Bob Henkel
Learn how Bob Henkel, the program manager for signage in Enterprise Physical Operations, helps turn the sprawling Medical Campus into a place anyone can navigate.
Loneliness as a Public Health Problem
Does loneliness pose the same health risk as smoking? And from medicine to government, what kind of interventions are even possible? In this episode, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor at Brigham Young Unversity, explore what’s driving the loneliness problem in today’s world.
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Rosa-Molinar receives dual honors from scientific societies
Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, a professor of cell biology and physiology and of neuroscience at WashU Medicine, was recognized by the American Society for Cell Biology and the Histochemical Society for exceptional research and mentorship in imaging science.
Stone awarded $3.7 million to study rare metabolic disorder
Stephen Stone, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, was awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a genetic condition that causes the body to lose fat in different regions of the body. The disease causes severe insulin resistance, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Build-up of common enzyme stunts brain growth
WashU Medicine researchers have shown in mice that slowed brain growth in Angelman’s syndrome, a genetic disorder, is caused by elevated levels of a specific molecule that trigger the brain’s stress response.
NIH grant supports study of gut microbes and blood cell production
A collaboration led by WashU Medicine infectious diseases researcher Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, could lead to new options for vulnerable patients to maintain healthy blood counts.
New discovery may point to clues about how head and neck cancers spread
WashU Medicine faculty and research members of Siteman Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown population of aggressive tumor cells in difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers.
Prize supports hunt for broad-spectrum antivirals
WashU Medicine infectious diseases expert Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, has won a $2.5 million prize to advance the development of drugs to treat debilitating chikungunya and related viruses.
Private equity owns less than 4% of U.S. hospitals, WashU research finds
A new study led by researchers at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis finds private equity only accounts for a small share of the nation’s hospitals, with most investors exiting within five years.
WashU Medicine names new chair of pediatrics
A nationally recognized pediatric endocrinologist, Madhusmita Misra, MD, pioneered research on bone density and metabolic disorders in young women. Her appointment begins Jan. 4.
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