Washington University’s Center for Clinical Research Training – Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program – a new and exciting clinical and translational research opportunity for physicians who are engaged in a clinical fellowship at Washington University. The Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program (TSPP) is part of the WU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and is supported […]
Dr. Nicolo Cabrera joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Nicolo Cabrera, M.D., is a PGY-7 Immunocompromised Host/Transplant Infectious Disease fellow at the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He was born and raised in the Philippines where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, magna cum laude, at the University of the Philippines Diliman […]
Dr. Sena Sayood joins the Department of Medicine
Sena Sayood, MD received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, with a special focus in signal processing, at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln before continuing on to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for medical school, where he participated in the enhanced medical education track in quality improvement. He completed residency training […]
Dr. Andrew Lutkewitte joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Andrew Lutkewitte’s primary interests are understanding the dynamic regulation of lipid storage during stress conditions and how these processes are directly linked to disease outcome. His PhD training in whole animal physiology in the context of obesity and diabetes has given him a breath of knowledge for which he have built upon throughout his […]
Dr. Daniel Vo joins the Department of Medicine
He was born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/ Biochemistry and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR in 2011. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR in 2015 and completed his […]
Dr. Joseph Cherabie joins the Department of Medicine
Joseph Cherabie is originally from Denver, Colorado. He lived 12 years in Lebanon where he completed his high school as well as his undergraduate and medical school at the American University of Beirut. During medical school, he worked within the International Federation of Medical Student’s Associations and served as the Director of Sexual and Reproductive […]
Dr. Laura Marks joins the Department of Medicine
Laura R. Marks received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Spanish from Pacific Union College, California. She completed her MD, PhD at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences through the Medical Scientist Training Program. Her PhD training occurred in the laboratory of Dr. Anders Hakansson in the department of Microbiology and […]
Dr. Devika Kapuria joins the Department of Medicine
Following her residency in internal medicine, Dr. Kapuria was deeply affected by her interactions with liver disease patients, and eventually decided to explore this aspect of the field in order to better assist them. Backed by her considerable expertise, she excelled as a gastroenterology fellow with the University of New Mexico. With a plethora of […]
Dr. Adora Nwankwo joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Adora Chinenye Nwankwo became a member of the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June 2021. She was born in the nation’s capital and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland. She attended Cornell University and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. After graduating she […]
Dr. Shiyuan Liu joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Shiyuan Anabeth Liu joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June 2021. She was born in northeastern China and moved to western Massachusetts when she was nine. She attended Dartmouth College and graduated magna cum laude with Honors in neuroscience in 2014. She was inducted into […]
Dr. Nada Zmeter joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Nada Zmeter joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. She grew up in Lebanon and attended both college and medical school at the American University of Beirut: she initially earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology in 2012, then graduated with a Medical […]
Dr. Shannon Zalewski joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Shannon Zalewski joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine in July of 2021. She was born in Madison, WI and grew up in a suburb of Chicago. She attended Purdue University where she initially enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program, but ultimately decided to pursue a career in medicine. She […]
Dr. Elizabeth Terry joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Terry (Beth) joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and thereafter moved to Sylacauga, Alabama where she grew up. She attended the University of Alabama and graduated summa cum laude from the University Honors Program […]
Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Tapley Rosenthal joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Portland, Maine and soon after moved to Austin, Texas. She considers herself to be a true Texan. She attended Concordia University in Irvine, California and graduated with a […]
COVID-19 aggravates antibiotic misuse in India (Links to an external site)
Sales of antibiotics soar as threat of drug-resistant bacteria worsens
Dr. Zain Raza joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Zain Raza joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. He grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma just north of Oklahoma City. He attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Bachelor […]
Dr. Alyssa Moller joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Alyssa Renee Moller joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in July 2021. She was born in Los Angeles, California and moved to the Chicago area shortly thereafter, where she spent the remainder of her childhood. She attended college at Washington University in St. Louis and […]
Dr. Jeffrey Marinshaw joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Jeffrey Marinshaw joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an instructor in June 2021. He grew up in Chapel Hill, NC before attending Washington University in St. Louis where he was a Dieckmann Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Classics in 2012 and […]
Dr. Sonya Liu joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Sonya Liu joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Arkansas prior to moving to St. Louis where she spent most of her childhood. Her family then moved to Pocatello, Idaho, which she now proudly calls home. She returned to […]
Dr. Emily Mattoon joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Emily Mattoon joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. She was born in Mountain View, California and soon after moved to San Diego. She attended Duke University and graduated cum laude in 2013 with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and […]
Cell-based immunotherapy shows promise against melanoma (Links to an external site)
Effective against blood cancers, natural killer cells also may be effective against solid tumors
COVID-19 vaccine generates immune structures critical for lasting immunity (Links to an external site)
Vaccines likely induce strong, persistent immunity to COVID-19
Dr. James McMenimen joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. James McMenimen joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in June of 2021. He was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. During his studies, he was able to spend a summer as an AMGEN scholar, conducting organic chemistry research […]
Dr. Alex Lane joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Alex Ryan Lane joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Instructor in July of 2021. He grew up in Southern Illinois and attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate degree. He graduated with honors and highest distinction in Psychology in 2011. After college, he worked as […]
