Author: Neil Schoenherr

The Missouri court will hold its session in Anheuser-Busch Hall as part of an educational program.

Pebbles, a giant tortoise at the Saint Louis Zoo, gets checked out by John P. Kirby, M.D. (far right), assistant professor of surgery and director of the School of Medicine’s Wound Healing Program. Kirby treated a wound on Pebbles’ shell, with assistance from Linda Stamm (far left) and Laurel Wiersema-Bryant, nurse practitioners at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Zoo veterinarian Michael Adkesson.

The Washington University Library’s Henry Hampton Collection will be featured in a special “Living St. Louis” at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 on KETC/Channel 9. The collection features the work of WUSTL graduate Henry Hampton, creator and producer of “Eyes on the Prize.”

The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital has teamed up with the St. Louis Rams and Dave Sinclair Auto Group to offer a free prostate cancer screening event Oct. 17 in St. Charles County.

Photo by Mary ButkusSophomore Scott Fabricant (right) chats with alumnus Nathan Dardick while freshman Jean-Charles Foyer looks on during an Oct. 4 dessert reception for all residents of Nathan Dardick House in the South 40.

Junjie Chen, Ph.D., staff scientist, has received a two-year, $143,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Phenotypic Characterization of Cardiomyopathy in Dystrophic Mice Using Diffusion Sensor MRI.” … Tillmann Cyrus, M.D., senior scientist, has received a two-year, $143,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Three-dimensional Molecular Imaging of Intramural Biomarkers With Targeted Nanoparticles.” … Craig Glaiberman, M.D., instructor in radiology, has received a two-year, $121,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Simulation: A Novel Method to Objectively Assess Interventional Skill Sets.” … Thomas Conturo, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of radiology, has received a one-year, $120,482 grant from the University of Pittsburgh/Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation for research titled “Diffusion Tensor Tracking of Connectivity Abnormalities in Autism.” … Amir Amini, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Non-Invasive Measurement of Intravascular Pressures From MRI.” … Bernard Camins, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Reducing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU With a Chlorhexidine-impregnated Sponge (Biopatch TM).” … Sandor Kovacs, M.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Real-time, Pressure Volume-based Assessment of Cardiac Function.” … Michael S. Hughes, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $109,537 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of the Heart and Muscular Dystrophy.” … Joel Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $88,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Handelman FundCryostat. … John Rice, Ph.D., professor of mathematics in psychiatry, has received a one-year, $71,223 grant from the University of Michigan/National Institute on Drug Abuse for research titled “Candidate Genes for Smoking in Related and Unrelated Individuals.” … Keith Woeltje, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $49,909 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Improved Surveillance for Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections.” … Anne Cross, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $44,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for research titled “Restoring Glutamate Homeostasis in EAE.” … Robert Mecham, Ph.D., Alumni Endowed Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received a one-year, $28,770 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the “Establishment of a Dynamic Microscopy Imaging Facility.” … Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of molecular biology and pharmacology, has received a one-year, $24,000 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for researching the effect of two candidate drugs on delay of aging and extension of the lifespan of mice.

University of Minnesota professors Robert L. and Rosalie A. Kane will present “Long-Term Care Shouldn’t Be This Way: Two Perspectives” from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the 2nd-floor Lounge of Brown Hall at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work on WUSTL’s campus.

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted the ban on fresh spinach and the produce is back on many grocery store shelves and restaurant plates, some consumers may not be so eager to return to eating the leafy greens that left at least three people dead and 199 others sickened across 26 states after an E coli O157:H7 outbreak. A dietitian at Washington University in St. Louis offers advice on finding new sources of the nutrients offered by spinach for those who are avoiding the leaf vegetable because they are still concerned about its safety. More…

WUSTL undergraduate students created YouTube video advertisements to help promote The Career Center’s programs.Reaching college students on their level can be a challenge. They are overwhelmed with information from e-mail, instant messaging and Web sites like Facebook and YouTube. The challenge becomes even more difficult when you are talking about something as “uncool” as career planning. But officials at The Career Center at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way. With a competition to design a Career Center video advertisement available on the popular Web site YouTube.com, the center’s staff members discovered they could draw students into the process of connecting with good career advice. More…

WUSTL and Metro hope to determine the usage level of public transportation in the University community.