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Three years ago, we met as virtual colleagues on a project to understand the extent of COVID-19 infections in the St. Louis region. Dr. Maricque, then a new faculty member at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), was a researcher and site coordinator, and Dr. Carter served as a project phlebotomist while completing her […]

When it comes to pinpointing the best courses of treatment for cancer patients, there is always room for improvement. That has been the belief for two investigators at the Washington University School of Medicine, leading them to the groundbreaking development of a genomic sequencing test that captures a full picture of patient-specific data. This provides […]

Matthew A. Ciorba, MD, a professor of medicine and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a $2.8 million award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate a new treatment in combination with routine radiation and chemotherapy in patients […]

A study in Nature Cardiovascular Research by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis explores a new, noninvasive imaging technique that helps scientists  visualize immune cells in the human heart.  

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges in providing healthcare services, such as testing and vaccinations, to underserved communities across the US. During the planning of the Safe Return to Schools Study in January 2021, there was limited information on COVID-19 transmission and prevention in K-12 schools.

Community-based approaches in St. Louis and Nigeria supported with NIH grants The United States and Nigeria may be an ocean apart, but each has distressingly high rates of infant and maternal death in the year following childbirth. In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the U.S. maternal mortality rate to be […]