A diabetes drug may have benefits beyond lower blood sugar in patients with HIV. New research from the laboratory of Kevin E. Yarasheski, PhD, suggests the drug may prevent cardiovascular problems because it works to reduce inflammation that is linked to heart disease and stroke in these patients. The drug both improved metabolism and reduced inflammation in HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral therapy.
Ron Nwumeh, a junior studying biology and research assistant in the lab of Joseph Jez, PhD, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently received the 2015 Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award.
Lucia Strader, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $866,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research titled “Roles for Indole-3-butyric Acid in Plant Development.”
Washington University’s 154th Commencement is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 15, in Brookings Quadrangle. The university will award 2,974 degrees to 2,825 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university also will bestow honorary degrees on five individuals. Here are details to help you cover WashU’s Commencement.
To the nearly 2 million people in the United States living with the loss of a limb, prosthetic devices provide restored mobility, yet lack sensory feedback. A team of engineers and researchers at Washington University is working to change that so those with upper limb prosthetics can feel hot and cold and the sense of touch through their prosthetic hands.
Americans are generally a pretty happy bunch, according to a new study that aims to further our collective understanding of happiness and its root causes. Lamar Pierce, PhD, associate professor of organization and strategy in the Olin Business School, helped lead the research.
John VanderHeyden, a mechanic at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, said he is lucky to be alive after collapsing recently in a parking lot on the Medical Campus. He was revived by School of Medicine security officers, who immediately began chest compressions and used an automated external defibrillator (AED), a portable device that provides an electric shock to restore a heart’s normal rhythm.
Four School of Medicine nurses have received the 2015 Excellence in Nursing Award from St. Louis Magazine, honoring local nurses who have made a difference in the lives of their patients and colleagues.Pictured is Jennifer Wofford of the Department of Pediatrics, who received a perfect score from the award judges.
Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at
Washington University in St. Louis, has received a Young Investigator
Program award from the Office of Naval Research to fund his synthetic biology research.
Margot Williams, PhD, postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a two-year, $106,600 National Research Service Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Regulation of Mediolateral Cell Polarity by PCP and Notochord Boundary Signaling.”
