Medicine & Health

Suresh Vedantham, MD, a professor of radiology and of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2024 Leader in Innovation Award by the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation.

Megan Cooper, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the inaugural Anthony R. French, MD, PhD, Professor in Pediatrics.

Researchers at WashU Medicine look to zebrafish — among the rare vertebrates that can repair a damaged spinal cord — to understand how it might be possible to treat nerve injuries in people.

Ugandan women’s ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex is key to preventing several reproductive health outcomes, say experts from the university’s Brown School.

Busayo Akinloye and Mayah Clayton, who are pursuing master’s degrees in public health in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named This Is Public Health Ambassadors for 2024-25 by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

Washington University School of Medicine faculty members Mark Rutherford and Yang E. Li have won grants from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to study pediatric cancers.

Nupam Mahajan has been named the inaugural Urologic Surgery Research Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Mahajan received the honor in recognition of his research advances on the genetic basis of prostate cancer.

The Lymphoma Research Foundation has appointed Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, to its scientific advisory board.

Last year, alumnus Chris Boerner became CEO of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. His eyes are on the future of health care — and the innovation that will get us there.

Alumna Tescha Hawley was named a Top Ten CNN Hero in 2023 for her service to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and surrounding areas.