• Famed Children’s Character Bob the Builder™ Says “Yes We Can!” to  Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
  Bob the Builder™, the loveable, hard-hat wearing, hard-working, internationally famous children’s character is pitching in to help Texas Children’s Hospital promote the progress of the West Campus, its first suburban pediatric hospital.
   

• Texas Children's Is First TMC Institution to Join Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative
  Texas Children's Hospital held a joint press conference with Rice University to announce the institution's decision to be the first to lease space within the new BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC). Hear press coverage from KUHF - Houston Public Radio.

• Dr. Mark Kline Recognized for Making House Calls Around the World
  Dr. Mark Kline received the Jefferson Award from KPRC 2 for his dedication to treating children affected by HIV/AIDS around the world.

• The American Academy of Pediatrics Names Lu-Ann Papile, MD, FAAP, as Chair of the Fetus and Newborn Committee
  7/7/2009 - Texas Children's Lu-Ann Papile, MD, FAAP, has been appointed chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Fetus and Newborn Committee and will assume the role on July 1.

• New BIPAI Leadership Team is Announced
  7/01/2009 - New Physician-in-chief Mark Kline has selected a new leadership team to oversee the operations of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative.

• Texas Children's Physicians Awarded NIH Pilot Grant for Human Microbiome Study; First of Its Kind in Texas Medical Center
  6/30/2009 - James Versalovic, MD, PhD, has been awarded one of 15 National Institutes of Health (NIH) pilot clinical demonstration project grants for the study of the human microbiome in children with irritable bowel syndrome.

• Texas Children's Hospital Ranks Top in Houston as Best Place to Work
  6/26/2009 - The Houston Business Journal has named Texas Children's Hospital the 2009 Best Place to Work among Houston companies with more than 500 employees.

• Houston 29th District Congressman Gene Green Reads to Children at Texas Children's Pediatric Practice
  6/22/2009 - Houston Congressman Gene Green attended a Texas Children's Pediatric Associates practice on May 27th in support of the Reach Out and Read program that promotes childhood literacy as part of pediatric primary care.

• Texas Children's Neuroscientist Dr. Jeffrey Neul to Receive 2009 Philip Rogers Dodge Young Investigator Award from Child Neurology Society
  6/22/2009 -  Texas Children's Dr. Jeffrey Neul will be recognized by the Child Neurology Society in October 2009 for his research on the cause of autonomic dysfunction in people with Rett syndrome.

• U.S.News Media Group ranks Texas Children’s Hospital among top children’s hospitals nationwide
  6/18/2009 - Texas Children’s Hospital has been ranked as a leader in children’s hospitals nationwide in U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, and is one of only 10 hospitals to achieve Honor Roll status.

• Dr. Mark Kline selected as chair of pediatrics at Baylor, physician-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital
  6/16/2009 - Dr. Mark W. Kline, internationally recognized leader in pediatric HIV/AIDS, has been named chair of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and physician-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital.

• BIPAI honors President Bush, Laura Bush with Leadership Award
  5/21/2009 - President George W. Bush and Laura Bush received the 2009 Leadership Award from the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) Wednesday night.
  Each year BIPAI honors leadership in promoting awareness and advancing care and treatment for HIV-infected children and families globally.

• Poetry By Texas Children’s Hospital Renal Center Patients Showcased At Houston Boychoir’s 46th Annual Spring Concert
  5/20/2009 -Poetry written by young patients of the Texas Children’s Hospital Renal
  Center was honored on May 17 by the Houston Boychoir at their 46th annual Spring Concert, “Ode to My Nurses.” More than 500 people gathered to enjoy the live performance at Moores Opera House.

• Texas Children's Hospital to celebrate EMTs throughout Houston
  5/20/2009 - In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of National Emergency Medical Services for Children Day (EMSC), Texas Children's Hospital and the EMSC State Partnership are raising awareness of the exceptional care that sick and injured children receive from regional paramedics, both at the scene of an emergency and en route to the hospital.

• Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus Invites Community Children to Share Their Dreams
  5/15/2009 - Dream Tree initiative launched to celebrate topping out of new West Campus facility

• Texas Children’s Hospital Celebrates Opening of New Project Medical Home in Corinthian Pointe
  5/14/2009 - Texas Children’s Hospital held an opening celebration May 14 for its newest Project Medical Home practice at 5505 West Orem Drive, in the Corinthian Pointe community.

