Our people
Lucht appointed vice chancellor for enterprise risk management
Melanie Lucht has been appointed the inaugural vice chancellor for enterprise risk management at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Nov. 9, announced Nichol Luoma, executive vice chancellor for enterprise operations and chief operating officer.
Our expertise
Mental health care may not keep pace with needs of women veterans, study finds
Nearly half of the post-9/11 veterans surveyed in a new study showed signs of depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. But women veterans, who reported substantially more mental health and substance use problems than men, did not see an increase in mental health appointments, finds a new study from the Brown School.
WashU researchers develop first human model for form of inherited heart disease
Desmin-related cardiomyopathy (DRM) affects approximately 1 in 2,000 individuals worldwide. Engineered tissues developed in the lab of Nathaniel Huebsch at WashU McKelvey Engineering are helping to improve understanding of DRM and other cardiomyopathies — and could lead to more targeted therapies.
Our impact
New investments in humanities scholarship, academic inquiry
Two new funding streams will examine how academic inquiry works and how collaboration bolsters the humanities.
High-risk pregnancy care reaches families closer to home
WashU Medicine maternal-fetal specialists are collaborating with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.
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‘Let’s see where we can go’
Through the Bears Caucus, sponsored by the Office of Government & Community Relations, student and alumni ambassadors meet with lawmakers, share their personal stories and champion issues critical to the WashU community.
