Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research holds symposium

people standing in a room — Pilot Grant Program awardees take a photo with the center’s faculty and leadership. From left are: Andrew Kau, MD, PhD; David Hunstad, MD; Olga Lubman, PhD; Mikhail Berezin, PhD; Scott Hultgren, PhD, the center’s director; Michael Caparon, PhD; Nicole Gilbert, PhD; and Kelly Flentie, PhD.

The Washington University Center for Women’s Infectious Diseases Research (CWIDR) held its annual symposium in November 2015 on the Medical Campus. The event featured research talks by 2014-15 awardees of the CWIDR Pilot Grant Program, which aims to bring together researchers across departments to focus on topics related to women’s infectious diseases.

The center also announced its 2015-16 Pilot Grant awardees: Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine; Larissa Thackray, PhD, assistant professor of medicine; and Haina Shin, PhD, assistant professor of medicine.