• Nurses at Texas Children’s Hospital Engage in Research to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes
  5/12/2009 - One-on-one time with patients helps identify problems and design studies that lead to real solutions.

• Poetry by Texas Children's Hospital Renal Center patients to be showcased at Houston Boychoir's 46th annual Spring concert
  Houston Boychoir brings patient poetry to the stage in a live concert performance, “Ode to My Nurses”.

• Demmler-Harrison honored for devoted work with pediatric society
  5/7/2009 – Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison has been awarded the Society for Pediatric Research 2009 Thomas Hazinski, M.D. Distinguished Service Award.

• Texas Children's Hospital Promotes Child Injury Prevention
  4/27/2009 - Accidental injury is the number one cause of death in the United States among children ages one to 14 – despite the fact that most injuries are preventable. National Safe Kids Week kicked off on April 26 to raise awareness of the dangers children can face and how they can be avoided.

• Construction starts on children’s AIDS center in Mwanza, Tanzania
  4/24/ 2009 – Construction of a new center of excellence to provide comprehensive pediatric HIV/AIDS care to children and their families officially began today in Mwanza, Tanzania. The center is part of a network directed by the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and Texas Children's Hospital.

• Work begins on children’s AIDS center in Mbeya, Tanzania
  4/17/2009 – Groundbreaking ceremonies were held today in Mbeya, Tanzania, for a new center of excellence that will provide comprehensive pediatric HIV/AIDS care to children and their families through the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and Texas Children's Hospital.

• Renowned Texas Children's Hospital neuroscientist Dr. Huda Zoghbi receives prestigious 2009 Vilcek Price
  4/3/2009 – Dr. Huda Zoghbi, internationally renowned neurogeneticist and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, has been awarded the 2009 Vilcek Prize in biomedical science for her pioneering research on Rett syndrome and related autism spectrum disorders.

• Study by Texas Children's physician underscores strong need for multiple immunization strategies for adolescents
  4/2009 – There are a number of vaccine-preventable diseases that threaten adolescents. Because their schedules and lifestyles make these young people harder to reach, a new study conducted by a Texas Children’s Hospital pediatric subspecialist calls for more inventive ways to ensure adolescents receive the recommended preventative vaccines.

• Collaborative center aimed at treating, curing retinoblastoma
  3/25/2009 – Doctors and researchers from four Texas Medical Center institutions have joined together in the fight against retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye.

• Texas Children’s Hospital Takes Top Prize at Oilman’s Bass Invitational
  3/11/2009 – More than 1,200 amateur fishermen are converging on the Toledo Bend Reservoir near the Texas Louisiana border March 12-14 as part of the 19th annual Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational (TOBI).

• Texas Children’s Celebrated & Educated Children at Cornelius Elementary; In the spirit of Valentine’s, students learn to love and protect their peers
  2/13/2009 – Following a $286,233 check presentation to Texas Children’s Mobile Clinic outreach program on behalf of the Kohl’s department stores, students from Cornelius Elementary presented Texas Children’s representatives with hand-crafted valentine’s cards they made for patients of the hospital.

• Probiotics & your child: nutrition with hidden healing power
  3/2/2009 – Texas Children’s Hospital hosts free program for parents with renowned pediatric expert.

• Maletic-Savatic honored with McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award
  2/5/2008 - Dr. Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and child neurologist in the Division of Child Neurology at Texas Children’s Hospital, has been honored with the McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award.

• The New 93Q Radio host Kevin Kline Announces Ambitious 500-mile, 13 Day Ultramarathon Across Texas Benefiting Kids with Cancer
  1/28/2008 - Kevin Kline, local morning radio host on The New 93Q, held a kickoff event today at Texas Children’s Cancer Center to officially announce his plans to run Strides Across Texas, his nearly 500-mile, 13-day solo ultramarathon across Texas benefiting Texas Children’s Cancer Center.

