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Student receives white coat on stage

October 23, 2024

White Coat Ceremony marks beginning of medical training

124 students receive white coats, recite class oath.

Medical Campus & Community

July 13, 2023
Payne installed as an inaugural Becker Professor
Honored for global leadership in informatics, data science.
News Release
July 13, 2023
Tau-based biomarker tracks Alzheimer’s progression
Novel marker found in cerebrospinal fluid also could speed development of Alzheimer’s drugs.
News Release
July 12, 2023
Merrill Kelly and Stephen Strasburg both had TOS. Their stories are very different
Source: Washington Post
July 12, 2023
First robotic liver transplant in U.S. performed by Washington University surgeons
Groundbreaking surgery performed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
News Release
July 10, 2023
Medical students honor their mentors, teachers
Faculty, residents given Distinguished Service Teaching Awards.
Medical Campus & Community
July 10, 2023
Anti-inflammatory drugs did not speed COVID-19 recovery but prevented deaths
Study could expand treatment options for patients with severe COVID-19.
News Release
July 3, 2023
Ding receives junior investigator award from virology society
Recognized for work on gut viruses and how they cause disease.
National Leaders
July 3, 2023
Ackerman named a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons fellow
Grant will support research on brain plasticity.
National Leaders
June 30, 2023
Podcast: Can psychedelic drugs help treat mental illness?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on research into how psychedelic drugs affect the brain and how such effects might help treat anxiety, depression and addiction.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
June 28, 2023
Improved orthopedic health doesn’t necessarily mean improved mental health
Study indicates anxiety improves only with major health progress, but depression does not.
News Release
June 28, 2023
Achieving gender equity in medicine
Nationally, women enter medical school in similar proportions to men, but often, the number of women in leadership still lags behind.
Outlook Magazine, Profiles
June 27, 2023
In battling obesity and prediabetes, combining exercise with weight loss is key
Insulin sensitivity improved twofold when exercise paired with 10% weight loss.
News Release
June 27, 2023
Poverty negatively impacts structural wiring in children’s brains, study indicates
Reducing obesity, boosting cognitive enrichment may improve kids’ brain health.
News Release
June 26, 2023
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society names class of 2023
24 Washington University faculty, alumni, trainees selected.
Medical Campus & Community, National Leaders
June 23, 2023
Payne named to national health care AI code of conduct steering committee
Data scientist to help lead National Academy of Medicine committee on equitable, responsible use of AI in health care.
National Leaders
June 22, 2023
Curiel, Diamond receive innovation award
Researchers recognized for developing COVID-19 nasal vaccine .
National Leaders
June 22, 2023
Deadly Fungal Infections Confound Doctors—‘It’s Going to Get Worse’
Source: Wall Street Journal
June 20, 2023
5 physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars
Program supports doctors engaged in biomedical research.
Medical Campus & Community
June 20, 2023
Wang, nationally recognized geneticist, named head of genetics
Leads major NIH-funded genome projects, demonstrates passion for educating next generation of physicians, scientists.
News Release
June 16, 2023
Martin to lead pediatric surgery division
Surgeon-scientist also to be surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
News Release
June 15, 2023
Diagnosis of rare, genetic muscle disease improved by new approach
Accurate diagnosis is a crucial step toward appropriate treatment.
News Release
June 14, 2023
When Gut Bacteria May Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease
Source: TIME
June 14, 2023
Altered gut bacteria may be early sign of Alzheimer’s disease
Gut microbes of people with pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s differ from those of healthy people.
News Release
June 14, 2023
Tick-borne Bourbon virus infects people, wildlife in St. Louis area
Virologist, wildlife veterinarian, ecologist team up to study lone star ticks that carry the virus.
News Release
June 13, 2023
Tsai named a 2023 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
Grant will support research on embryo development.
National Leaders
June 13, 2023
Maternal vitamin D deficiency increases lifetime diabetes risk in offspring
Studies in mice and in human immune cells link low prenatal vitamin D in mothers to insulin resistance in offspring.
News Release
June 9, 2023
Powderly receives 2023 faculty achievement award
Physician-scientist recognized for contributions to infectious diseases research, public health.
National Leaders
June 9, 2023
Awad elected president of Association for Surgical Education
Surgeon mentors, educates medical trainees.
National Leaders
June 9, 2023
Obituary: Robert M. Senior, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, 86
Distinguished pulmonologist known for excellence in research, teaching, patient care.
Obituaries
June 9, 2023
Gordon wins Spain’s Asturias Award
Gut microbiome pioneer receives one of highest honors in Spanish-speaking world.
News Release
June 9, 2023
Study reveals how treatment-resistant prostate cancer provides its own hormonal fuel
Findings, in mice, suggest potential treatment strategy.
News Release
June 8, 2023
Children’s brain scans provide clues to processing of emotional cues
As children age, such brain activity becomes similar to how the brains of peers process such cues.
News Release
June 7, 2023
Newer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery
Source: Associated Press
June 5, 2023
Donated kidneys from deceased COVID-19 patients are safe to transplant
Study finds that such organs don't transmit virus that causes COVID-19.
News Release
June 2, 2023
Podcast: Advocating for science and truth
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' visits the School of Medicine’s 2023 Commencement ceremony, featuring an address by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
May 25, 2023
Wearable, light-based brain-imaging tech to be commercialized with aid of NIH grant
Scientists, engineers receive small-business development grant.
News Release