Obituary: H. Marvin Camel, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology, 85
H. Marvin Camel, MD, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology for five decades, died Monday, March 22, 2010, of respiratory failure at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 85.
Match day for medical students
One-hundred and fourteen School of Medicine students learned March 18 where they will be doing their residencies. Thirty will be training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, and four will be training at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Misleading advertising
Robert K. Jackler, MD, spoke at the School of Medicine March 9 about his exhibit that shows how the advertising industry used medical science to promote cigarette smoking in the 20th century.
Sharing sustainability
The School of Medicine hosted a sustainability leadership forum March 9 for corporate and regional facilities managers to share how the medical school is approaching sustainability. The forum, titled “Sustaining Sustainability,” was attended by about 75 area leaders.
Maya Lin plaza fountain begins construction
Workers pour concrete to build the nearly 80-foot diameter water feature with a raised platform, which will be the focal point of the plaza in front of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine.
Celebrating postdoctoral research
The Sixth Annual Postdoc Scientific Symposium Feb. 25 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center featured Gene Robinson, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois as keynote speaker; five postdoctoral researchers presenting research and more than 50 posters at a poster session.
Occupational therapy students in demand
Students in the School of Medicine’s Program in Physical Therapy and Program in Occupational Therapy are recruited by health-care institutions nationwide.
‘Stepping up’ asthma treatment in children leads to improvement
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, according to a new study at the School of Medicine and other institutions. The research is published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Koster, research assistant professor, 45
Joseph C. “Bo” Koster, Ph.D., research assistant professor of cell biology and physiology, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, of an apparent heart attack at his home in the Central West End. He was 45.
Three faculty named fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
The American Academy of Microbiology has named three Washington University faculty members as fellows: Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., Himadri B. Pakrasi, Ph.D., and Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D.
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