Author: Ken Duenke

Photo by David KilperBiblical scholar Pamela Barmash leads Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies

Yoel Sadovsky, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named president-elect of the Perinatal Research Society. The international society fosters scientific interchange and collaboration among established investigators whose research interests are in the area of perinatal-neonatal medicine and developmental biology.

An angiogram, or X-ray image of blood vesselsScientists have uncovered a new biomedical technique that could increase blood flow to alleviate problems associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and many surgical procedures. They found that blocking the action of a blood-clot-associated protein turns up the effect of a biologically produced gas that can open blood vessels and increase blood flow.

The Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies at the School of Law will host a Latin American Law Workshop April 20-21 in Room 404 of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

The Department of Athletics will host its 15th Annual W Club Golf Scramble at 11 a.m. June 11 at the Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo. Proceeds benefit student-athlete programs.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work honored six distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner April 17 at the Coronado Ballroom. The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, Ph.D., William A. McAllister and Amy Rome. Luis Zayas, Ph.D., the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work and associate dean of faculty, received the Distinguished Faculty Award. The Dean’s Medal recipients are David L. Cronin, Ph.D., and Harriet K. Switzer, Ph.D., secretary to the Board of Trustees. More…

Photo by Joe AngelesOn April 13, Celebration Weekend planners put the finishing touches on the welcome packets that will be given to visiting students attending Multicultural Celebration Weekend this weekend.

New HIV therapies have contributed to a decrease in AIDS deaths, but physicians suspected the more potent medications led to symptoms characteristic of metabolic syndrome. However, now researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the rate of metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected patients is virtually identical to that in uninfected people.

Rwandan hero Paul Rusesabagina will speak on his experiences, his ongoing support of Rwanda, the genocide in Darfur and current issues involving international humanitarian aid at 11 a.m. April 18 in Graham Chapel for the final Assembly Series lecture of the spring semester.

Recent research by School of Medicine scientists led them to believe that fluorine-laced nanoparticles can be used to evaluate tumors and their growth.