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Brad Warner, MD, a beloved pediatric surgeon and researcher at Washington University School of Medicine who specialized in gastrointestinal surgery in children, died at his home Friday, April 4, 2025. He was 66.

WashU juniors Omar Abdelmoity, Cedric Bruges, Noah Kabbaj and Marilee Karinshak have received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award that honors students who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

Daniel Cheluget, a junior in Arts & Sciences, has won a 2025 Critical Language Scholarship in Swahili from the U.S. Department of State.

Elizabeth Pollina, an assistant professor of developmental biology at WashU Medicine, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation.

Matthew Bersi, a biomedical engineer at Washington University, has been named a 2025 Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering by the Biomedical Engineering Society.

Andy Robaina, a senior studying mathematics and philosophy in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Gaither Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

WashU Medicine’s Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, and Robi Mitra, PhD, have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering will investigate the effect of estrogen on thoracic aortic aneurysm development and develop patient-specific biomarkers to manage the disease.

Megan Tierney Baldridge, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at WashU Medicine, received a $100,000 grant to explore the interactions between the viruses that infect bacteria, known as bacteriophages, and human intestinal epithelial cells.