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