Faculty receive $6.1M NIH grant for maternal health study

Three faculty from the Brown School and the School of Medicine have received a seven-year $6.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project aimed at improving the health of mothers and children in the St. Louis region.

Blood test predicts neurotoxic complications of CAR-T cell therapy

A new study from the School of Medicine suggests a simple blood test — administered before CAR-T cell treatment is initiated — may identify which patients are predisposed to developing neurotoxic side effects after CAR-T cell therapy, which is used to treat several cancers.

Johnson named Freund Teaching Fellow

Dallas-based artist Tamara Johnson will serve as the Sam Fox School’s next Freund Teaching Fellow. Designed to promote the creation and exhibition of contemporary art, the appointment is sponsored in collaboration with the Saint Louis Art Museum, which will present a solo exhibition of Johnson’s work in fall 2023.

Notables

The Washington University Danforth Staff Council has elected its executive officers for the academic year and added five new members.

Notables

Arts & Sciences’ John Baugh has been named to the advisory board of the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

Research Wire

Louis Woodhams and Phil Bayly’s team at the McKelvey School of Engineering built a model to better understand how certain cilia — tiny, hairlike structures throughout our body — beat.

Announcements

University adopts Handshake to connect students to jobs, internships

Washington University has partnered with Handshake, a career management platform, to better help students and alumni discover new career paths and find jobs and internships. Handshake replaces CAREERlink.