Author: Chris Amelung

What are your priorities for women’s health research? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to know. Washington University will host a national meeting March 4-6 on behalf of the NIH Office of Research in Women’s Health as it begins to develop research priorities for the next decade.

In January, 18 School of Medicine faculty were presented with Distinguished Faculty Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in clinical care, community service, research and teaching.

Several hundred physicians at Washington University School of Medicine are among the nation’s finest, according to two surveys of thousands of U.S. doctors. More than 300 Washington University physicians have been named to The Best Doctors In America for 2008. The number is nearly three times that of any other physicians’ group in St. Louis and more than any other physicians’ group in the Midwest.

Hearing aid manufacturers are constantly developing more sophisticated instruments, yet remarkably, studies show that user satisfaction hasn’t increased much, if at all. A group of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis wondered if they could address this problem by teaching people with hearing loss how to listen better.

If you’re looking to reduce facial wrinkles or enhance your lips without surgery, you’re not alone. Increasingly, consumers are choosing non-surgical procedures that use injectable fillers to improve their appearance. With a wide range of injectable fillers available, consumers must spend some time evaluating their options, says Gregory Branham, a facial plastic surgeon at the School of Medicine.

The WUSM Student Arts Commission is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming Student, Faculty, and Staff Art Show. Original works in all media will be displayed. All pieces should be delivered to the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center security desk with a completed submission form by January 9, 2009.

A program at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital designed to increase awareness about sickle cell disease and the importance of blood donations within the African-American faith community led to a 60 percent increase in first-time blood donations, a new study has found.

On Dec. 17 at the Duane Reed Gallery in Clayton, the Arts as Healing Program is hosting a public showing of art created by cancer patients. This reception, from 5:30-8 p.m., will celebrate these patients as artists and also honor their “journey of hope.”

The Arts as Healing program is designed to help patients at the Siteman Cancer Center and those involved with their care a chance to express themselves and use art as a tool in healing.

(Dawn Majors/P-D)Consuelo Washington, left, gets help labeling her microwave from occupational therapist Monica Perlmutter.Making sense of all the buttons on microwaves, dishwashers and coffee makers is hard enough when you can see them. For people with impaired vision, the gadgets can become more barrier than convenience. A program sponsored by Washington University helps people with poor eyesight maintain their independence by modifying their homes to make them more useful and safe.