The Record

WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding

WashU Medicine secured $683 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2024, placing the school at No. 2 in NIH funding nationwide for the second year in a row.

Volunteering reduces rate of aging

Volunteering, even a small amount, is linked to slower age acceleration for both retirees and working people, finds a new study from Cal Halvorsen at the Brown School.

National champs: Women’s soccer beats William Smith 3-0

The No. 1 WashU women’s soccer team brought home the program’s second national title Dec. 8 in Las Vegas with a 3-0 win over William Smith College. The Bears finished the season 23-0-2, setting a program record.

Scientists collect ‘microbial fingerprints’ in household plumbing

Fangqiong Ling and a team at the McKelvey School of Engineering is working to document the microbes in household plumbing, and they found wide variation from one house to another.

Research Wire

Burel R. Goodin, a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has received more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support postdoctoral training, preparing scholars for clinical research in pain and substance use disorder.

Notables

Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor at the Brown School, has been named a 2024-25 Institute for Economic Equity research fellow by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Announcements

Faculty Achievement Award nominations sought

Nominations are being accepted for WashU’s annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. The nomination deadline is Feb. 7.