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Hearing aids may improve balance
Robert BostonTimothy Hullar, MD, (right) and medical student Miranda Colletta help patient Audrey Miller prepare for a balance test. Older adults with hearing loss appeared to perform better on balance...
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$25 million gift from James and Elizabeth McDonnell endows The Genome Institute
Courtesy photoLongtime philanthropists and civic leaders Elizabeth and James McDonnell have pledged $25 million to endow The Genome Institute. With the gift, the institute will be named The Elizabeth...
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Alzheimer's research awarded $30 million
Two major Alzheimer’s disease studies at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal funding totaling $30 million over the next five years.The grants renew support for...
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Plax honored for work with The SPOT
Robert BostonKatie Plax, MD, counsels a teen at The SPOT.Katie Plax, MD, a professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Dr. Corinne Walentik...
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Wash U Expert: Drug manufacturers must be held accountable for public safety
Fourteen people have been arrested in connection with a 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections that caused 64 deaths across the United States.Dresser The Dec. 16 arrests, which...
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Obituary: Herbert Rosenbaum, 89, professor emeritus of neurology
Herbert Rosenbaum, professor emeritus of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Dec. 10, 2014. He was 89. RosenbaumRosenbaum, of Creve Coeur, joined the faculty in...
View ArticleSchool of Medicine art show accepting submissions
The School of Medicine’s 11th Annual Art Show is accepting submissions from students, faculty and staff.The art show will be held in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium, 520 S. Euclid Ave.,...
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Most-read stories of 2014: In the laboratory
Every day, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are making an impact in the fields of science, engineering and technology. This year they advanced our understanding of schizophrenia and...
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Most-read stories of 2014: In the field
From the American workplace to the Chinese countryside, Washington University in St. Louis researchers collected and analyzed important data to better understand our ourselves and our world. Among the...
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Most read stories of 2014: In the classroom and the community
In 2014, Washington University in St. Louis continued to play a major role in the St. Louis community.This summer marked the debut of the $80 million Lofts of Washington University, which brought...
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Not all obese people develop metabolic problems linked to excess weight
Robert BostonSamuel Klein, MD (pictured), Elisa Fabbrini, MD, PhD, and colleagues found that some obese people are protected from developing unhealthy metabolic profiles linked to diabetes and heart...
View ArticleDoctors receive grant for immune system research
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, PhD, MD, professor of pathology and immunology and of developmental biology, and Matthew Ciorba, MD, assistant professor of medicine, both at Washington University School of...
View ArticleAmarasinghe receives grants for virus research
Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology and of biochemisry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received three grants...
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Obituary: James P. Keating, 76, professor emeritus of pediatrics
Keating James P. Keating, a meticulous physician who helped mold hundreds of medical residents, organized the first pediatric intensive care unit west of the Mississippi and was sought for his ability...
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Targeting fatty acids may be treatment strategy for arthritis, leukemia
Robert BostonClay F. Semenkovich, MD (left), and Irfan J. Lodhi, PhD, have discovered that enzymes linked to diabetes and obesity appear to play key roles in arthritis and leukemia, potentially opening...
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Monk receives nerve research grants
Monk Kelly Monk, PhD, assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received three nerve research grants.They are: a five-year, $1.6 million...
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Shapiro to step down as executive vice chancellor and medical school dean
Robert BostonLarry J. Shapiro, MD, has announced he will step down as executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of Washington University School of Medicine. He will remain in the post...
View ArticleMedical Campus winter concert Saturday, Jan. 17
Washington University Medical Center faculty, staff and students will perform their annual winter concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the lobby of the Center for Advanced Medicine, 4921 Parkview...
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Ornitz receives March of Dimes grant
Ornitz David M. Ornitz, PhD, MD, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the March...
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Possible treatments identified for highly contagious stomach virus
Charles D. Humphrey/CDCIn two studies in Science, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identify promising new methods for controlling outbreaks of norovirus (shown...
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