Garcia receives American Chemical Society award
Benjamin Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the WashU Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, has received the American Chemical Society’s 2025 Saint Louis Section Award.
Silva, Yang named fellows of National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has elected two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members to its 2025 cohort of fellows: Jennifer N. Silva, MD, and Lan Yang.
T cells found in tonsils differ in key ways from those in blood
Naresha Saligrama, of WashU Medicine, led a multi-institution team that uncovered important differences between human T cells that live in specific tissues and T cells found in the blood, with major implications for future research and diagnostics.
$3.2 million grant funds research on computational AI in fistulizing Crohn’s disease
With a joint award from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, WashU Medicine and Emory University researchers will develop artificial intelligence software tools to improve diagnosis and treatment of a common complication of Crohn’s disease.
Amjad Musleh
In his role as head student coach at WashU Medicine, Amjad Musleh, MD, an associate professor of anesthesiology and of emergency medicine, mentors aspiring physicians in compassionate care.
WashU Medicine students treat patients at Pro Bono Health Clinic
The WashU Medicine Pro Bono Health Clinic offers free occupational therapy, physical therapy and medical services to uninsured community members in the St. Louis area.
Lang named Barbara J. Norton Professor of Physical Therapy
Catherine E. Lang, a leading researcher in stroke recovery and rehabilitation in the WashU Medicine Program in Physical Therapy, has been installed as the inaugural Barbara J. Norton Professor of Physical Therapy.
New center to develop AI-based imaging tools to improve diagnosis, care
WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology is establishing the Center for Computational and AI-enabled Imaging Sciences, in partnership with WashU’s McKelvey School of Engineering, to improve the diagnosis and precision treatment of cancers, cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases and numerous other conditions.
Tissue ‘tipping points’: How cells collectively switch from healthy to disease states
In recent research, Guy Genin, a biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, has identified phase transitions in living tissue that could explain why fibrosis suddenly accelerates.
Discovery of viral entry routes into cells points to future prevention, treatment strategies
Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified central routes that two deadly viruses take to invade human cells and designed “decoy” molecules to block the infections.
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