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WashU Medicine’s pioneering diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer care

Cutting-edge research at WashU Medicine has improved early detection of cancer; led to new, more potent therapies with fewer side effects; and personalized treatment for patients

February 18, 2025

Research specialist Tianxiang “Roderick” Lin works in the Immunomonitoring Lab at the WashU Medicine Bursky Center for Human Immunology & Immunotherapy

The Immunomonitoring Lab at the Bursky Center for Human Immunology & Immunotherapy provides the structure, instrumentation and expertise to monitor the impact of specific immunotherapies. Senior scientist Diane Bender, PhD, research specialist Roderick Lin, research technician Kristin Link, and lead tetramer scientist Larry Yang, PhD, participated on June 6, 2024. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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About Washington University School of Medicine

WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, including biomedical research, patient care and educational programs with 2,900 faculty. Its National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding portfolio is the second largest among U.S. medical schools and has grown 56% in the last seven years. Together with institutional investment, WashU Medicine commits well over $1 billion annually to basic and clinical research innovation and training. Its faculty practice is consistently within the top five in the country, with more than 1,900 faculty physicians practicing at 130 locations and who are also the medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals of BJC HealthCare. WashU Medicine has a storied history in MD/PhD training, recently dedicated $100 million to scholarships and curriculum renewal for its medical students, and is home to top-notch training programs in every medical subspecialty as well as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology and communications sciences.

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