Congratulations to Washington University transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, who was recently elected as Secretary of the Women in Nephrology (WIN) organization for 2024-2036. WIN, founded in 1983, promotes professional development, mentorship, and education for women and men in nephrology.
Category: ICTS News
Chen, Silva named senior members of National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Hong Chen and Jonathan Silva, both faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. They will be inducted in June.
ICTS Announces 2024-2025 CTRFP Awardees
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital awards 20 investigators as part of the 17th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP). The CTRFP is the largest internal grant funding program of the ICTS. Applicants are required to submit proposals for projects that promote the translation […]
Future of precision medicine must involve Black community (Links to an external site)
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 […]
ICTS investigators optimize methods of treatment for blood cancers through genome sequencing test
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 […]
Ciorba receives grant to evaluate treatment for colorectal cancer (Links to an external site)
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 […]
Noninvasive technique helps visualize inflammatory cells in human heart (Links to an external site)
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.
Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in Underserved Schools in North St. Louis County Through Testing and Vaccine Uptake (Links to an external site)
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.
Improving heart health to save lives during, after pregnancy aim of programs (Links to an external site)
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 […]
Long-standing hormone treatment for donated hearts found to be ineffective (Links to an external site)
Practice of using thyroid hormones to preserve function for transplantation may even cause harm Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors’ bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs available for transplantation. However, according to a recent clinical trial […]