Author: Talia Ogliore

Tammie L.S. Benzinger, MD, PhD, and Thomas H. Schindler, MD, PhD, both of WashU Medicine’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, have been recognized with prestigious awards from the Society for Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.

Yin Cao, ScD, an associate professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences in the WashU Medicine Mary Culver Department of Surgery, has been named a 2026 Fellow of the 101st class of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Studying mice, WashU Medicine researchers have identified communication signals linking skeletal muscle, the brain and brown fat tissue that play an important role in aging. Interventions in older mice that restore the signaling to that of young mice could promote healthier aging.

By studying two very different animals, biologist Andreas Kautt in WashU Arts & Sciences is uncovering the genetic changes that help species adapt and diversify.

WashU Medicine neurologist Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD, has received the 2026 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases, one of the most prestigious international honors in dementia research.

Helina Woldekiros was the first female Ethiopian archaeologist to earn a doctoral degree at an American institution. Now an associate professor of archaeology in WashU Arts & Sciences, she is exploring the culture of the kingdom that gave the world coffee.

Researchers at WashU Medicine and the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center led the development of a scalable platform that links research, real-world patient data and genetic data to uncover new insights into Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, prevention and care.

Guy Genin at WashU McKelvey Engineering has been selected to deliver the 2026 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, one of the highest honors conferred by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Jiaxin Huang, at WashU McKelvey Engineering, will create an efficient multi-step reasoning framework for large language models with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

WashU Medicine researchers identified key details of how DNA damage can flip a nerve cell’s self-destruct switch. The new study could lead to novel routes to preventing neurodegeneration in a variety of diseases.