Payne installed as an inaugural Becker Professor
Philip R. O. Payne, a global leader in informatics and data science, has been named an inaugural Janet and Bernard Becker Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Among his...
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Scholars receive grants from McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
Franken (left) and Livi Neuroscience researchers Tom Franken, MD, PhD, and Alessandro Livi, PhD, are among the recipients of this year’s McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grants. The...
View ArticleKidney tissue atlas serves as blueprint for understanding kidney injury, disease
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are among the leaders of a multi-institution research team that has built an atlas focused on the kidney’s myriad cells. The aim of...
View ArticleCuriel, Diamond receive innovation award
David T. Curiel, MD, PhD, and Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have received the Washington University Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and...
View ArticleFive physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars
Physicians who engage in research play a vital role in developing novel, innovative approaches to diagnosing and treating disease. Nurturing the careers of doctors whose work takes them to both...
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NIH funds study of ultrasound with genetics to treat brain disorders
Hong Chen, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering and of neurosurgery at the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, will lead a...
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Byers named IRB executive chair
Byers Derek E. Byers, MD, PhD, has been named executive chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Washington University in St. Louis. He will begin in his new role Aug. 1. The IRB is the...
View ArticleApplications open for med school’s Executive Management Fellowship
Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 2, applications will be open for the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine’s Executive Management Fellowship, a two-year program designed to provide...
View ArticleScientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a breath test that quickly identifies those who are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The device requires only one or two...
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Payne named to National Academy of Medicine committee
Philip R.O. Payne, PhD, the Janet and Bernard Becker Professor and director of the Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics (I2DB) at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
View ArticleStudy defines disparities in memory care
Patients who live in less affluent neighborhoods and those from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups are less likely than others to receive specialized care for dementia, including Alzheimer’s...
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Linda Repa-Eschen, business director, 72
Repa-Eschen Linda Repa-Eschen, former business director for the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research within the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine...
View ArticleCognitive function in Down syndrome-associated Alzheimer’s focus of grant
Nearly every person with Down syndrome eventually develops Alzheimer’s disease, yet people with the syndrome routinely are excluded from Alzheimer’s clinical trials, as the cognitive assessment tools...
View ArticleAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society names class of 2023
Washington University School of Medicine’s Alpha Omega Alpha chapter has chosen 24 faculty members, alumni and house officers-in-training to be new members of the medical honor society. Alpha Omega...
View ArticleSiteman earns prestigious merit extension from National Cancer Institute
Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has earned a prestigious Merit Extension Award from the National Cancer Institute...
View ArticleScientists reveal how proteins drive growth of multiple cancer types
Scientists have completed a deep analysis of the proteins driving cancer across multiple tumor types, information that can’t be assessed by genome sequencing alone. Understanding how proteins operate...
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Ackerman named a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons fellow
Ackerman Sarah Ackerman, an assistant professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in...
View ArticleWhat to know about the new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently gave full approval to Leqembi (lecanemab) for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Physicians and researchers at Washington University...
View ArticleLong COVID still worrisome two years after infection
In the spring, the U.S. government and the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. But for millions of people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the...
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Ding receives junior investigator award from virology society
Ding Siyuan Ding, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2023 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award from the...
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