen to receive the Nemours Child Health Services Research Award, recognizing his work surrounding neonatal abstinence syndrome, a drug withdrawal syndrome experienced by infants exposed to opioids while in utero.
By Christina Echegaray
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