Nationwide Children’s Research Benefits Kids Everywhere
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Pediatric research benefits children everywhere. Through the stories below, discover more about the breadth and depth of research at Nationwide Children’s that is improving child health.
Changing Feeding Outcomes Through Crib-Side Research
“We have developed personalized approaches that allow for precision diagnosis and guided therapies that favor better nutrition, better oral skills, better airway protection skills, and better GI development in the long term. All of this will result in better neurodevelopmental growth and long-term development for the baby,” says Sudarshan Jadcherla, MD, director of the Infant Feeding Disorders Clinic and principal investigator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Because of the crib-side research led by Dr. Jadcherla at Nationwide Children’s, more babies are going home sooner and without tube feeding. The vulnerable infants may also have better chances of avoiding chronic neurodevelopmental delays associated with infant feeding disorders.
Hayes is one of the babies to benefit from Dr. Jadcherla’s work. Hayes overcame a complex feeding disorder to go home without a permanent feeding tube.
Complex Feeding Disorders: Integrating Research and Clinical Care
Meet Hayes, who went from a complex eating disorder to eating like a champ with the help of the Infant Feeding Disorders Program.
A New Future for Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Thanks to Gene Therapy
Connor's and Easton's Stories
Connor and Easton both participated in an early clinical trial for gene therapy for DMD. Find out how they are doing 5 years after receiving the gene therapy.
Gideon's Story
Meet Gideon, the first patient to receive gene therapy for DMD outside of a clinical trial at Nationwide Children’s.
Learn More About Research at Nationwide Children’s and the Families That Benefit
Changing Feeding Outcomes Through Crib-Side Research | Meet Dr. Sudarshan Jadcherla
Learn how clinical research is changing outcomes for babies with feeding disorders.
Genome Sequencing Provides Answers
Meet Summer. Her illness started shortly after birth, but it took nearly her whole childhood to find answers. In 2020, the genomics team finally gave her family a name for her disorder.
Advancing Regenerative Medicine
Meet the physician-scientist at the forefront of tissue engineering.
Making Progress in Cardiovascular Research
Meet the scientists advancing research for children with heart disease.
Inside our Zebrafish Facility: Genetic, Life-Saving Research
Meet the team using a state-of-the-art facility to learn about children’s cancer from zebrafish.
Meet Ghaith: Making History for MoCD
Baby Ghaith received his first IV dose of fosdenopterin before he was 10 minutes old, the earliest treatment of MoCD known to the Nationwide Children’s team.
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