WashU joins NIH cancer screening network

The School of Medicine is joining a new clinical trials network launched by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to investigate emerging technologies for cancer screening, with the goal of reducing cancer-related illnesses and deaths.

Ways to encourage allyship

New research by Hannah Birnbaum at Olin Business School finds that one reason why more people in advantaged groups, particularly men and white people, do not engage in acts of allyship is because they underestimate how much their actions will be appreciated.

WashU Expert on Alabama embryo ruling’s implications

The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent decision that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children” will have far-reaching implications in the state and beyond, said Susan Appleton, a School of Law expert on family law and reproductive justice.

Notables

Three early-career scientists at the School of Medicine have been honored with the Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation. They are (from left) Tarin M. Bigley, MD, PhD; Jeffrey W. Brown MD, PhD; and Drew J. Schwartz, MD, PhD.

Research Wire

State tobacco control programs that used a new training model were better able to sustain operations, finds a study from Sarah Moreland-Russell at the Brown School. The research was published in the journal Implementation Science.

Announcements

State of the University address planned

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s annual State of the University address will be available to view online starting March 7.