Christina Echegaray
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Photo: Dance Marathon
After students, families and the community danced the night away for 13.1 hours, the Vanderbilt University Dance Marathon student executive committee unveiled how much money had been raised for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Device helps ease child’s overactive bladder burden
Until a year ago, Kate Lamons would slip into her mother’s classroom during school to change clothes, hopefully fast enough that she could return to her own class before anyone noticed that her clothes were wet from an overactive bladder. Read MoreFeb 14, 2013
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Children’s Hospital nationally ranked by ‘Parents’ magazine
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has earned two top spots among "Parents" magazine’s best of children’s hospital lists released last week. Read MoreFeb 12, 2013
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Children’s Hospital hosting pediatric nursing job fair
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will host a pediatric nursing job fair from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the second floor performance stage of the hospital. Read MoreFeb 7, 2013
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Children’s Hospital teacher lands educator award
Tina Woods, in-house school teacher at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was recently named American Paper & Twine Co./Georgia Pacific Teacher of the Year for 2012. Read MoreJan 17, 2013
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Basketball player’s project scores big for young patients
For Gabby Smith, a senior on the Vanderbilt University Women’s basketball team, a box of crayons is more than a carton of colored wax sticks used to scribble on paper. Read MoreJan 17, 2013
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Preds passion
Five-year-old Maddie Wright-Renteria laughs with Gnash, the mascot of the Nashville Predators hockey team, during a recent visit by coaches, players and team officials to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (Photo courtesy of the Nashville Predators)… Read MoreDec 20, 2012
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Season’s greetings
Lily Faught gets a helping hand from Santa Claus during his recent visit with patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (Photo by Steve Green)… Read MoreDec 20, 2012
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Lady Antebellum members create child health foundation
Grammy award-winning country music group Lady Antebellum has launched a new charitable initiative called LadyAID, a philanthropic effort created to bring awareness to and generate support for children in need locally, nationally and globally. Read MoreDec 6, 2012
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Patients, families benefit from annual Holiday Project sales
The Friends of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is continuing its annual tradition, the Holiday Project, now in its 39th year. Read MoreDec 6, 2012
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Room’s lead-lined walls protect patients, caregivers
Ten-year-old Madison Monday holds a small stuffed brown bear tightly under her arm as she receives an innovative therapy for neuroblastoma, a cancer that develops from nerve tissue. Read MoreDec 6, 2012
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New faculty: Patrick Grohar brings a competitive spirit to childhood cancer research
Patrick Grohar came to Vanderbilt in January from the National Cancer Institute, bringing with him his passions and self-motivation for lab-based work. His research focuses on drug discovery in pediatric sarcomas, cancers that develop in bone and soft tissues. Read MoreNov 9, 2012
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Studies explore best ways to manage insomnia in autism
Simply giving parents a pamphlet about sleep habits did not help their children with autism spectrum disorders get a better night’s sleep, but capturing best practices for an overarching approach to insomnia in autism may help health care providers identify and manage symptoms in these patients. Read MoreNov 1, 2012
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Project targets sickle cell disease in Nigeria
Researchers from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, will work on a collaborative project to study a sickle cell disease treatment for children in Nigeria. Read MoreOct 25, 2012
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Plans announced for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Williamson Medical Center
A new pediatric tower at Williamson Medical Center will bear the name the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Williamson Medical Center. Williamson Medical Center (WMC), one of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s affiliates, announced plans this week to expand its facility through construction to include upgraded surgical… Read MoreOct 4, 2012
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Initiatives aim to enhance teen driver safety
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is garnering attention for its efforts to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths among young adults. Read MoreSep 27, 2012
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It helps to have Friends in fight against prematurity
Carolyn Thombs, president of Friends of Children’s Hospital, cuts the ribbon to unveil a recognition wall during an event last week celebrating the organization’s 40th anniversary. (photo by Steve Green) The Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will commit $1 million to combat… Read MoreSep 13, 2012
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Carmaker’s gift boosts childhood cancer research
Patrick Grohar, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant last week for his research into potential drug therapies for Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the bone. Read MoreSep 13, 2012
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Rush sees bright future ahead for Pediatrics
Meg Rush, M.D., called upon the Department of Pediatrics’ faculty, trainees and staff to ‘be the change’ they wish to see in the future of pediatric health care at Vanderbilt and in our region. Read MoreSep 6, 2012
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Patient’s odyssey takes her from Japan to Vanderbilt
Cylinda Marquart gripped the small Post-it note inscribed with Japanese characters as her 6-week-old daughter, Albi-Helene Martin, was raced to a hospital by ambulance. Read MoreSep 6, 2012