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This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ focuses on where we are and where we’re headed with COVID-19, from the perspective of 2 top experts in infectious diseases

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ reports on progress toward a vaccine and how to stay safe before vaccines become widely available

With the start of the academic year, each and every member of the Washington University in St. Louis community who will be on campus this fall will be required to follow four steps – four public health measures that must be completed by students, faculty and staff individually, but will have an impact globally.

Embedded within the Internal Medicine Residency Program are a variety of educational pathways where residents can specialize their skills. For residents who wish to explore teaching as a possible career path, the Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway (WUTPP) provides opportunities for growth and development as a clinician-educator. One component of the WUTTP program involves pairing […]

In St. Louis, as in much of the United States, African Americans are more likely to test positive for COVID-19. They’re also more likely to be hospitalized, to end up in intensive care and to die of the infection. Further, protests that have erupted against police violence point to another stressor shouldered primarily by African […]

As the novel coronavirus has accelerated its spread throughout the Midwest and across the U.S., scores of students on the Washington University Medical Campus have mobilized to support health-care workers and the St. Louis community in the fight against the global pandemic. Among the projects the students have initiated or joined, they’ve reviewed and summarized […]

The patient is nine months pregnant and in good health. With the proper care, she has much to look forward to.

The Academic Women’s Network Fall Dinner: “Ally, Advocate, or Accomplice: We are Better Together” with guest speaker Michelle Lall, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine took place on November 19, 2019.

Jason Burnham, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Victoria Fraser, MD, the Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine

Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He was nominated for the honor by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

OUTmed, an organization for LGBTQIA-identified faculty, staff, trainees and allies at the School of Medicine, participated in St. Louis’ PrideFest and Parade on June 30. OUTmed, a forum based in the Department of Medicine, is open to anyone in the School of Medicine interested in OUTmed activities, regardless of departmental affiliation. This was OUTmed’s third […]

We are pleased to announce that Peggy Kendall, MD will be the new Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine effective August 1, 2019. Dr. Kendall is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in […]

The National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) offers a two-year training experience with formal leadership and master’s level research training. Scholars endeavor to be change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care. Download NCSP flyer

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers In Vivo Imaging Core (IVIC) in Infectious Diseases to provide a cost-effective and sustainable in vivo imaging resource and multi-dimensional data analysis for WUSM researchers. Two-photon microscopy is widely used in the fields of cell biology, immunology and microbiology to image single-cell dynamics in native 3D tissue environments. […]

A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs as intended, according to a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers assessed what is called a bundled-payment system, in which hospitals are assigned a target cost for […]

Many lifesaving advances in human health can be traced to physician-scientists, the professionals who treat patients while also conducting biomedical research. “They’re an essential national resource because of their collective impact on understanding diseases and helping to extend life spans,” said Melvin Blanchard, MD, director of the Division of Medical Education and of the Internal Medicine […]

During an informal gathering with female medical residents a few years ago, Rakhee K. Bhayani, MD, recognized a familiar refrain. Many of the women said they felt invisible. “Each spoke of experiences with gender bias, such as not being seen as a team leader, being talked over by junior male colleagues and not being addressed as […]

Will Ross knows he should be dead. Before his teen years, he had been beaten and bloodied countless times and stabbed in the arm. He had witnessed an execution-style murder and had watched riots burn his community. He had hidden in his house to avoid gangs. Indoors, he often buried himself in books to escape […]

CLAYTON • It’s a little bit of faith and a lot of matchmaking, with a baseball theme. “How St. Louis is that?” jokes Risa Zwerling, the wife of Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton. Zwerling, the longtime first lady of St. Louis’ largest research institution, runs a program called Home Plate. The premise is simple: Zwerling matches […]