Congratulations to Dr. Bill Powderly, MD, who was honored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) with a discretionary award given in recognition of his leadership in HIV care and research along with his exemplary contributions to IDSA and the HIV Medical Association. The Society Citation Award was presented today, October 17, at IDWeek 2024.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each member who played a vital role in the successful execution of the 2024 Education Day. Your efforts in creating a welcoming atmosphere, thoughtful programming, and seamless coordination resulted in an enriching event.
Welcome to the WashU Medicine Academy of Educators Annual Report, which provides an overview of our notable accomplishments from October 2023 to September 2024. During this period, we achieved significant goals, delivered impactful programming, awarded numerous grants, and made a substantial impact on our educator community.
Dr. Sandeep Panikar joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an instructor in October 2024. With over a decade of research experience in cancer biology, molecular imaging, drug delivery systems, and nanotechnology, Dr. Panikar specializes in leveraging molecular imaging techniques to advance cancer detection and treatment. His expertise spans Surface-Enhanced Raman […]
The Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research in the Department of Medicine has received a $2.75 million gift through the Anita Palmer Corbin Trust to establish the Anita Palmer Corbin Diabetes Research Endowed Fund. The fund augments a spendable fund to support diabetes research in the division that was previously created by Corbin, who died in […]
Event honored scientists who received their first R01 research grants from the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Nathan Frogge has joined the Department of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division as an Assistant Professor in October 2024. He serves as faculty in the Interventional and Structural Cardiology Section and our West County Clinic, and as Director of Clinical Outreach and Expansion. Dr. Frogge received his BA in Environmental Studies and an MBA […]
The CDC reports the current spread is most common in outdoor birds, but also cattle.
Host De-ubiquitinase USP8 promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Pallavi Chandra, PhD, an Instructor of Medicine in the Philips laboratory at WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, along with Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD, Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, recently co-authored a Autophagy publication, on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and USP8. […]
Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm
Dr. Wooten joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a professor in September 2024. She holds the positions of ID Fellowship Program Director, Vice Chief of Medical Education, and Director of Educational Programs. She earned a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and a master’s degree in health and […]
Dr. Ece Cali Daylan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an assistant professor as of August 2024. She earned her medical degree and PhD in Medical Biology from Hacettepe University, Turkey, before relocating to the United States for advanced training. She completed her internal medicine residency at St. Elizabeth’s Medical […]
James “Russ” Hornsby and Sherry Hornsby’s business is play. Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, is a cardiologist who conducts groundbreaking research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Together, this unusual trio is forging new pathways to healthier lives for people around the globe.
The Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program at the Siteman Cancer Center, located at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, has reached a significant clinical achievement, completing its 10,000th transplant on September 4.
Congratulations to Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology, and collaborator Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, who were awarded an Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF) grant to fund research into the presence of aortic aneurysms in Alport mice.
Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again head the Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Workshop to be held during Kidney Week 2024, the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual meeting, in San Diego, CA.
Congratulations to Patricia Litkowski, MD, who was selected as a recipient of the Barnes- Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association Career Award.
Former NHL player Kelly Chase is known as one of the toughest guys to wear a St. Louis Blues jersey, racking up more than 2,000 penalty minutes in his career. But when his Washington University medical oncologist Ramzi Abboud, MD, diagnosed him with acute myeloid leukemia in 2023, Chase learned he was facing an opponent […]
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new genomic-based approach that could aid global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic roundworm infection spread by mosquitoes.
Type 1 diabetes — one of the most common chronic diseases in children — destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, requiring lifelong daily management. The autoimmune disease affects up to 10% of people with diabetes worldwide.
In September of 1992, at the age of 11, Jessi Nenkie got a double lung transplant at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Xiaoqing (Cathy) Cheng joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Instructor in October 2024. She received a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from Wuhan University in 2017. Her PhD training including the mitochondrial dynamics and the mechanism study between epigenetic regulation and liver tumorigenesis. As an expert in the field […]
Application submission dates: Friday, August 30, 2024 – Sunday, October 13, 2024 The Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows program provides fellows the opportunity to implement ideas that augment the education of medical students, residents and fellows. Initiated in 2004 with a gift from Carol and Jerome Loeb and supported by The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish […]
The Hepatitis C ElimiNATION Awareness Tour, sponsored by ABBVIE, brings Hepatitis C testing to underserved communities. The WashU Infectious Diseases Division’s Bridge to Health Program partnered with other state and community organizations including Street Med STL, the Missouri Department of Social Services, the Missouri Department of health and Senior Services, and Vivent Health to provide HIV […]
For research on early stage Breast Cancer Emily Podany, MD, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program, Fellow Wellness Leader, WashU Division of Oncology, received a 2024 Conquer Cancer Merit Award for the ASCO Quality Care Symposium for her abstract (poster presentation) “Improving the OncotypeDX ordering process in patients with ER+ HER2- early-stage breast cancer: A longitudinal QI project.” […]
Professor of Medicine and Co-Director Global Health Center Dr. Mark Huffman appeared on KSDK’s Show Me St. Louis to recognize World Heart Day. Dr. Huffman noted that 1 in 3 people worldwide die of cardiovascular disease, and shared tips from the American Heart Association for heart health. He emphasized the dangers of ultra-processed foods, which […]
Dr. Katharine Foster joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology as an Assistant Professor in September 2024. She is interested in the wealth of immune reactions both beneficial and detrimental that medications can elicit and their interplay with a patient’s overall health, including drug allergy, microbiome changes, and immunomodulatory effects. […]
Five Washington University investigators at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, have received $1.65 million total for research aimed at advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Yosemite, a San Francisco-based oncology-focused venture capital firm, awarded the five scientists $330,000 each.
