Karam named head of radiation oncology department
Sana D. Karam, MD, PhD, a renowned radiation oncologist widely known for cutting-edge cancer research that combines radiation therapy and immunotherapy to treat head and neck, and pancreatic tumors,...
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Al-Aly on Time100 Health list of people who have most influenced global health
Al-Aly Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named to the inaugural Time100 Health, a new, annual list of 100 individuals who...
View ArticleClass Acts: Caellagh Catley
Caellagh Catley’s family emphasized the outdoors and environmentalism from an early age. They taught her to always consider the connection between her actions and the environment. She grew up...
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HIV triggers body’s own inflammatory pathways to kill T cells
An illustration of T-cells. (Image: Getty Images) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified how the body’s own immune response to HIV is responsible for the...
View ArticleGoldfarb installed as inaugural Gelberman professor
Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, a widely respected hand surgeon, has been named the inaugural Richard H. Gelberman, MD, Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of...
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Diamond, Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are among the 120 members and 24 international members recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished...
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Testing, treatment for sexually transmitted infections expanded in north St....
The St. Louis area has some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the country, with the burden falling particularly heavily on Black residents and people with sexual...
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Some brain tumors may be linked to head injury, mouse study suggests
Gutmann A study in mice by researchers at the School of Medicine indicates that brain injury can lead to brain tumors in susceptible individuals. For this study, they used mice that model people with...
View Article$5 million grant supports innovative immunotherapies against blood cancers
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $5 million grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to support research aimed at developing new...
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Medical school honored with diversity, equity, inclusion award
The School of Medicine has received the 2024 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Institutional Excellence Award for professional schools. Holding the award is David H....
View ArticleTau protein deposition patterns predict Alzheimer’s severity
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a method to gauge Alzheimer’s disease severity by analyzing the patterns of tau pathology in brain scans. The findings...
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Shokeen receives International Suffrage Science Award for molecular imaging,...
Shokeen Monica Shokeen, an associate professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and vice chair for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice at the School of...
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Pruitt named director of academic pediatrics division
Pruitt Cassandra M. Pruitt, MD, a professor of pediatrics, has been named director of the Division of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in...
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Chemo for glioblastoma enhanced by tapping into cell’s daily rhythms
Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain cancer that has no cure. A recent chart study of patients with glioblastoma found that taking chemotherapy in the morning was associated with a three- to six-month...
View ArticleRepeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the virus that caused it is still here, sending thousands of people to the hospital each week and spinning off new variants with depressing regularity. The virus’s...
View ArticleGut bacteria boost immune response to fight tumors
Roughly one in five cancer patients benefits from immunotherapy – a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Such an approach to beating cancer has seen significant success in lung...
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Sadie Williams Clayton
The sprawling, rural landscape of Girard, Ga. — population 202 — offered young Sade Williams Clayton free range to play. Meanwhile, the tight-knit community brought her a sense of comfort and...
View ArticleSubtle cognitive decline precedes end to driving for older adults
One of the thorniest decisions facing older adults is when to give up their keys and stop driving. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis could provide...
View ArticleWeil installed as Medoff professor
Gary J. Weil, MD, an infectious diseases physician-scientist whose work has helped reduce the global burden of parasitic worm diseases, has been named the inaugural Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor...
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Holehouse receives NSF early-career award
Holehouse Alex Holehouse, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Faculty Early Career Development...
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