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Dickson, Khabele, Longmore elected to Association of American Physicians
Three physician-scientists at the School of Medicine have been newly elected to the Association of American Physicians. They are (from left): Patricia I. Dickson, MD, Dineo Khabele, MD, and Gregory D....
View ArticleRisk of death from COVID-19 lessens, but infection still can cause issues 3...
New findings on long COVID — long-term effects on health experienced by many who have had COVID-19 — present a good-news, bad-news situation, according to a study at Washington University School of...
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Alzheimer’s biomarker sTREM2 plays a causal, potentially modifiable, role in...
Cruchaga The protein sTREM2 plays a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease, but the role is complex and poorly understood. In early stages of the disease, sTREM2 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid fall...
View ArticleNew machine learning method can better predict spine surgery outcomes
Researchers who had been using Fitbit data to help predict surgical outcomes have a new method to more accurately gauge how patients may recover from spine surgery. Using machine-learning techniques...
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Ten inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
The Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, established in 2005 by Yale University and Howard University to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement, recently inducted eight doctoral candidates and two...
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Analysis reveals function of mitochondrial disease-related protein
(Image: Getty Images) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the function of a mitochondrial protein that plays a role in human disease. The research, led...
View ArticleUncovering ‘the basis of humanity’ one puzzle at a time
In the world of word puzzles, Sid Sivakumar is a celebrity. A graduate student working toward a medical degree and a PhD in biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Sivakumar also...
View ArticleMulticenter clinical study supports safety of deep general anesthesia
General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of patients each year to undergo lifesaving surgeries while unconscious and free of pain. But the 176-year-old medical staple uses powerful drugs that...
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Wilcox appointed committee chair by research institute
Wilcox Adam Wilcox, a professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the chair of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Methodology...
View ArticleDiPersio receives innovation award
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Endowed Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation...
View ArticlePrescription program for fruits, vegetables could help improve community’s...
To boost access to healthy food for St. Louis-area residents in need of improved nutritional options, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is collaborating with BJC HealthCare and...
View ArticleADHD meds may help pregnant patients control opioid use disorder
Opioid overdoses for pregnant people are at an all-time high in the United States, even as overall numbers are improving. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly correlated with...
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Understanding role of T cells in Alzheimer’s disease is aim of new grant
Saligrama There is increasing evidence that the immune system is involved in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Most research has focused on the innate immune system and its role...
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Lucey receives sleep science award
Lucey Brendan P. Lucey, MD, a professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2024 Sleep Science Award from the American Academy of Neurology in...
View ArticleStudy aims to understand genetics of Parkinson’s disease in Black people
Erin Foster, an associate professor of occupational therapy, and Scott Norris, MD, an associate professor of neurology, have established a site at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...
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Repurposed drug may help stabilize vision in rare disease
Roughly 50 families scattered across the world share ultra-rare variants in a particular gene. Silent for years, the inherited mutations make themselves known when patients reach the fourth decade of...
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New technology allows researchers to precisely, flexibly modulate brain
Human brain diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, involve damage in more than one region of the brain, requiring technology that could precisely and flexibly address all affected regions...
View ArticleModifying homes for stroke survivors saves lives, extends independence
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked. For the survivors, the ensuing brain damage can lead to lifelong disabilities, making...
View ArticleCannabis use tied to increased risk of severe COVID-19
As the deadly disease that came to be known as COVID-19 started spreading in late 2019, scientists rushed to answer a critical question: Who is most at risk? They quickly recognized that a handful of...
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The motherhood entrepreneurs
One late night 10 years ago, Chelsea Hirschhorn, AB ’06, struggled to settle her sick infant back to sleep. She tried clearing the baby’s congestion with a hospital-provided bulb syringe, but she...
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