Dr. FNU Meena joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in September 2024. She was born and raised in Hyderabad, Pakistan, and received her medical education at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan, which is one of the oldest and top-ranked medical universities in the […]
Will Ross, MD, the associate dean for diversity and the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2024 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The honor recognizes medical leaders committed to diversifying the health-care workforce.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $12 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how vaccines trigger long-lasting immune responses. The work may inform the design of new, more protective vaccines for respiratory viruses, […]
Dr. Aaron Greenspan joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology as an Assistant Professor in July 2024. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA followed by a Doctor of Medicine from University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. He remained in Pittsburgh for an Internal Medicine Residency. […]
Dr. Erin Dyer joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in August 2024. She grew up in Oxford, Mississippi and attended college at the University of Mississippi, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese […]
Dr. Katherine (Katie) Goodenberger joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine in July 2024. Katie grew up in Clayton, Missouri and attended Washington University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree before moving to New York for her graduate degree in Biological Anthropology. In her first career, she studied the fossil […]
These days, it’s tempting to compare COVID-19 with the common cold or flu. It can similarly leave you with a nasty cough, fever, sore throat—the full works of respiratory symptoms. And it’s also become a part of the societal fabric, perhaps something you’ve resigned yourself to catching at least a few times in your life (even if […]
Congratulations to Associate Professor of Medicine, Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, WashU Nephrology, who received a four-year, $1.15M VA Merit Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The funding will support her research on therapeutic targeting of mitochondria in uromodulin-associated chronic kidney disease (CKD).
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became immediately clear to the worldwide scientific and research communities that a dire need was evolving to discover effective treatments for a rapidly increasing number of infected patients.
Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Divisions of General Medicine & Geriatrics and Nephrology, Director, Teaching Physician Pathway, recently awarded the ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award The ASP Neilson Award is given to a leader who has had a significant impact on the landscape of internal medicine […]
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, dean designate for Washington University in St. Louis’ planned School of Public Health, will provide a first look at his vision for the new school at the Public Health at WashU Annual Conference Oct. 21-22.
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, Associate Professor of Medicine, Section Director, Healthcare Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Stewardship, WashU Division of Infectious Diseases, has received a new contract from the CDC to investigate how influenza (flu) spreads within households and whether vaccines reduce transmission of flu. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the […]
Oktoberfest is a world-renowned festival held annually in Munich, Germany, typically from late September to the first weekend in October. Oktoberfest dates back to October 12, 1810, when Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to join the festivities held over five days on […]
The cardiology team at St. Louis VA has performed the hospital’s first two patient implants of the new WATCHMAN FLX Pro left atrial appendage closure device.
A component of beet juice — inorganic nitrate — improves muscle power and exercise capacity in athletes and in patients with heart failure, according to earlier research by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence lipid PDIM inhibits autophagy in mice Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD, Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, recently co-authored a Nature Microbiology publication, with Ekansh Mittal, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, WashU Division of Infectious Diseases, on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Dr. Philips is the principal investigator […]
Dr. Fan He joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology as an Instructor in September 2024. Under the mentorships of Dr. Stephen Oh and Dr. Jorge Di Paola, Fan studies molecular mechanisms underlying hyperinflammation in MPN and novel therapeutic vulnerabilities against it using patient samples, genetic mouse models, omics approaches (such as single […]
Dr. Kai Jones joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology as an Assistant Professor in August 2024. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dr. Jones earned the BA in Biology from Washington University in 2015 and the MD degree from Washington University in 2019. Between 2019 and 2022, she completed Internal Medicine Residency Training […]
Dr. Rabia Mayer joined the Department of Medicine in Division of Dermatology as an Assistant Professor in August 2024. Dr. Mayer received her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and subsequent PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Florida. She decided to pursue medicine thereafter and has completed two separate residencies in pediatrics and dermatology from Washington […]
Dr. Ju-Fang Chang joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor in July 2024. Her research focus is to overcome barriers in immunotherapy by incorporating insights from protein structural biology. Dr. Chang received bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Biology from National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan. After graduating, she was awarded a […]
Celebrating women physicians who inspire others as they lead the way forward in medicine. The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) is honored to announce the recipients of the 2024 AMWA INSPIRE Award. This annual award celebrates women physicians who exemplify the highest values of vision, integrity, service, and role-modeling in medicine and healthcare. “During Women in […]
Dr. Wattenberg joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Oncology as an Assistant Professor in July 2024. He has a long-standing interest in immune-oncology and hopes to unveil new approaches to targeting the immune system for cancer therapy. Dr. Wattenberg received his MD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. During medical […]