With over 760 full-time faculty members, the Department of Medicine faculty are not only active clinicians, researchers and educators at the School of Medicine. They are recognized nationally and internationally for their efforts to advance research discoveries and improve human health, here in the St. Louis region and around the world.
National appointments and honors
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Seven faculty are 2017 AAAS Fellows (Links to an external site)
Seven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among 396 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Michael G. Caparon Jr.; Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH; John A. Cooper, MD, PhD; Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD; Susan K. Dutcher; Timothy J. Eberlein, MD — all at the School […]
Dr. Kara Sternhell-Blackwell received the Gloria Anzaldúa Advocacy at Intersections Award
Dr. Kara Sternhell-Blackwell received the Gloria Anzaldúa Advocacy at Intersections Award at the 10th Annual WUSTL James L. Holobaugh Honors Ceremony, on November 7, 2017. This award recognizes an individual who shows great commitment to advocating at intersections of LGBTQIA identities, as well as illuminating and supporting the diversity of individuals within LGBTQIA communities. Pictured right: Dr. Kara […]
Installation of Dr. Gregory Lanza
Gregory M. Lanza, MD, PhD was installed as the James R. Hornsby Family Professor of Biomedical Sciences on October 23, 2017. He is a board-certified cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine. He directs the Consortium for Translation Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C-TRAIN) and is a member of the […]
Distinguished Service Teaching Awards Photos – 2017
Drs. Fraser and Lewis receive Equality Award
The Equality Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of those who dedicate time, energy, spirit and whole-hearted commitment to better the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. The awards presented at the Human Rights Campaign gala dinners are the highest honor the organization bestows in the area of achieving equality for LGBTQ people. […]
Annual Distinguished Service Teaching Awards Invitation
2016-2017 DSTA Awardee list1
Gordon recipient of Massry Prize (Links to an external site)
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will share the 2017 Massry Prize with fellow microbiome researchers Norman Pace, PhD, of the University of Colorado Boulder, and Rob Knight, PhD, of the University of California San Diego.
Gordon receives Jacobæus Prize (Links to an external site)
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2017 Jacobæus Prize from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for his role as the founding father of gut microbiome research.