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Children with feeding tubes benefit most from multidisciplinary care
November 11, 2016"Our findings suggest that intensive multidisciplinary intervention holds clear benefit for children and families impacted by pediatric feeding disorders," says co-author William Sharp, PhD, director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at Marcus Autism Center and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. "Our hope is that this study raises awareness regarding the significant daily struggle too many families face surrounding mealtimes."
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ACTSI TL1 (T32) TRAINING GRANT—Now accepting applications
November 11, 2016CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING
for Predoctoral (Medical, PhD and/or Pharm D students)
and Postdoctoral Trainees (MD, PhD, and/or PharmD) -
2016 Emory Department of Pediatrics Annual Award Winners
November 04, 2016Congratulations to the following winners for the 2016 faculty awards!
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Cape Day 2016
October 21, 2016What is Cape Day? The annual tradition of Cape Day is back on Oct. 21st. While some superheroes battle scary villains, at Children’s, our superheroes fight something much scarier—illnesses and injuries that many of us could…
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Genome study identifies risk genes in African Americans with inflammatory bowel disease
October 21, 2016A research team has identified two regions of the genome (loci) associated with ulcerative colitis only in people of African descent.
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Blocking ileal bile acid uptake safeguards against NAFLD
October 12, 2016An orally administered inhibitor of bile acid uptake in the ileum protects against diet-induced NAFLD in mice, according to a new study. The drug, which is not systemically absorbed, also improved glucose tolerance, altered liver bile acid composition and normalized hepatic expression of lipogenic, inflammatory and bile-acid regulatory genes.
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2016 Pediatric Antimicrobial Resistance Pilot:
October 11, 2016Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2016 Pediatric Antimicrobial Resistance Pilot!
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New ImageStream Users in the Flow Cytometry Core
October 07, 2016Five projects in the Flow Cytometry Core Mini-Pilot using the ImageStream X Mark II.