(On February 19, Woolsey will be a panelist on “Linking the community to scientific resources in natural areas.” The presentation is part of a session called “It takes a village: Partnering schools with the community to raise future chiefs.” The session runs from 10:30 a.m. to noon.)
In his more than three decades as a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Thomas A. Woolsey, director of the James O’Leary Division of Experimental Neurology and Neurological Surgery, has won numerous accolades for his pioneering studies into cerebral circulation, brain activity and impairment and recovery of brain function.
But he has also won recognition as a dedicated educator both at the University level and in outreach efforts to young students in the broader St. Louis community.
Woolsey served for four years as the president of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, the sponsor of the Junior Academy of Science, which organizes events and hands-on workshops around the St. Louis community to encourage interest in science among female and minority students in middle and high school. The academy also oversees the St. Louis Science Fair, the largest in the country.
Woolsey has also been a faculty advisor for the Young Scientists Program at Washington University, a program run by volunteer graduate and medical students from Washington University. Participants work with middle and high school students and teachers in inner city schools to raise awareness of and interest in science.
Washington University School of Medicine’s full-time and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. The School of Medicine is one of the leading medical research, teaching and patient care institutions in the nation, currently ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.