Author: Brittney Wheeler

Asthma has been associated with a lowered risk of brain tumors, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine now think they know why: Immune cells activated under conditions of asthma are less able to promote the growth of brain tumors.

Henric Krawczynski and Johanna Nagy, in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences, received a two-year $459,050 award from NASA to test an array of quantum sensors on a one-day balloon flight to launch from New Mexico in 2023.

The annual holiday lights recycling drive is again taking place this winter, with various collection bins on the Medical and Danforth campuses. The drive runs through Jan. 31.

Bronwen Konecky, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $239,375 award from the National Science Foundation.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is gearing up for its upcoming accreditation process. School representatives will welcome members of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to the Medical Campus Feb. 19-22, 2023, as part of the accreditation process.

Katharina Lodders, research professor, and Bruce Fegley, professor, both in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $505,505 grant from the National Science Foundation for stellar chemistry research.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that many commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications are associated with a significant increase in risk of breast cancer.

Cyrus A. Raji, assistant professor of radiology and of neurology at the School of Medicine, received a one-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Linda J. Pike, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, professor of medicine and the Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the 2022 John C. Gienapp Distinguished Service Award.