Texas Children's Neuroscience Center

Congratulations to Dr. Huda Zoghbi, director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, for being named a Citation Laureate for 2020 by Clarivate Web of Science. This designation recognizes world-class researchers whose work is among the most cited in journal publications. Dr. Zoghbi is being recognized for discoveries on the pathogenesis of neurological disorders, including identifying the genetic mutation that causes Rett Syndrome. Learn more: http://ow.ly/kDm550BAq3H BCM.EDU Zoghbi named Citation Laureate by Web of Science

A recent study from Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine has identified a new regulator and genetic pathway that controls myelin formation during development and after injury. The study, conducted at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, opens up the exciting possibility of therapeutically targeting this new pathway to repair and regenerate damaged myelin after an injury or in patients suffering from myelin-associated neurological disorders. http://ow.ly/Zfju50BtKS5 SCIENCEBLOG.COM Researchers discover novel regulators of myelin repair and regeneration - ScienceBlog.com

September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month. Diagnosed with hydrocephalus before she was born, Macey Pool lived a relatively normal life. However, at age 14, she began experiencing blurry vision, blackouts and headaches and doctors told her that her hydrocephalus had worsened. She would need surgery immediately to alleviate the pressure in her brain. Learn more about Macey's journey at Texas Children's Hospital: http://ow.ly/vOV930qkmxj

VISITATION UPDATE: Per Texas Health and Human Services’ guidelines in place until Sept. 29 (unless extended), patients admitted to the hospital are limited to one parent or primary caregiver over the age of 18 at any given time. Families may select up to two caregivers. To best meet the needs of our patient families, effective Aug. 28, we are adjusting our approach to allow those two caregivers to alternate their visitation as frequently as is personally needed for the duration of the patient’s hospitalization. Additionally, all patients and caregivers will be subject to screening (exposure and symptom questions, and a temperature check) upon arrival. Visitors who are sick will not be permitted to enter the Hospital: this is without exception. We encourage visitors, when appropriate, to remain closely connected to their loved ones through virtual means, including FaceTime or phone.

Coming face to face with racial injustice and recognizing that opportunities for well-being are not equally available to Black people can be an emotional experience for many teens. Parents have a key role in helping teens grow to be actively anti-racist, open-minded allies who fight against racial inequality. Today on the blog, we’re sharing some ideas for activities you can do with your teen this summer and fall to help them learn to be anti-racist allies: http://ow.ly/6Gvq50B2O8f TEXASCHILDRENS.ORG Allies unite: Creating a Black Lives Matter ally out of your teen | Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital 18 August at 15:00 · Coming face to face with racial injustice and recognizing that opportunities for well-being are not equally available to Black people can be an emotional experience for many teens. Parents have a key role in helping teens grow to be actively anti-racist, open-minded allies who fight against racial inequality. Today on the blog, we’re sharing some ideas for activities you can do with your teen this summer and fall to help them learn to be anti-racist allies: http://ow.ly/6Gvq50B2O8f

Texas Children's Hospital 18 August at 15:00 · Coming face to face with racial injustice and recognizing that opportunities for well-being are not equally available to Black people can be an emotional experience for many teens. Parents have a key role in helping teens grow to be actively anti-racist, open-minded allies who fight against racial inequality. Today on the blog, we’re sharing some ideas for activities you can do with your teen this summer and fall to help them learn to be anti-racist allies: http://ow.ly/6Gvq50B2O8f

“It is a wonderful feeling to watch a child grow, develop and achieve milestones that previously may not have been attainable due to recent advances in medicine. As part of an experienced team, I am further motivated by the groundbreaking research that impacts the lives of the patients and families we are privileged to treat. The U.S. News and World Report ranking serves as a testament to the outstanding, compassionate, comprehensive clinical care that our neurology service provides to our patients and their families.” - Dr. Fatema Malbari, director, Neuro-Oncology, for the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurosciences at Texas Children's Neuroscience Center. It takes all 16,705 of us to be ranked one of the nations best. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be highlighting some of the great people that make Texas Children's one of the nation's top pediatric hospitals. Texas Children's Hospital September 30 at 3:00 PM · “It is a wonderful feeling to watch a child grow, develop and achieve milestones that previously may not have been attainable due to recent advances in medicine. As part of an experienced team, I am further motivated by the groundbreaking research that impacts the lives of the patients and families we are privileged to treat. The U.S. News and World Report ranking serves as a testament to the outstanding, compassionate, comprehensive clinical care that our neurology service provides to our patients and their families.” - Dr. Fatema Malbari, director, Neuro-Oncology, for the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurosciences at Texas Children's Neuroscience Center. It takes all 16,705 of us to be ranked one of the nations best. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be highlighting some of the great people that make Texas Children's one of the nation's top pediatric hospitals.

Texas Children’s celebrated Halloween with plenty of spooktacular activities for our patients, their families and our employees!

The TSC Clinic at Texas Children's Hospital received a Center of Excellence designation in May 2020, becoming one of only 13 TSC clinics among 65 in the U.S. with this distinction. In the Fall 2020 edition of Perspective Magazine, The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance interviewed our healthcare professionals and staff who provide care and educational support to children and adolescents with TSC. Click here for the interview series: http://ow.ly/2lMa50C4nQR ONLINE.FLIPHTML5.COM Perspective Fall 2020

“While I understand reflecting on this past year may be emotional, I believe it is important—now more than ever before—that we do so. No matter what hardships and challenges the past few months have brought our way, there is always something to be thankful for.” – Mark A. Wallace, Texas Children's President and CEO. This year certainly ended on a memorable note as we took a monumental step in our fight against COVID-19. With nearly 8,000 doses administered to Texas Children's team members thus far, four of our health care heroes share why they chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine and the hope it offers as we head into 2021:

Happy Holidays from Texas Children's Hospital! Here's a glimpse of our holiday celebrations at the hospital this season.

With the FDA authorizing the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use just a few days ago, there’s a lot of information circulating about COVID-19 vaccines and it can be hard to know what to believe and which sources of information can be trusted. In today’s blog, Dr. Leila Sahni, epidemiologist at Texas Children's Hospital, answers some of the questions she’s received surrounding this topic: http://ow.ly/lLR750CLb6F TEXASCHILDRENS.ORG COVID-19 vaccines: Answering the big questions | Texas Children's Hospital

As we enter the holiday season, it’s important for us to never let our guard down at work, in the community and at home. Dr. Campbell, medical director of Infection Control & Prevention at Texas Children's Hospital, shares safety tips to keep in mind to ensure you and your family have a safe Thanksgiving celebration. http://ow.ly/U9RB50CtSNF TEXASCHILDRENS.ORG Celebrating Thanksgiving safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic | Texas Children's Hospital