Author: Brittney Wheeler

Pamela K. Woodard, MD, the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named the 2021 Outstanding Researcher by the Radiological Society of North America.

Eight Washington University researchers have received funding from the Longer Life Foundation, a cooperative effort between the School of Medicine and the Reinsurance Group of America.

Faculty, staff and trainees will have the opportunity to change or re-enroll for 2022 benefits starting Monday, Nov. 1, through Nov. 17. Selections can be made online through the Workday platform. 

The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Washington University School of Medicine a five-year $9.1 million grant to study resilience in older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the pandemic’s cognitive and emotional effects on older adults.

Samantha A. Morris, associate professor of developmental biology and of genetics at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.5 million grant from the New York Stem Cell Foundation.

Merck Foundation has made a $2 million commitment to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to establish two endowed assistant professorships supporting early-career physician-scientists from populations that are historically underrepresented in medicine and biomedical sciences.

Benjamin Allen Philip, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.11 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National institutes of Health (NIH).

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has joined the NIH’s SenNet, a national research network focused on understanding senescent cells, an elusive but important cell type that plays key roles in the diseases of aging.

New research from Washington University suggests that psychotic-like experiences in children may predict risk for mental illness.

Older adults who sleep short or long experienced greater cognitive decline than those who sleep a moderate amount, even when the effects of early Alzheimer’s disease were taken into account, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine.