COVID-19 infections increase risk of heart conditions

A federal data analysis indicates that people who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing heart complications in the first year after infection, according to researchers at the School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System.

Happy to be ‘home’

Last fall, the Record profiled five members of the Class of 2025 who happened to sit near one another at a men’s soccer game. Five months later, the Record checks in with the students about their classes, clubs and new friends.

Promoting resilience in health-care workers aim of new grant

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised stress levels among health-care workers, leading to burnout, depression and more. Researchers at the School of Medicine have received a grant that aims to reduce workers’ burnout and promote their mental health and wellness.

Thurtene carnival returns April 8-10

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Thurtene carnival returns to campus April 8-10. Organizers are inviting student groups, big and small, to participate.

Notables

Beverly Brozanski, MD (left), and Jennifer Wambach, MD, both in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Newborn Medicine at the School of Medicine, have been named new members of the American Pediatric Society.

Research Wire

Randall Martin, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, was awarded a three-year $595,000 NASA grant to analyze fine particulate matter data, work that will help in air quality management.

Research Wire

Physicist Kater Murch in Arts & Sciences and collaborators at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis won a $750,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to support their work on creating new ways to construct and control quantum systems. 

Binyam Nardos, instructor in occupational therapy, 39

Binyam Nardos, an instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy at the School of Medicine, died Jan. 29 in St. Louis. He was 39.