Author: Brittney Wheeler

Jonathan Kipnis, a professor and a BJC Investigator at the School of Medicine, has been named an academic editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Amanda Pope carries the mission of the university in her leadership role. She shares how her journey from cancer diagnosis to survivorship inspired her to serve the employees who keep the university running smoothly.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered a molecule in the lungs of tuberculosis (TB) patients that reflects the levels of TB-causing bacteria in the lungs. The findings may represent a step toward more tailored treatment regimens and better patient outcomes.

New research from Washington University School of Medicine has solved the medical mystery of why a 2-year-old child — seemingly healthy at birth — succumbed to an undiagnosed rare illness.

The Women’s Society of Washington University seeks nominations for the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award, given to graduating senior women who have made a significant contribution to WashU. The nomination deadline is Feb. 11.

The IpsiHand, an innovative stroke-recovery device developed by a WashU startup that helps stroke patients recover arm and hand function by retraining their brains, has received the 2021 Pantheon Product of the Year Award from California Life Sciences.

A home-based health monitoring program developed by Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare has proven invaluable in helping to track the progress of patients who test positive for the virus but aren’t sick enough to be hospitalized.

Graham Colditz and Su-Hsin Chang, both at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for multiple myeloma research.

Miriam Silberman, a microbiology major in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, won a Diversification of Our Research Scientists (D.O.O.R.S.) scholarship from Promega.

Sabin Nettles, a graduate student at the School of Medicine, received the Pre/Postdoctoral Next Generation Award from the Society for Neuroscience in recognition of her work introducing neuroscience to young students through the Brain Discovery initiative.