Alcohol use held steady among cancer survivors
The drinking rate of adults who have had cancer has remained unchanged for nearly a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the WashU Brown School.
40-year mystery solved: Common gut virus infects bacteria, not human cells
WashU Medicine researchers have rewritten the story on a group of viruses once thought to directly infect human tissue and play a role in gastrointestinal disease. They found that the common virus actually infects gut bacteria, redefining how these viruses impact human health.
Joe helps shape first national suicide prevention standards for social workers
Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, helped develop the first national standards of care for suicide prevention specifically for the social work profession.
Silva-Fisher receives grant to study multiple myeloma
Funds from the American Cancer Society will support research by WashU Medicine’s Jennifer Silva-Fisher on drivers of growth and treatment resistance in multiple myeloma.
High-risk pregnancy care reaches families closer to home
WashU Medicine maternal-fetal specialists are collaborating with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.
Bob Henkel
Learn how Bob Henkel, the program manager for signage in Enterprise Physical Operations, helps turn the sprawling Medical Campus into a place anyone can navigate.
Loneliness as a Public Health Problem
Does loneliness pose the same health risk as smoking? And from medicine to government, what kind of interventions are even possible? In this episode, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor at Brigham Young Unversity, explore what’s driving the loneliness problem in today’s world.
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Rosa-Molinar receives dual honors from scientific societies
Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, a professor of cell biology and physiology and of neuroscience at WashU Medicine, was recognized by the American Society for Cell Biology and the Histochemical Society for exceptional research and mentorship in imaging science.
Stone awarded $3.7 million to study rare metabolic disorder
Stephen Stone, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, was awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a genetic condition that causes the body to lose fat in different regions of the body. The disease causes severe insulin resistance, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Build-up of common enzyme stunts brain growth
WashU Medicine researchers have shown in mice that slowed brain growth in Angelman’s syndrome, a genetic disorder, is caused by elevated levels of a specific molecule that trigger the brain’s stress response.
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