Medicine & Health

As digital health tools gain popularity with advanced technology, Maura Kepper, a Brown School assistant professor, stresses the urgent need for equitable designs to reach marginalized populations.

The Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society chapter at WashU Medicine has announced 25 inductees for its Class of 2024.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a clinical trial investigating whether inorganic nitrate can improve muscle function and exercise performance in patients with heart failure.

Opeolu Adeoye, MD, head of emergency medicine at WashU Medicine, led a national clinical trial that found two anti-coagulant medications are ineffective at improving post-treatment outcomes for stroke patients.

WashU Medicine researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells.

Older Chinese people who transition from wage earners to self-employment report lower self-rated health than those remaining in waged jobs, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Andy Groves, a leading researcher in the development of the inner ear, will head the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis beginning in April.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recently presented the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformative Leadership Award to Richard Wahl, MD, a professor of radiology and of radiation oncology at WashU Medicine.

WashU Medicine experts in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) find that MS patients are less likely to have amyloid plaques than adults without MS.

Cal J. Halvorsen, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been elected vice chair of the Gerontological Society of America’s Social Research, Policy and Practice section.