Author: Brittney Wheeler

A School of Medicine brain-imaging study on the effects of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, provides a neurobiological explanation for the drug’s mind-bending effects.

The Office of Human Resources at Washington University in St. Louis is offering Go Gold!, a four-week challenge inspired by the 2024 Olympics to improve physical and mental well-being habits, beginning July 29. Registration is now open.

Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, and Russell Pachynski, MD, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have been honored with the 2024 Scholar-Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis faculty members David M. Holtzman, MD, and Xiaoying Chen were awarded the inaugural Jeffrey L. Morby Prize from the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.

Washington University in St. Louis has been chosen to mentor the University of Missouri as part of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Accelerating Research Translation program.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a novel enzyme involved in building the cell wall of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus that causes lung infections and potentially deadly cases of meningitis, primarily in people with AIDS.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, with collaborators at the University of Florida and Stanford University, identified a compound that, in mice, makes naloxone much more effective at counteracting a drug overdose.

Brian A. Gordon, an assistant professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, has received an award from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center and the Alzheimer’s Association to study how adverse events in childhood affect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has formed a Center for Translational Bioinformatics. The center aims to accelerate research that can improve patient care by integrating comprehensive patient data and expansive genomic datasets.

Chris Anderson, grounds manager and horticulturalist at Washington University in St. Louis, is the recipient of this year’s Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award.