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The BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will be formally dedicated at a Collaboration Celebration June 16.

Of note Ann Gronowski, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology and of obstetrics and gynecology, was elected president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry for 2011. She will serve as president-elect in 2010 and as past-president in 2012. … Ryan T. Moore, PhD, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has […]

Twenty-four research groups have received funding through a joint Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program offered by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation (BJHF).

The Gateway Festival Orchestra will launch its 47th season of free Sunday-evening concerts July 11 with “Music for the Night,” a program of works on nocturnal themes. The series will then continue July 18 with a concert titled “Bach to Basics: July 25 with “Gotta Dance” and Aug. 1 with “Souvenir of Moscow.”

Adapting Sanov’s theorem resulted in a more efficient variation-finder. A major motivation behind the $3 billion project to decode the human genome was that it would enable scientists to sift through the sequence of letters that make up DNA to find common changes that predispose individuals to common diseases, such as cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer’s. […]

Theodore J. Cicero, PhD, has been honored by the College of Problems of Drug Dependence with the 2010 Nathan B. Eddy Award for his pioneering research efforts in the field of drug addiction, research and treatment.The Eddy Award is presented annually to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in drug abuse research.

Linda B. Cottler, PhD, will receive the Marian W. Fischman Memorial Lectureship Award at the 72nd annual meeting of the College of Problems of Drug Dependence. The award was established to recognize the contributions of outstanding women scientists in drug abuse research. 

Robert J. Rothbaum, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed the inaugural Centennial Professor of Pediatrics.

Join other Washington University Medical Center employees to celebrate the opening of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18.

The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representative are working toward a final version of the financial reform bill, which is expected be on the desk of President Barack Obama by July 4. Securities law expert Hillary A. Sale, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that is coming at a good time for the Securities & Exchange Commission.