Update on AWAM
Welcome to Advancing Women in Academic Medicine (AWAM)! AWAM is a new program that works to achieve equitable career advancement for women fellows and faculty within the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. We officially launched our efforts in fall 2020 with a series of virtual listening sessions to hear directly from […]
COVID-19 dual-antibody therapies effective against variants in animal study (Links to an external site)
Combination therapies appear to prevent emergence of drug resistance
Message for Juneteenth
Dear colleagues, Juneteenth is an important day in the history of the United States. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Grander announced the end of the Civil War and that the enslaved were free. This announcement, however, came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. As many enslavers continued […]
Blood cancer patients with COVID-19 fare better with convalescent plasma (Links to an external site)
Retrospective study also indicates outcomes of critically ill patients in ICU improve when given antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients
Mark V. Williams, MD – Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine
It is my pleasure to announce that Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, will be joining Washington University School of Medicine in the Department of Medicine as the new Chief for the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Williams is being recruited from the University of Kentucky, where he is currently the Chief Quality and Transformation Officer […]
4 physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars (Links to an external site)
Program supports doctors who want to conduct basic science research
PSTP Leadership Announcement
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Timothy Ley, the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Chair in Oncology, Professor of Medicine and of Genetics and Director of the Section of Stem Cell Biology in the Division of Oncology has joined the leadership team of the Oliver Langenberg Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) as […]
Newly approved drug effective against lung cancer caused by genetic mutation (Links to an external site)
Targeted therapy shrank tumors, shows promise in improving survival
Tiny implant cures diabetes in mice without triggering immune response (Links to an external site)
Nanofiber device allows insulin to be released while defending against immune cells
Synthetic data mimics real health-care data without patient-privacy concerns (Links to an external site)
Such data now available to university researchers, could help speed research
Obituary: John Turk, endowed professor of endocrinology, 73 (Links to an external site)
Physician-scientist was a pioneer in mass spectrometry research
Academy of Educators Call for Applications
The Academy of Educators is now accepting applications for membership for 2021. The Academy is an institutional collaboration of educators who together foster a culture of educational excellence and an institutionally valued community of leaders in health science education. With participation opportunities for teachers, educators and leaders, the Academy is service-based with a selective membership […]
Washington University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society announces class of 2021
The Alpha Omega Alpha Executive and Selection committees announce the new faculty, alumni and house officers to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Class of 2021. AΩA is the honor medical society recognizing, advocating for, and inspiring physicians in the care of patients and promotion of health. Members may be elected throughout their career […]
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD – Chief of the Division of Cardiology
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Sumanth D. Prabhu will join the Department of Medicine as the new Chief for the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Prabhu will become the Tobias and Hortense Lewin Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases on October 1, 2021. Dr. Prabhu joins us from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he […]
Dr. Karla Washington joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Karla T. Washington, PhD, joined the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine as an Associate Professor on January 1, 2021. A native Missourian, Dr. Washington graduated cum laude from Truman State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1997. Shortly thereafter, she earned a Master of Social Work […]
For men, low testosterone means high risk of severe COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
New clues on why more men than women develop severe disease
Good news: Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection (Links to an external site)
People who have had mild illness develop antibody-producing cells that can last lifetime
Wydown Middle School students share notes of thanks with health care workers
Students at Wydown Middle School in Clayton, MO created notes of thanks and support to share with health care workers at WashU and BJC. More than 130 students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade participated in this health care thank you campaign organized by the student council. According to Wydown’s student council advisor, Frankie Synovec, […]
Dr. Reyka Jayasinghe joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Reyka Jayasinghe graduated from San Francisco State University in 2013 before pursuing doctoral study in Dr. Li Ding’s lab at Washington University School of Medicine (WashU) as part of the Molecular Genetics and Genomics program. As a graduate student, Dr. Jayasinghe discovered mis-annotated splice-site-creating mutations across many cancer types using high-throughput computational methods in […]
Dr. Joseph Beals joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Joseph Beals joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences as an Instructor in May, 2021. Dr. Beals earned his PhD from the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His dissertation work focused on the influence of adult obesity on postprandial and post-exercise skeletal […]
Podcast: What to make of CDC’s new masking guidelines (Links to an external site)
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ details how changes in recommendations for masking will be implemented at the university and elsewhere
2021-2022 Religious Holidays (Links to an external site)
Listed are many of the religious holidays observed by members of the Washington University in St. Louis community. Please note that individual practices may vary.
WashU’s Gratitude Project Features Internal Medicine Residency Program
The Internal Medicine Residency Program was featured in a recent episode of the Gratitude Project, a program focused on highlighting stories of how WashU faculty, staff and students are rising up for the greater good. The episode details how the internal medicine chief residents with residency program leadership worked together to build camaraderie among the […]
Humphreys named vice president of research society for physician-scientists (Links to an external site)
Nephrologist also joins NIH board of scientific counselors
Dr. Debra Parker Oliver joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Debra Parker Oliver joined the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as a Professor of Medicine in October of 2020. She also has an appointment in the Goldfarb School of Nursing. She was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master’s degree in […]
Dr. Alexis McKee joins the Department of Medicine
Dr. Alexis McKee joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology as an Assistant Professor in December, 2020. Dr. McKee grew up in the St. Louis area. She received her Bachelor of Science in Cellular & Molecular Biology from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Following this, she completed her medical education at […]