Author: Brittney Wheeler

John Cooper, MD, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolfe Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected a fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.

Will Ross, MD, the associate dean for diversity and the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has received the 2024 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a new genomic-based approach that could aid global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic roundworm infection spread by mosquitoes.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a three-year $2.6 million grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to develop gene therapies for cystic fibrosis.

Researchers at WashU Medicine received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to identify the immune factors responsible for long-lasting protection against disease.

Elizabeth Pollina, an assistant professor of developmental biology at WashU Medicine, has been named to the 2024 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars.

Qin Liu, a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has identified the specific neurons that trigger sneezing and coughing in mice.

Christine Keller, director of career communities and career development at at the Center for Career Engagement at WashU, was selected for Focus St. Louis’ fall 2024 Women in Leadership cohort among 34 local leaders.

WashU Medicine is launching a new master’s program in reproductive sciences. Students will complete a thesis project in one of WashU Medicine’s reproductive biology labs.

Kelly L. Bolton, MD, PhD (right), and Maggie Mullen, MD, both at WashU Medicine, have received grants from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation for their respective patient-oriented cancer research.