Latest News
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The Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Receives $3.09M Gift
September 27, 2019CURE’s gift will fund the Aflac Cancer Center Precision Medicine Program, research projects and fellowships
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Perfectly matched: Connecting children on the autism spectrum with others
September 19, 2019Early Emory is the university's year-round preschool education program that provides opportunities for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to learn and grow with typically developing children. Meet Elise and Amiel, two children who became best friends through the program.
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Emory & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta now part of nationwide pediatric emergency research network
September 19, 2019Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta have been selected to participate as a new research site for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), the first such federally funded network in the country, which began in 2001.
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Dr. Shannon Gourley Awarded Curt Richter Award in Milan, Italy
September 09, 2019Dr. Shannon Gourley, Associate Professor (with tenure) in our Division and at Yerkes, was awarded the prestigious Curt Richter Award in Milan, Italy, last week, for internationally acclaimed advances in psychoneuroendocrinology made by a young investigator around the globe.
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Pediatric hematologists introduce ‘The Atlanta Protocol’ a novel way to treat pediatric hemophilia A
August 30, 2019Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University researchers publish findings in Haemophilia journal
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PCORI engagement award will build capacity for intestinal disease in premature infants
August 27, 2019Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will collaborate on a project to expand research and treatment for patient-families with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) -- a rare but potentially lethal intestinal disease affecting premature and medically fragile infants. The project is sponsored by the NEC Society and is supported by a Eugene Washington Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
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3q29 deletion survey: distinct social profile, high ASD risk
July 24, 2019Children with 3q29 deletion tend to score high on social motivation, while retaining other impairments connected with autism spectrum disorder.
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Genetic variation linked to cognitive differences after radiation for pediatric medulloblastoma
July 15, 2019Although clinicians have aimed at reducing doses of radiotherapy to lessen long-term impairment in medulloblastoma patients, research thus far has shown that lower doses lead to greater tumor relapse and decreased overall survival.