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August 16, 2018
New approach to developing antidepressants
CRISPR technology helps target mood-boosting receptors in brain.
News Release
August 14, 2018
Before It Begins
Family, researchers team up to cure — or even prevent — Alzheimer’s disease.
Outlook Magazine
August 6, 2018
Mallinckrodt boosts rare-disease research at Washington University
Pharmaceutical company to fund up to $10 million to pursue new therapeutics.
News Release
June 28, 2018
Kuehner commits $15 million to fund personalized medicine research
Gift supports innovative approaches to diagnosis, treatment, prevention of heart disease.
News Release
June 11, 2018
$14 million to fund research aimed at reducing childhood obesity
Health-care providers will deliver family-based treatment.
News Release
May 15, 2018
Bauer gift establishes named deanship at School of Medicine
David H. Perlmutter, MD, is inaugural George and Carol Bauer Dean.
News Release
May 10, 2018
$5 million supports innovative breast cancer trial
Research aims to improve therapies for hard-to-treat tumors.
News Release
February 8, 2018
Advances in personalized medicine
$10 million gift drives genome engineering into therapeutic realm.
Outlook Magazine
February 6, 2018
Entrepreneurship fellows selected
Silva to serve as faculty fellow on the Medical Campus.
Medical Campus & Community
January 17, 2018
Major Alzheimer’s study aims to predict who will develop the disease
$10.3 million also funds efforts to establish disease timeline.
News Release, Video
January 8, 2018
Obituary: Raymond H. Wittcoff, emeritus trustee, benefactor, 96
Longtime university supporter and member of the School of Medicine’s National Council since 2005.
Obituaries
December 18, 2017
Building the foundation for discovery
Key centers play pivotal roles to advance the school's enormous capabilities in precision medicine.
Source: Washington Magazine
December 7, 2017
Undaunted explorer
Timothy Ley and his team were the first to sequence a cancer genome in 2008. They're still searching for cures nonstop.
Source: Washington Magazine
November 16, 2017
Cutting NIH budget could cripple drug development
More than 95 percent of new drugs developed with NIH support.
News Release
November 15, 2017
Bruchas named Mallinckrodt Professor of Anesthesiology
Studies underpinnings of anxiety, addiction, depression.
News Release
November 6, 2017
$6 million supports leukemia research
DiPersio receives NCI outstanding investigator award.
News Release
November 3, 2017
$10 million gift supports personalized medicine
Couch family gift names new building, supports genome engineering center.
News Release
October 16, 2017
Morris, Humphreys receive Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funding
Research supports international Human Cell Atlas project.
Medical Campus & Community
September 15, 2017
Chen named Shelden Professor in Anesthesiology
Expert in itch discovered first itch-specific gene.
News Release
August 23, 2017
English named 2017 Wylie Scholar
Program awards innovative early-career vascular surgeon-scientists.
National Leaders
August 9, 2017
Blunt discusses NIH-funded research on visit to med school
Director of NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences also met with campus leaders.
August 8, 2017
Ophthalmology department renamed in honor of John F. Hardesty
$10 million from daughter to fund research, patient care and recognize legacy.
News Release
August 4, 2017
First of 10 expected BJC Investigators named
Helen McNeill’s work in developmental biology spans birth defects to cancer.
News Release
June 14, 2017
Caring for mom and baby
Children’s outcomes improve when perinatal mental health issues are addressed.
Outlook Magazine