• Simmons Family Foundation awards collaborative research grants
  1/22/2009 - The Virginia and L. E. Simmons Family Foundation Collaborative Research Fund has awarded four research grants totaling $600,000 to physician/researchers at Texas Children's Hospital, Rice University and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

2008

• Vaccinating Adolescents: Texas Children’s Hospital is “Taking It to the Schools” With Collaborative Pilot Program Targeting Underserved Youth
  12/17/2008 - About 500 adolescents at five Houston-area middle schools recently received free, nationally-recommended Tdap and meningococcal vaccines through a collaborative school-based pilot program called “Vaccinating Adolescents: Taking it To The Schools.”

• Texas Children’s Cancer Center launches nation’s first comprehensive web-based application for care of childhood cancer survivors
  10/8/2008 - Texas Children’s Cancer Center today launched Passport for Care, an innovative Web-based application that provides childhood cancer survivors and their physicians with immediate access to a survivor’s diagnosis and treatment history.

• Texas Children's Hospital participates in the largest-ever NIH children’s study
  10/3/2008 - Texas Children's Hospital is part of a consortium of local researchers, led by Baylor College of Medicine, who will take part in the largest-ever National Institutes of Health study of children. The study will evaluate the long term environmental and genetic effects on youngsters’ health from before conception to age 21 years.

• U.S., Tanzania governments partner with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative to open two new AIDS centers
  8/29/2008 - A public-private partnership will enable the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) to significantly expand its network of centers of excellence in Sub-Saharan Africa by building two clinics in Tanzania, a country hit hard by HIV/AIDS.

• U. S. News ranks Texas Children’s Hospital #6 in best pediatric hospitals nationwide
  6/5/2008 - U.S.News & World Report announced the results of the 2008 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, identifying the top 30 pediatric hospitals in the country.

• Texas Children’s Hospital Breaks Ground on New West Campus - 5/15/2008
  First community children’s hospital in the greater Houston area will be among nation’s largest.

• Kangaroo Crew reunites with past patients to unveil new ambulances - 4/17/2008
  Patients reunite with members of the specialized transport service team at the unveiling of the newly designed, ground and air ambulances.

• Cancer patients get CDs back from outer space - 3/12/2008
  NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski returns CDs of 55 Purple Songs that flew aboard space shuttle Discovery.

• Leading Neuroscientists to set five research objectives for treating Cerebral Palsy at collaborative workshop - 2/8/2008
  Leading neuroscientists from the United States and Canada gathered in Houston for an intensive two-day pediatric brain injury workshop designed to identify objectives for treating cerebral palsy that are the most innovative, fundable, scientifically sound and achievable within a reasonable time frame. 

• Texas Children's launches first-of-its kind vaccine center - 1/24/2008
  Texas Children’s Hospital announced the creation of the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research, a new program dedicated to providing parents and the medical community with up-to-date information about vaccines and conducting research that will contribute to the health of the nation’s children and families. The Cocoon Strategy, the center's first project, aims to protect those most vulnerable - newborn babies - against whooping cough.

• Texas Children’s named lead center for clinical trial of Berlin Heart - 1/18/2008
  This collaborative study, involving other leading heart centers, will benefit pediatric heart patients worldwide.

2007

• Thank you for your support! - 12/21/2007
  Generous listeners pledge over $1.1 Million during the Cure Kids Cancer Radiothon. It's not too late to contribute!

• Texas Children's Hospital Breaks Ground for New Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute - 12/14/2007
  A ceremonial groundbreaking was held at Texas Children's Hospital for the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute

• BIPAI’s pediatric AIDS center in Romania grows up - 12/06/2007
  A center that opened in Romania in 2001 to help young children with HIV/AIDS survive for longer periods is now adapting to its success with an expanded focus of caring for the adult needs of these individuals.

• Fundraising scam alert from Texas Children's Hospital - 12/05/2007
  Texas Children's Hospital is advising Houston residents to beware of fundraising scams claiming to benefit kids at the hospital.

• Buyer Beware: Those shopping for children should heed warnings before holiday shopping - 11/21/2007
  Texas Children's Hospital, TexPIRG Announce Season’s Most Dangerous Toys

• Texas Children's Maternity Center one step closer to becoming a reality - 11/11/2007
  The Crowne Plaza was imploded early this morning to make way for the future Texas Children's Maternity Center.

• Texas Children's announces $50 million commitment to support research in Pediatric Neurology - 10/23/2007
  Texas Children’s Hospital announced a record $50 million gift to launch the world’s preeminent collaborative institute to study and treat pediatric neurological disorders.

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