Medicine & Health

Neal Patwari and graduate students Francesca Bonetta-Misteli and Di Huang at the McKelvey School of Engineering found that even while pulse oximeters have been adjusted to account for darker skin tones, bias remains and must be fixed.

Microbiome pioneer Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, at the School of Medicine, has won the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Ting Wang, a national leader in genetics and genomics who has led groundbreaking studies in how the genome is regulated, has been named head of the Department of Genetics at the School of Medicine. A computational biologist, he will begin his new role Aug. 1.

This fall, Washington University will launch a new mental health doctoral training program that will expand clinical mental health services on campus while cultivating a new generation of expert psychologists. 

Colin A. Martin, MD, a specialist in intestinal rehabilitation surgery and an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in surgery, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Kristen Prufrock, in the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine, is teaming up with anatomists from several other institutions to identify the cellular principles governing how facial bones take shape.

Virginia McKay, a research assistant professor at the Brown School, is leading a $3.5 million project to test whether an effort to improve cancer treatment for children in Latin America is sustainable over the long term.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed an approach that could help doctors distinguish between the many subtypes of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, a rare, genetic muscle disease. With new therapies poised to enter the clinic, identifying the precise subtype is necessary to ensure access to the most appropriate treatment.

Maggie Mullen, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, has been selected to participate in the National Cancer Institute’s 2023 Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program Cohort of Surgeon Scientists.