Author: Brittney Wheeler

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. 

Two grants totaling $30 million a year for three years support efforts to design vaccines and drugs for understudied virus families. WashU Medicine scientists are leading the efforts.

Two professors of radiation oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis — Clifford G. Robinson, MD, and Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD — have been named fellows of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

James Walsh, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at WashU Medicine, has received a four-year $350,000 career development award from Research to Prevent Blindness.

Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, soon will open a newly constructed nine-story, 657,250-square-foot building on the Washington University Medical Campus. The state-of-the-art building will be dedicated exclusively to outpatient cancer care and will welcome its first patients Sept. 30.

Carla Bailey, director of learning and development for Human Resources at WashU, has been named one of Women We Admire’s “Top 50 Women Leaders of St. Louis for 2024” for development and delivery of leadership and team-building programs and workshops.