Medicine & Health

WashU Medicine ophthalmology researchers Aaron Y. Lee, MD (left), and Cecilia Lee, MD, received the Cogan Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology for their contributions to vision science and ophthalmic research.

Aaron Y. Lee, Cecilia S. Lee and Scott A. Handley, all at WashU Medicine, were recognized for their work to improve the speed and reproducibility of clinical research.

WashU biomedical researchers Yifan Dai, Rohit Pappu and collaborators have discovered “condenzymes” that contribute biochemical functions in cells.

WashU Medicine researchers have developed a technique to synthesize shape-shifting “disordered proteins,” creating new opportunities to understand the basis of disease and design potential medical interventions.

WashU Medicine molecular microbiologist Meng Wu was honored for her research on how early-life gut microbes shape lifelong immunity.

WashU researchers have received a federal grant to study the mechanobiological properties of tendons, work that could help to prevent common tendon injuries as well as inform new treatment strategies.

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.

An AI-enabled software tool developed by WashU Medicine researchers is the first device to predict malignant cerebral edema, a dangerous complication of acute stroke.

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.