Author: Elizabeth Erman

The School of Medicine again will offer free flu shots to faculty, staff and students at various locations this fall.

Robert Boston(From left) Kelly Krahl, Lawrence Lewis, Regina Whittington and Brandii Mayes talk at the SPOTs open house Oct. 8.In the last 10 years, the St. Louis area has seen an alarming increase in new diagnoses of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among 13-24 year-olds. Nationwide, St. Louis has among the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group. To head off this trend, Project ARK (AIDS/HIV Resources and Knowledge) and the Adolescent Center in the Department of Pediatrics in collaboration with community partners have launched the SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens) aimed specifically at the 13-24 year age group.

Brian T. Edelson, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the first Jack H. Ladenson Fellowship in Experimental Clinical Pathology.

Photo by Michael WorfulFaculty discuss women in science and medicine at the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science symposium and panel Sept. 26 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

Deadline for nominations for the 2008 Samuel Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education is 5 p.m., Oct. 20.

Deborah L. Ratliff, staff nurse in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Oncology, died Sept. 25, 2008.

The School of Medicine is hosting free blood pressure screenings at a mini Health Happening ’08 to be held Friday, Oct. 24.

Kerri Morgan, instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy, took fifth place in two events at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Sept. 11 and 15.

School of Medicine researchers will lead a $10 million multicenter clinical trial of an aggressive treatment for blood clots in the leg known as deep vein thrombosis.

George Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the School of Medicine.