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December 10, 2024

WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding

NIH grants recognize the quality and significance of WashU Medicine research in enabling life-changing advances in medicine.

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January 15, 2024
Pain & addiction: Breaking the grip
Solving pain and addiction will require translating scientific insights into clinical practice.
Outlook Magazine
January 11, 2024
Awardees announced for Needleman innovation, commercialization program
DeSelm, DiPersio, Lavine receive support to advance promising therapeutics in cancer, heart disease.
Medical Campus & Community
January 11, 2024
Zipfel receives Dacey award for cerebrovascular research
Honor named after mentor, former head of neurosurgery department.
National Leaders
January 8, 2024
Life span increases in mice when specific brain cells are activated
Brain cells communicate with fat tissue to produce cellular fuel, counteract effects of aging.
News Release
January 8, 2024
A ‘unique, indelible impact’: Q&A with Dean Perlmutter
Talent, technologies coalesce to drive revolutionary therapies.
Outlook Magazine
January 3, 2024
Metabolism-boosting, bile acid-reducing drugs improve gut health
Findings in mice indicate new approach may help children with stunted growth.
News Release
January 3, 2024
Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
Structural biology research also enables scientists to design decoy molecule that blocks deadly infection.
News Release
December 18, 2023
To help advance fight against vision loss, Fort pledges $15 million
Gift to School of Medicine will fund discovery research on ocular diseases.
News Release
December 14, 2023
‘Long flu’ has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID
Study shows patients hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 face increased risk of long-term health problems, death.
News Release
December 13, 2023
Gut bacteria of malnourished children benefit from key elements in therapeutic food
Findings could guide recommendations for treating, preventing childhood malnutrition.
News Release
December 13, 2023
Neurosciences on the rise: Launching a new era of progress
Addressing the profound mysteries underlying the functions of the brain and emergence of the mind, we can transform the way people live.
Outlook Magazine
December 12, 2023
Smoking causes brain shrinkage
Findings help explain how smoking is linked to Alzheimer’s, dementia.
News Release
December 12, 2023
Curiel, Janetka named fellows of National Academy of Inventors
Distinction recognizes impact of innovations.
News Release
December 11, 2023
Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who, despite genetics, evaded disease
Breaking link between early, late stages of disease may prevent dementia.
News Release
December 8, 2023
Kwon, Newland named to antibiotic resistance advisory council
Will advise leadership in office of secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Leaders
December 6, 2023
Improving heart health to save lives during, after pregnancy aim of programs
Community-based approaches in St. Louis and Nigeria supported with NIH grants.
News Release
December 5, 2023
Schreiber receives scientific innovator award
Immunobiologist honored for contributions to the field of cancer immunology.
News Release
November 29, 2023
Long-standing hormone treatment for donated hearts found to be ineffective
Practice of using thyroid hormones to preserve function for transplantation may even cause harm.
News Release
November 28, 2023
Weil receives Kyelem Prize for work on neglected tropical diseases
Research over many years has led to improved control of parasitic worm disease.
National Leaders
November 28, 2023
Kulkarni recognized for research into complement system
Pulmonologist receives Svar Complement Excellence Award.
National Leaders
November 28, 2023
Radiation therapy may be potential heart failure treatment
Radiotherapy may improve heart function by reducing inflammatory immune cells.
News Release
November 22, 2023
Lowering a form of brain cholesterol reduces Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice
Targeting cholesterol potentially could help treat Alzheimer’s, related dementias.
News Release
November 21, 2023
Long-COVID clinic expanding reach to vulnerable metro, rural communities
Grant, partnership with community organizations expected to boost access to care to medically underserved.
News Release
November 17, 2023
Obituary: Kathleen K. Dixon, emeritus instructor in physical therapy, 90
As faculty member for 19 years, helped develop curriculum.
Obituaries
November 16, 2023
Ashrafi receives Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award
Grant to support research on neurodegenerative disorders.
National Leaders
November 15, 2023
Device for noninvasive brain biopsies via blood draw moves closer to market approval
FDA grants WashU-based technology ‘Breakthrough Device’ designation.
News Release
November 8, 2023
Puray-Chavez named Mendez Scholar
Recognized for work on how viruses enter cells.
National Leaders
November 6, 2023
Key Medicare payment model fails to improve mental health
Model aims to promote health by tying health-care organizations’ pay to cost, quality of care.
News Release
November 1, 2023
Epigenome’s role in cancer revealed in new study
Epigenetics of cancer critical in understanding tumor initiation, growth and spreading.
News Release
October 31, 2023
‘A moment in time when inspiration and aspiration meet’
First-year medical students receive their white coats.
Medical Campus & Community, Video
October 31, 2023
Cooper named director of pediatric rheumatology & immunology division
Recognized for clinical care, research in immunodeficiency, immune dysregulation.
News Release
October 30, 2023
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week
In the News
October 24, 2023
Anesthesiologist volunteers with group that treats Ukrainian pediatric burn patients
Knittel works with the group Doctors Collaborating to Help Children.
Medical Campus & Community
October 22, 2023
Obituary: Virginia Herrmann, MD, breast cancer specialist, 73
Former co-director of breast surgery program was known for dedication, kindness in patient care.
Obituaries
October 19, 2023
Antibiotic treatment in malnourished children improves gut microbiome development
Research notes long-term benefits, encourages monitoring short-term risks.
News Release
October 19, 2023
Medical student-led community screenings help address health inequities
Medical student participation threaded into new curriculum.
Medical Campus & Community