Author: Elizabeth Erman

Claude Bernard, Ph.D., Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D., Regina F. Frey, Ph.D., Neville Prendergast, And more…

Children who are obese or who are at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease similar to obese adults with heart disease, a study by researchers at the School of Medicine has found. “Based on this study, these subtle markers can help us predict who could be at risk for heart disease and heart attacks,” said Angela Sharkey, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and a pediatric cardiologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Thomas Ferkol, M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, is one of a handful of pediatric pulmonologists in the country who study primary ciliary dyskinesia.

The School of Medicine is collaborating with other area institutions in what will be the largest study of child and human health ever conducted in the United States.

Photo by Robert BostonThe grand opening of the Washington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center was held Oct. 3.

Scientists working to identify the microorganisms that make us sick have discovered a new virus potentially linked to unexplained respiratory infections.

The Program in Physical Therapy has been awarded a five-year, $4.6 million grant to establish a training program for physical and occupational therapists.

Twenty-one years after they first described a fatal genetic disorder in Missouri and Arkansas families, School of Medicine scientists found mutations in a gene that will help to understand and treat retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy.

An improved approach to gene therapy may one day treat some of the nearly 200 inherited forms of blindness.

Photo by Robert BostonThe Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has received the Apollo Award, which goes to the clinical department that achieved the highest patient satisfaction scores.