Medicine & Health

Abhinav Jha, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a four-year $1.83 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He will develop a new framework to evaluate quantitative imaging methods and help doctors make better decisions.

Most African American women described successfully navigating the challenges of a breast cancer diagnosis with their partners, finds a new analysis from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Zachariah Reagh, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, has been named a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Sciences.

Jeffrey Gordon, MD, has received the 2021 Kober Medal, one of the highest awards in academic medicine. Given by the Association of American Physicians, the honor recognizes Gordon’s extraordinary contributions to the field of gut microbiome research.

The university develops a new “curriculum” to help members of our community cope during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 crisis could reshape public health for the better.

Matthew Kreuter, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School, is trying to make sure everyone understands the COVID-19 vaccine.

By studying our brain’s connectome, behavioral neuroscientist Damien Fair is drawing a new map of autism.

During the pandemic, Leana Wen had to sort through the confusion when politicians and pundits contradicted health experts.

Since early in the pandemic, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have been using data modeling to assess the effects mitigation measures might have on everything from the spread of transmission to the economy. Now, with the US and other countries again experiencing rising cases, their research is as relevant […]