Author: Ken Duenke

Richard P. Sloan, professor of behavioral medicine in psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia University Medical Center, will respond to the question, “Is Religion Good for Your Health?” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Graham Chapel. Sloan’s talk is free and open to the public.

Best-selling suspense author Ridley Pearson will read the children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand” — the official campaign book for Jumpstart’s “Read for the Record” — at 4 p.m. Sept. 20, in the University’s Campus Store on the Danforth Campus.

On the final day of the Tour of Missouri professional bicycle race, some of the world’s fastest road cyclists raced over a 10-mile course around St. Louis, passing by the Center for Advanced Medicine seven times.

As part of a national effort to translate basic science discoveries into treatments and cures for patients more quickly, the School of Medicine will lead a regional group of institutions under a new $50 million grant that will greatly enhance clinical and translational research.

Although bumper pads are theoretically designed to prevent injury to a baby while in the crib or bassinet, the risk of accidental death or injury to an infant from using them outweighs their possible benefits, according to a new study by pediatric researchers at the School of Medicine. In the study, which appears in the September 2007 issue of The Journal of Pediatrics, the researchers reviewed three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission databases for deaths related to crib bumpers and crib-related injuries from 1985-2005.

Richard P. Sloan, professor of behavorial medicine in psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University School of Medicine, will answer the question, “Is Religion Good for your Health?” for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, in Graham Chapel on Washington University’s Danforth Campus.

PolonskyAs part of a national effort to translate basic science discoveries into treatments and cures for patients more quickly, the School of Medicine will lead a regional group of institutions under a new $50 million, five-year grant program that will greatly enhance clinical and translational research. The grant creates a comprehensive approach to ultimately improving patient care, says program principal investigator Kenneth S. Polonsky.

It doesn’t matter how small or large it is, if a cervical tumor glows brightly in a PET scan, it’s apt to be more dangerous than dimmer tumors. That’s the conclusion of a new study of cervical cancer patients at the School of Medicine. Lead author Elizabeth Kidd her colleagues, including researchers with the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, report their findings in an upcoming issue of the journal Cancer.

Photo by Mary ButkusEdward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean and the William E. Gordon Professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, greets students, faculty, staff and friends during the grand opening of the new Commons in Goldfarb Hall Sept. 5.

An engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has helped find a way to “cut the chatter” in high-speed machining of aluminum and titanium aircraft parts. Chatter in milling is an instability that arises because the cutting tool vibrates, making oscillating patterns on the work piece. Now researchers including Philip V. Bayly, Ph.D., Washington University Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering, have developed software that predicts when chatter is going to occur as well as the accuracy of the cut.