This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ highlights how stay-at-home orders changed the initial trajectory of the pandemic
Podcast: Shutdowns in COVID-19’s early days helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (Links to an external site)
VOYCE advocates for long-term care residents
Your aging mother has been feeling mistreated at a long-term care facility and you aren’t able to be there. You would like to install a camera in her room. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program of St. Louis, now known as VOYCE, has volunteers ready to visit with her and advocate for your mother at no […]
Researcher Engagement, Scientific Productivity Linked in Infrastructure Grants (Links to an external site)
If you build it, will they come? When it comes to engaging scientists, a new study says that if you fund it, they will.
COVID-19 transmission at school rare for children with disabilities (Links to an external site)
Weekly saliva tests contributed to low rates during previous school year
Early COVID-19 shutdowns helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (Links to an external site)
Delays in implementing public health orders likely would have resulted in many more hospitalizations, deaths
Liquid biopsies may aid diagnosis, treatment of bladder, nerve tumors (Links to an external site)
Blood, urine biopsies could pave way for more personalized cancer therapy
COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibodies in 90% taking immunosuppressants (Links to an external site)
However, people treated for autoimmune conditions produce weaker responses than healthy people
The Amazing Brain: Tracking Molecular Events with Calling Cards (Links to an external site)
From the NIH Director’s Blog, August 24, 2021
Too many research papers just languish on the shelf. These St. Louis scientists want to put them in action. (Links to an external site)
Investigators in the field of Dissemination & Implementation ask: How can we use what we already know to make people healthier?
The WashU Precision Health Experience
ICTS Associate Director Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD was the featured speaker at the July 8th NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series. She spoke about the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Precision Health function, including efforts to integrate of genomic and electronic health record data, engage community and research participants through return of research results, and […]