Creed honored for research involving mood, chronic pain, substance use
Meaghan Creed, assistant professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine, received the 2021 Freedman Prize from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. The prize recognizes exceptional basic research in mental illness.
Global Incubator Seed Grants awarded
A new round of recently awarded Global Incubator Seed Grants from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy will help kick-start more than a dozen high-impact, innovative projects taking place on five continents.
Mamah receives mental health award
Daniel Mamah, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the 2021 Dr. John M. Anderson Excellence in Mental Health Award from the St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund, in partnership with The St. Louis American Foundation.
Adolescents living in U.S. but born elsewhere have higher rates of suicide ideation
As tensions continue to run high in the Middle East, a new study from the Brown School finds that adolescents from the conflict-affected region who are residing in the United States have lower levels of resilience and a heightened risk of suicide ideation compared to their American-born peers.
$6.2 million grant to fund Center for Perioperative Mental Health
Clinicians and researchers at the School of Medicine have received a four-year $6.2 million grant to launch a center designed to help improve mental health in surgery patients, particularly older surgery patients.
17-year study of children associates poverty with smaller, slower-growing subcortical regions
Research from the lab of Deanna Barch shows a lasting relationship between childhood poverty, brain development.
Laughing gas relieves symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression
Researchers at the School of Medicine and the University of Chicago have found that a single, one-hour treatment that involves breathing in laughing gas can significantly improve symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression.
Finding our way
The university develops a new “curriculum” to help members of our community cope during the pandemic.
Mice with hallucination-like behaviors reveal insight into psychotic illness
A computer game that induces mice to experience hallucination-like events could be a key to understanding the neurobiological roots of psychosis, according to a School of Medicine study.
Luby honored for advancing understanding of brain, behavior disorders
Joan L. Luby, MD, the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Ruane Prize for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
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