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October 7, 2025
A promise to future patients
In rite of passage, first-year medical students receive their white coats and, together, recite a shared oath.
Medical Campus & Community, School of Medicine, Video
August 19, 2025
The world’s deadliest disease
WashU scientists are collaborating to unlock secrets of a millennia-old scourge.
February 18, 2019
University diversity team works to align ‘our values and our reality’
Leaders to speak at Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action.
January 21, 2019
Utmost care: A day in the life of the School of Medicine
See the breadth of ongoing efforts to advance research, education and the best medical care possible for patients.
January 7, 2019
Book explores cancer prevention among low-income women of color
Faculty research a product of ‘Bring Your Own Idea’ interdisciplinary grant program.
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 13, 2017
A promising future
Doctoral students across the School of Medicine contribute to discoveries that are changing 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
December 4, 2017
Pursuing a precision paradigm
Medical school experts describe the move from current standards of care to a more personalized approach to treatment.
Source: Washington Magazine
March 3, 2017
The father of the microbiome
Gordon is expanding our understanding of human health into nonhuman realms.
Source: Washington Magazine
November 18, 2016
A changing landscape: Alzheimer’s disease, research and the future of care
Ongoing research is changing the outlook on Alzheimer's from hopeless to hopeful.
Innovate Magazines
May 6, 2016
Eliot Society members gather for annual gala
Retired medical school dean Larry Shapiro receives Search Award.
Medical Campus & Community
April 5, 2016
Treating prostate cancer with precision
A new needle-based treatment for less aggressive forms of prostate cancer is now available.
Innovate Magazines
February 9, 2016
Washington University ‘Memory Hackers’ featured on PBS/NOVA
Special on the science of human memory premieres on PBS stations Feb. 10.
Source: The Source
February 4, 2016
Scientists team up to fight Zika
School of Medicine research lays groundwork for diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccine.
School of Medicine
February 3, 2016
Medical Campus fertile ground for drug development
Professor's research may improve treatments for infertility, growth disorders, hemophilia, other conditions.
News Release, School of Medicine
December 7, 2015
First in class
Alumnus James L. Sweatt III, MD, helped integrate some of the country’s top institutions, including Washington University School of Medicine.
Source: Washington Magazine
October 9, 2015
Interventions to address lung transplant rejection
Researchers at Washington University are using innovative approaches to address major complications that can occur after lung transplant surgery.
Innovate Magazines
October 1, 2015
Circadian rhythm and lung immune function
Researchers at Washington University are looking at the relationship between circadian rhythms and lung response to respiratory infections.
Innovate Magazines
September 28, 2015
Antibiotic evaluated for reducing brain injury due to bleeding
Investigators at Washington University are studying the use of the antibiotic minocycline to prevent delayed injury in patients with brain bleeds.
Innovate Magazines
September 21, 2015
Simulator aids video-assisted lung cancer surgery training
A novel simulator is helping surgeons learn to perform video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) on patients with lung cancer.
Innovate Magazines
September 7, 2015
On the road to global health
Washington University researchers and international partners go to great lengths to help solve some of the world’s most pervasive health challenges.
Source: Washington Magazine
September 7, 2015
Planting partnerships for growth
A federal grant awarded to the university helped move the Grove neighborhood forward.
Source: Washington Magazine
September 7, 2015
Coalition of the determined
Five founding institutions teamed with the city of St. Louis to create life sciences and tech hub Cortex.
Source: Washington Magazine