Medicine & Health

Researchers at WashU have developed vulnerability maps highlighting regions across the United States with varying levels of socioeconomic vulnerability to influenza-like illness.

During WashU Medicine’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week, 22 faculty, staff and students were recognized with Drum Major Awards for embodying King’s work and words.

The annual Assistive Tech Make-a-Thon brings together WashU OT and engineering students to enhance the lives of St. Louisans who have disabilities.

WashU Medicine researchers have shown in a new study that GLP-1 medications, typically used for diabetes and weight loss, may be effective at treating and preventing substance use disorders, from alcohol to cigarettes to opioids.

The 2026-28 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at WashU Medicine have been named. They are Salim Chahin, MD (left), an associate professor of neurology, and Ram K. Rohatgi, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of radiology.

The master’s program in biomedical data science and artificial intelligence is one of few such programs in the U.S. It offers a flexible curriculum, part-time enrollment and evening classes to accommodate working students.

A new study from researchers at WashU Medicine shows that chronic organ rejection may be triggered by the disruption of lymphatic vessels from the donor organ rather than an attack by the patient’s immune system.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a strong correlation between obesity in one or both parents during pregnancy and their child’s risk of developing a common liver disorder.

Washington University in St. Louis and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy announced they have entered into an agreement whereby WashU will assume control of UHSP. UHSP’s central program, the Doctor of Pharmacy, will become WashU’s 10th academic school, to be known as WashU St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

Denise M.S. Willers, MD, a clinician renowned for patient-centered care and academic excellence, has been named the new director of the WashU Medicine Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics & Gynecology.