Author: Elizabeth Erman

Victoria J. Fraser, MD, has been named interim head of the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Renowned scientists from across the country will share their knowledge on biomedical research at the BioMed 21 Symposium Monday, Sept. 27, at Washington University School of Medicine.

Applications for the K12 Clinical Hematology Research Career Development Program scholars are being accepted through Oct. 18. 

Jerome J. Gilden, MD, professor emeritus of orthopedic surgery, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at his Chesterfield, Mo., home after a long illness.

Ten patients ranging in age from 7-23 came to the School of Medicine in August for testing and evaluation at the first-ever multidisciplinary clinic for Wolfram syndrome.

First-year medical students in the Class of 2014 — 122 in all — received their white coats at an Aug. 13 ceremony at the School of Medicine.

Robert L. Walls Sr., communications officer in Protective Services at the School of Medicine, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at his Granite City, Ill., home. He was 53.

More than 340 physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been named to The Best Doctors In America for 2010.

In a recent clinical study of people with asthma, scientists found that those who consumed the least amount of soy had the most flare-ups of their asthma symptoms. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions around the country are conducting a trial to test the effect of soy compounds on asthma symptoms.

Some of the School of Medicine’s most accomplished female faculty and a nationally known women’s cancer crusader will speak at the 4th annual Spotlight on Women in Science and Medicine (SWIMS) symposium Sept. 22.