Medicine & Health

Using machine learning, researchers at WashU Bursky Public Health identified the factors most strongly linked to poor sleep during late pregnancy.

Biomedical engineers at WashU have created a new platform to study mechanobiology, which can help with research on cancer and fibrosis.

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.

C-BRAIN, the consortium co-founded by WashU Medicine and directed by neurologist Randall J. Bateman, MD, brings together members from academia, major pharmaceutical companies and philanthropic organizations.

Research led by WashU Medicine neurologist Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, provides the first direct evidence that some parts of Latin America are moving in the opposite direction of dropping dementia rates in the U.S. and other wealthy nations.

WashU biomedical engineer Yifan Dai will study chemical processes in cells thanks to a $2 million NIH grant.

WashU Medicine and BJC doctors can now focus less on note-taking and more on interacting with patients with the aid of an AI transcriber.

Nutrition scientist Lora Iannotti and engineer Feng Jiao become inaugural Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professors, advancing interdisciplinary solutions for food, agriculture and health.

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.