Emory researchers have discovered that exhaled vapors from e-cigarettes contain chemicals that are detectible in children's saliva, breath and blood samples.
Nine Emory faculty were recently recognized as part of an elite group of the world’s most influential scientists by the Institute for Scientific Information.
New research from Emory University and Marcus Autism Center can potentially identify early brain and behavioral markers associated with social disability, which can inform early-intervention approaches to better support child and family outcomes.
Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is partnering with the Liz Blake Giving Fund and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s) to develop a scholarship program to expand and equip the workforce of pediatric mental health professionals.
In a significant step for the treatment of neuroblastoma, an international group of researchers led by Winship Cancer Institute researcher Kelly Goldsmith, MD, has shown that the targeted therapy lorlatinib is safe and effective in treating high-risk neuroblastoma.
Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics is the largest recipient of federal research dollars from the National Institutes of Health in 2022 for pediatrics departments.
Winship member Sharon Castellino, MD, MSc, and colleagues from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Roswell Park led a pediatric multicenter study showing targeted therapy for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma reduces relapse.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
Evan Anderson, an infectious disease physician at Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, answers questions about the CDC’s recent recommendation for COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 and under.
Wilbur Lam, a principal investigator for RADx, joins epidemiologist Jodie Guest to talk about his team's work to bring new COVID-19 diagnostic tools to market and provide free testing to the community.
In the SAVE program, researchers assess whether mutations in emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Delta and Omicron affect virus transmission, severity and immunity, which in turn supports the testing of vaccines and therapeutics and guides public health responses.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
As in humans, spontaneous social behaviors of free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques display significant genetic influences, or heritability. This exploratory study opens new avenues for research on the genetics of autism-related behavior.
Researchers at Emory University have helped make at-home COVID-19 testing accessible, affordable and accurate. A new grant will allow them to ramp up their work "testing the tests."
The Food and Drug Administration on December 15 approved the first-ever drug to be used for the prevention of acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) in adult and pediatric patients, opening the door for safer bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants in patients who do not have a perfectly matched graft donor.
The National Organization for Rare Disorders has named Emory’s Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Human Genetics, in partnership with the Emory Clinic and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, as a NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence.
Emory infectious disease expert Evan Anderson answers questions about what Pfizer’s initial pediatric trial results mean for children under the age of 12.
Premature or very-low-birth-weight infants often need transfusions of red blood cells while in the neonatal intensive care unit. New research from Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta suggests that the sex of adult blood donors may affect the risk of common complications.
Emory researchers have been involved in testing all three of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the United States, along with others that may play important roles in the future.
Emory University and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center will share with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a five-year, $27.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate the search for a cure for HIV in children and adolescents.
Antibodies induced by current COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can still neutralize the Delta and Kappa variants, but at a reduced potency, according to Emory-led research.
Emory is participating in a NIAID-sponsored study evaluating immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy or within two months of delivery, led by principal investigator Martina Badell.
A more contagious coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.7 is still susceptible to antibodies induced after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. But another called B.1.351 modestly reduces antibodies' potency.
The Department of Pediatrics in Emory's School of Medicine led the nation in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2020 among pediatric departments, according to rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
Supported by a $8 million, five-year grant, an Emory-led team of scientists plans to investigate new therapeutic approaches to fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited intellectual disability and a major single-gene cause of autism.
Measuring antiviral antibody levels in blood may distinguish children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which appears to be a serious but rare complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
Yerkes and UNC researchers have demonstrated they can wake up dormant virus in two models of HIV infection. This is a step toward implementing "shock and kill," a leading strategy for eliminating HIV from the body.
DeKalb County School District (DCSD) and Emory University will collaborate on the development of six new school-based health centers in DeKalb County schools.
Emory 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 that began in 2001.
Immunity against mumps virus appears insufficient in a fraction of college-aged people who were vaccinated in childhood, Emory/CDC research indicates. The findings highlight the need to better understand the immune response to mumps and mumps vaccines.
An innovative way to treat pediatric hemophilia A patients using a combination approach has seen early success at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, with researchers from Emory University School of Medicine.
Researchers 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.
An Emory survey of 93 people with 3q29 deletion syndrome reveals a distinct pattern of social disability and anxiety, even without a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
To better understand the cells that brain tumors recruit, scientists developed advanced imaging techniques to visualize macrophages found in the brain tumors of living mice.
Formation of a physician¿s professional identity can be described as a process of developing increasingly broad mental lenses, medical educators suggest in a paper published in the journal Academic Medicine.
