WashU Medicine faculty elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Three physician-scientists at WashU Medicine — neurologists Suzanne
Schindler and Christopher Smyser and otolaryngologist Sidharth Puram — have
been recognized by one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies.
Class Acts: Noah Kabbaj
Goldwater Scholar and biology major Noah Kabbaj is on the front lines of research aimed at helping people overcome treatment-resistant mental health conditions, including severe depression. After graduating from WashU, Kabbaj plans to earn his PhD in neuroscience.
Dosenbach named inaugural David M. and Tracy S. Holtzman Professor of Neurology
Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, is internationally recognized for his research in precision brain mapping and discovery of the network within the brain that links cognition with movement.
Brain’s dynamics can be accurately tracked from a mouse’s eyes
WashU Medicine researchers led by Ryan Raut show that it is possible to accurately predict the state of brain activity by tracking variations in an animal’s pupil dilation, suggesting that brain circuits and the body are more dynamic and interrelated than previously thought.
Class Act: Ariel Hernandez-Leyva
In May, Ariel Hernandez-Leyva is set to achieve his goal of becoming a physician-scientist by earning a medical degree and a PhD in computational and systems biology from WashU Medicine. He is first author on a study — published in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism — revealing that breath can carry clues to gut microbiome health, particularly among children.
Class Acts: Catalina Bernabé Correa
A passion for motorcycles and a background in neuroscience drove Catalina Bernabé Correa to join the lab of Ismael Seáñez at WashU McKelvey Engineering, where she is studying different neuro-rehabilitation strategies for individuals with spinal cord injuries. Bernabé is set to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering.
For the tiniest babies, making the best use of antibiotics
A decadeslong research collaboration at WashU Medicine has led to a reduction in antibiotic use in preemies in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Public health student earns national cancer research fellowship
Isabella Welborn, a master’s student in public health at WashU, has won a Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations fellowship from the City University of New York School of Medicine.
Power, Knowledge, and COVID-19
Did the scientific community’s response to the pandemic fall short of the reasoned pursuit of truth? Alex Broadbent of Durham University and Pieter Streicher of the University of Johannesburg—authors of a new book on science during the COVID moment—join WashU’s Sandro Galea to discuss what is still to be learned from the pandemic.
Alex Broadbent and Pieter Streicher
Class Acts: ‘Sri’ Gopalsamy Ramaswamy
At WashU, Sri Gopalsamy Ramaswamy combines public health and business to examine why care falls short — and how to design solutions that reach patients.
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