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Med School Dean: AI is about making humans better (Links to an external site)
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Ding receives junior investigator award from virology society (Links to an external site)
Recognized for work on gut viruses and how they cause disease Siyuan Ding, PhD, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2023 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award from the American Society of Virology.
ABC Science Collaborative, RADx-UP publish lessons learned about keeping children safe in school during pandemic (Links to an external site)
The ABC Science Collaborative and RADx-UP have published a special supplement to the research journal Pediatrics focused on lessons learned while navigating the K-12 school environment during the pandemic. ICTS Associate Director Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD and Integrating Special Populations co-lead Jason Newland, MD, MEd, are included in this body of work with their study “Recommendations for […]
Maternal vitamin D deficiency increases lifetime diabetes risk in offspring (Links to an external site)
Studies in mice and in human immune cells link low prenatal vitamin D in mothers to insulin resistance in offspring Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a process in immune cells that links vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in offspring. The […]
McKay receives NIH support to test cancer treatment tool for children (Links to an external site)
Virginia McKay, a research assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, is leading a five-year $3.5 million project to test whether an effort to improve cancer treatment for children in Latin America is sustainable over the long term. A partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., the […]
Deadly Fungal Infections Confound Doctors—‘It’s Going to Get Worse’ (Links to an external site)
Once a freak occurrence, fungi resistant to standard drugs now threaten millions of vulnerable Americans It took doctors a month to figure out a fungus had infected Glenda Brame’s bloodstream. The delay likely led to her death. The 56-year-old died in September, felled by a fungus that kills between 30% and 60% of people it […]
Washington University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society announces class of 2023 (Links to an external site)
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 2023.
Powderly, Setton receive faculty achievement awards (Links to an external site)
William G. Powderly and Lori A. Setton will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2023 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.
Findings may lead to improved insulin-secreting cells derived from stem cells (Links to an external site)
Researchers ID shortcomings in stem cell-derived beta cells, paving way to improved diabetes treatments Diabetes researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered at least one reason insulin-secreting cells made from stem cells in the lab don’t work as well as natural cells. The discovery could help speed progress toward making […]