How deformable cells are, and thus how stiff or squishy they are, plays an important role in retaining blood-forming stem cells in their marrow niches and thus preserving their long-term repopulation capabilities. Modulating stem cells' stiffness could facilitate mobilization procedures used for transplants.
Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered a way to exploit cancer cells' hunger for amino acids to selectively block the growth of leukemias.
When studying Crohn's disease, a challenge is separating out potential causes from the flood of systemic inflammation. Emory and Georgia Tech researchers may have found some gold nuggets in the inflammatory gravel.
A nationwide consortium of researchers, led by pediatric liver specialist Saul Karpen, has identified the first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia, a mysterious liver disease that is the leading cause for liver transplantation in children.
Racial disparities in asthma can largely be explained by looking at socioeconomic and environmental factors, such as access to health care, a nationwide analysis shows.
A team of emergency medicine researchers and clinical providers at Emory School of Medicine will use new funding from the CDC to improve recovery in children with mild traumatic brain injury.
Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone's fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine the level of hemoglobin in their blood.
Antibodies against dengue virus make it easier for Zika to infect certain immune cells in the placenta, called Hofbauer cells.
A new research study found that a majority of children could not tell the difference between a real gun and a toy gun when presented with comparison photos. In contrast, a majority of parents, caregivers, and the children themselves were confident their children could distinguish between real and toy guns.
Microwavable instant soup and noodle products cause nearly 10,000 scald burns each year — nearly one out of every five such burns that send children to emergency rooms each year, according to research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2018 National Conference & Exhibition in Orlando.
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation has selected Ami Klin, PhD, as the 2018 winner of the Ruane Prize. Klin is director of Marcus Autism Center and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.
A low-cost, portable, 3D scanner may reliably determine body measurements of young children within one millimeter of gold-standard manual measurements, according to recent research.
The Marcus Foundation has announced a new $5 million gift to the Department of Pediatrics in Emory University School of Medicine to renew support for 15 pediatric physician/researchers in the Marcus Society in Pediatrics.
Insights into development of the cerebellum come from "knocking out" an enzyme (in mice) that regulates mitochondrial fuel flow.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $3 million grant to a research team at Emory and Georgia Tech that will use new technologies to improve the effectiveness of blood transfusions in patients with sickle cell disease.
The Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute is an affiliation focused on advancing leading-edge pediatric research and training pediatricians and subspecialists, both of which are in short supply in the United States.
Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability.
The ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign promotes a simple idea with the potential to help keep kids safe.
Babies with inherited intolerance of fructose face a risk of acute liver failure if they are fed certain widely available formulas containing fructose, pediatricians and geneticists are warning.
Researchers have been able to capture images of measles viruses as they emerge from infected cells, using state of the art cryo-electron tomography techniques. The new images will help with a greater understanding of measles and related viruses and could give hints on antiviral drug strategies likely to work across multiple viruses of this type.
Biomedical engineers have established a model system of small blood vessels, enabling the study of damage and recovery in malaria and sickle cell disease.
Yerkes researchers found that postnatal Zika virus infection of infant rhesus macaques results in persistent abnormalities in brain structure and function, as well as behavior and emotions.
Scientists have pinpointed the mechanism behind hydrocephalus, an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, in an inherited developmental disorder called Noonan syndrome.
Rhesus macaques repeatedly exposed to anesthesia during infancy display persistent anxiety-linked behaviors later in life in response to social stress, a study from Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows.
Biomedical engineers have developed a miniature self-sealing model system for studying bleeding and the clotting of wounds. The researchers envision the device as a drug discovery platform and potential diagnostic tool.
A study of insurance claims suggests that families with an established relationship with their primary care doctor are more likely to seek emergency care promptly when a child is experiencing painful symptoms of appendicitis.
A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, Emory neuroscientists have found.
Emory/CHOA researchers will examine whether microgravity can enhance the ability of induced pluripotent stem cells to turn into cardiac muscle cells, with help from the International Space Station.
Lucky Jain, MD, MBA, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine; chief academic officer of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; and executive director of Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute.
A multinational team of researchers including Emory/CHOA hepatologists describe a newly identified cause of congenital diarrhea and liver disease in children.
The NIH has renewed the designation of Marcus Autism Center as a national Autism Center of Excellence (ACE), including an $11M, five-year research grant to Emory University.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital (EJCH) has installed eight new cameras in the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Obesity in early childhood is frequently not a passing phase and poses long term risks, according to a study by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and the University of Southern California.
