Author: Elizabeth Erman

For someone who grew up on the East Coast and spent much of his career on the West Coast, George Van Hare, MD, certainly seems at home in the Midwest.

Three Washington University faculty — two from the School of Medicine and one from Arts & Sciences — have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

F. Edmund Hunter Jr., professor emeritus of developmental biology, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, of natural causes in St. Louis. He was 94.

Washington University’s Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) has received an award from the Health Improvement Institute recognizing its Community Engaged Research Program, one of three the institute gave for 2010.

Taking time off for the holidays? Think about what you can do to help Washington University School of Medicine save energy during your vacation.

A single dose of inactivated 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine in people with asthma is safe, according to results from a national clinical trial with a site at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

School of Medicine students showcase their artistic talents at the Dec. 2 coffeehouse at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. Medical students such as Kristen Danley gather a few times a year to sing, play piano and other instruments and read poetry.

Mary C. Dinauer, MD, PhD, has been named the first Fred M. Saigh Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

The Associated General Contractors of St. Louis honored 13 area contractors with awards for area construction projects. The BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine and the South 40 Redevelopment Phase I on the Danforth Campus were among projects honored this year.

The same powerful drugs that have extended the lives of countless people with HIV come with a price — insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Now, Paul Hruz, MD, PhD, and his team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined why that happens.