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May 2025

By the Book: Guiding Teens Through Inpatient Psychiatric Stays
 By the Book: Guiding Teens Through Inpatient Psychiatric Stays 1024 555 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES
By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

A new patient guidebook provides evidence-based resources to engage adolescents in their recovery throughout and after their hospital stay. Inpatient admissions for child and adolescent psychiatry patients typically occur due to a psychiatric crisis. At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, children stay an average of eight days before transitioning to outpatient care. While in the hospital, they…

Featured Researcher – Mattina Davenport, PhD
 Featured Researcher – Mattina Davenport, PhD 150 150 Gina Vitale, PTA
By: Gina Vitale, PTA

What happens when a passion for law and social advocacy intersects with science and mentorship? The result is a remarkable research scientist driven to improve pediatric health equity and access, eager to lead the next generation of scientists. Meet Mattina A. Davenport, PhD. She’s a principal investigator in the Center for Child Health Equity and…

Harnessing the Power of Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Frontier in Infection Prevention
 Harnessing the Power of Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Frontier in Infection Prevention 1024 683 Pam Georgiana
By: Pam Georgiana

Research offers promising solutions for urinary tract infection treatment and antibiotic resistance. Urinary tract infections affect millions of people and can contribute to significant morbidity. Research into innate immunity mechanisms has shown great promise for improving urinary tract infection prevention and treatment strategies, especially in populations at high risk, such as patients with insulin resistance.…

Genetic Variation Contributing to Nephrotic Syndrome
 Genetic Variation Contributing to Nephrotic Syndrome 1024 683 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller

Genetic variants in CR1 have significantly different population-specific frequencies and are linked with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) – the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a leading cause of nephrotic syndrome — a kidney disorder that causes proteins to leak into the urine causing a variety of complications. FSGS has an…

Preventing Pediatric Suicide Through Systems-Level Collaboration
 Preventing Pediatric Suicide Through Systems-Level Collaboration 1024 576 Pam Georgiana
By: Pam Georgiana

How primary care, schools and communities are working together to address pediatric suicide rates through early intervention and collaborative care. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth aged 10 to 24 in the United States, and rates have been steadily rising across the country since 2007. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue…

Depression is the New Predictor of Diabetes Control in Teens
 Depression is the New Predictor of Diabetes Control in Teens 1024 683 Pam Georgiana
By: Pam Georgiana
Diabetic girl with an insulin pump connected to her leg

A new study reveals that depressive symptoms, not diabetes-specific stress, forecast long-term glycemic outcomes in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Managing type 1 diabetes is challenging at any age, but for adolescents, the burden can be especially overwhelming. Previous cross-sectional studies have shown a link between diabetes-specific emotional distress, or the frustration and stress related…

Novel Viral Vector Manufacturing Approach Could Improve Safety of Gene Therapy
 Novel Viral Vector Manufacturing Approach Could Improve Safety of Gene Therapy 1024 683 Lauren Dembeck
By: Lauren Dembeck

New AAV proviral plasmid for vector manufacturing has potential to increase patient safety and make gene therapies more affordable, researchers say. Gene therapy is one of the most exciting frontiers in modern medicine, offering potential cures for previously devastating or fatal disorders, such as spinal muscular atrophy and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Adeno-associated virus…

A Simple Intervention With Great Potential
 A Simple Intervention With Great Potential 1024 585 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES
By: Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

If the CORD-CHD Study meets even a single endpoint, it will represent one of the simplest and most accessible improvements in congenital heart disease management in recent history. The concept is elegant in its simplicity: delay clamping the umbilical cord for a minute or two after birth to allow a gentle increase in the baby’s…

Enhancing Pediatric Suicide Risk Detection: Effective Screening, Pathways and Care
 Enhancing Pediatric Suicide Risk Detection: Effective Screening, Pathways and Care 1024 683 Madison Storm
By: Madison Storm

Youth suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. Most youth who die by suicide have no mental illness diagnosis and have visited a health care provider within a year prior to their death. In fact, 40% of those youth visited a health care provider within one month prior.   “The data…