Research shows that adults most often report a child's symptoms, but their rating doesn't always reflect the child's experience. Emory's Janice Withycombe and her team designed a survey for the iPad that children with cancer can use so they can have a voice.
Researchers have found striking evidence for the role of genetics in shaping a fundamental feature of human behavior: how children pay attention to the world -- what they look at, and what they don't -- is strongly influenced by genetics.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital (EJCH) and Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) have both been selected as Georgia Safe to Sleep Hospitals.
A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by changing their brain's reaction to food.
A study led by Emory researchers found higher rates of medication discontinuation and treatment disengagement among minority youth compared to white youth diagnosed with and prescribed medication ADHD.
Researchers have identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major surgery within three to five years.
Emory cell biologists have a detailed picture for what they think the SMN protein is doing in motor neurons, and how its deficiency causes problems in SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) patients' cells.
Gatekeeper immune cells are fighting Zika virus with an arm tied behind their backs, scientists from Emory Vaccine Center report. Avenues remain available for immunity-boosting therapies.
When Bob Harris was a child, doctors predicted he would die as a teenager. Now 66, Harris is alive due to the advances in research in knowledge around hemophilia -- and the care he's received at Emory.
Advances in both light and electron microscopy are improving scientists¿ ability to visualize viruses such as HIV, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), measles, influenza, and Zika in their native states.
A live attenuated form of RSV engineered by Emory/CHOA researchers is effective as a vaccine in animal models and resembles wild type virus when examined using cryo-EM. It could form the basis of a vaccine against a common respiratory infection in infants.
School of Medicine faculty, led by Jan Mead and supported by a Gates Grand Challenges grant, are conducting research on a globally challenging intestinal disease.
A new study conducted by researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine helps put to rest a longstanding controversy and question about children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has awarded approximately $1.2 million to the Metabolic Nutrition Program in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine.
Certain DNA mutations in cells that support blood development can drive leukemia formation in nearby blood stem cells. This indirect effect was seen in a mouse model of Noonan syndrome. Drugs that inhibit CCL3 can combat the effect, and may be helpful in preventing recurrence.
In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease in African Americans, a research team has identified two regions of the genome (loci) associated with ulcerative colitis only in people of African descent.
Biomedical engineers have devised a microfluidic device for the diagnosis of bleeding disorders, in which platelets can demonstrate their strength by squeezing two protein dots together. Imagine rows and rows of strength testing machines from a carnival, but very tiny.
Researchers have developed a method for estimating developmental maturity of newborns. It is based on tracking DNA methylation, a structural modification of DNA, whose patterns change as development progresses before birth.
Pregnant and nursing women have a lot of questions, and Bethany Kotlar has a lot of answers. Kotlar is the program coordinator for MotherToBaby Georgia, a free, confidential information resource within Emory's Center for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development.
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory College, the Rollins School of Public Health and the Emory School of Medicine are collaborative recipients of NIH seven-year initiatives that support research that investigates the effects of early environmental exposures on child health and development.
Renhao Li, PhD, is a member of a research team that discovered how tiny, clot-producing blood cells called platelets respond to shear stress, the force exerted by blood on blood cells when it moves rapidly through a vessel or artery.
Scientists can improve protein-based drugs by reaching into the evolutionary past, a paper published in Nature Biotechnology proposes. The re-engineering of blood clotting protein Factor VIII through "ancestral sequence reconstruction" is described.
The quest for a vaccine against rhinoviruses may have seemed quixotic, because there are more than 100 varieties circulating around the world. Even so, the immune system can handle the challenge, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and Children¿s Healthcare of Atlanta say.
Drugs that interfere with bile acid recycling can prevent several aspects of NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) in mice fed a high-fat diet. The findings suggest that ASBT inhibitors could be a viable clinical strategy to address NASH, an increasingly common liver disease.
The Talk With Me Baby initiative launched a new national toolkit on Sept. 15 at the invitation-only White House Summit on Behavioral Science Insights.
Emory scientists derived cardiac muscle cells from a teenaged boy with an inherited heart arrhythmia, and used them to study how his cells respond to drugs.
Emory researchers co-author new AHA recommendations on added sugar intake among children. According to the recommendations, children ages two to 18 should consume less than six teaspoons of added sugars each day.
Faced with two children with neurodevelopmental disorders of unknown origin, Pam and Tony Stinchcomb came to Emory for whole exome sequencing, which can pinpoint the origins of rare genetic diseases. Both children had the same one.