Author: Ken Duenke

In recent years, one in five U.S. Latina teens attempted suicide. Though this rate is startlingly higher than their non-Hispanic peers, “efforts to understand the phenomenon have been hampered by a dearth of solid statistics and research,” says Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on mental health issues in the Latino community. “We have developed a new research model that will help us to understand what is really behind those statistics.” More…

Concerns over biopiracy have fueled urgent calls for a new system of legal protection for indigenous biological materials and knowledge. Detractors of the current patent systems say that the knowledge of traditional cultures and communities does not readily fit into the industrialized world’s definition of intellectual property (IT); critics argue that existing laws basically promote the interests of the industrialized world. However, intellectual property and technology law expert Charles McManis, J.D., disagrees. More…

Scientists have completed an extensive study of more than 3,000 patients who received a promising anti-inflammatory drug, natalizumab, that was linked to three cases of a serious brain infection in large clinical trials halted in early 2005.

At a panel discussion for the Assembly Series to be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, five individuals will try to assess “The Future of the Democratic Party.” The program, which is co-sponsored by the College Democrats at Washington University, is free and open to the public.

Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, will talk about the need to correct disparities in America’s public school system for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 8 in Graham Chapel. The program is free and open to the public.

Robert Henke, Ph.D., Michael Sherberg, Ph.D., Lori Watt, Ph.D., Erik Clayton, Diego Giraldo, and more…

Simon Powell & Jeff Michalski have announced the appointment of Perry W. Grigsby, M.D., professor of radiation oncology, as the center’s director.

Photo by Robert BostonParticipants in the School of Medicine’s Executive master in health administration program play the “Red Bead Game.”The two-year executive master in health administration program was created specifically for 18 participants from the Riyadh-based King Fahad Medical City.

He’s been described by CBC Radio as “one of the leading Baroque oboists in North America whose fine instruments are played around the world.”

Photo by Steve StelzerThe University’s Hilltop Campus will be renamed the Danforth Campus, effective Sept. 17.The honor is in recognition of the role that William H. (Bill) Danforth, Life Trustee and chancellor emeritus, his family and the Danforth Foundation have played in the evolution of the University.