Author: Ken Duenke

More than $600,000 will be available through a grant program to be administered and coordinated by the new Center for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

It’s “another example of our faculty and staff’s unwavering commitment to protect our research participants,” Vice Chancellor Cicero says.

A grant program will be administered and coordinated by the newly established Center for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Millions of people with severe tinnitus currently have little hope for quick relief from the unrelenting ringing or buzzing noises the disorder produces. But WUSM scientists suspect a drug already approved for seizure disorders and chronic nerve pain also can help silence the noises that plague tinnitus patients.

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, a non-profit organization working to protect the rights and welfare of research participants, recently awarded full accreditation to Washington University in St. Louis, one of only a few organizations in the nation to gain this recognition.

The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis will serve as the exclusive local host for a one-day leadership teleconference for business executives and entrepreneurs and other current or aspiring leaders. Top business leaders from around the globe will join former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, renowned business author Dr. Stephen Covey, business icon Donald Trump and former GE leader Jack Welch for the Tenth Annual Worldwide Luminary Series Conference, to be broadcast live Oct. 13 to the Marriott Pavilion Downtown.

Extending supervised outpatient rehabilitation by six months helps elderly patients more fully recover from hip fractures, according to the first controlled study of its kind. The study also showed for the first time that these patients, previously thought to be too frail for weight training, can benefit from progressive resistance exercise training.

James and Beverly Hance also made a gift for two scholarships — one endowed — for the Olin School.

Michael A. Kass, M.D., Daniel T. Mamah, M.D., Mark Johnston, Ph.D., Hillary Johnson, and Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D.

Administrative records indicate that she is the first woman to hold this position at Washington University.