Ecuador’s former president offers his perspectives on government’s role in health care
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Students choose labs via scientific ‘speed dating’
Faculty members manned posters highlighting their research at a recent Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences event geared toward helping graduate students meet faculty and learn about research before signing up for laboratory rotations. The event is an engaging step for students earning their PhDs or MD/PhDs through the Medical Scientist Training Program. Pictured is student Allyson Mayer visiting with Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, MD, at the event.
Children’s Discovery Institute awards $2.4 million
Trial to test prevention of Alzheimer’s has begun
Finding ways to diagnose and
treat Alzheimer’s disease has frustrated scientists and clinicians for decades. But now the battle has reached a potentially significant milestone: the launch of the first clinical trials to test whether giving new drug treatments before dementia can prevent Alzheimer’s. Shown are School of Medicine MDs and Alzheimer’s researchers Randall Bateman (left) and John C. Morris.
Middle East expert to discuss latest developments in Egypt
Samer S. Shehata, PhD, a leading Arab-American expert on Middle East politics, will deliver the keynote address at a public symposium titled “The Crisis in Egypt” at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at Washington University in St. Louis. The symposium, which will be held in Umrath Lounge, will also feature a roundtable discussion and presentations on the latest developments in Egypt.
Register for Inkstand writing workshop
Inkstand is a writing workshop for people who serve (e.g., volunteers, veterans, public service professionals, etc.) and wish to reflect on their experiences through writing. Sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, the workshop’s leaders are now recruiting for the session that begins Oct. 8. The deadline to register is Sept. 30.
Medical startup hatched at Washington University continues strong performance
Andrew Brimer and Abigail Cohen, May graduates from the
School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in
St. Louis and co-founders of the med-tech startup Sparo Labs, have won
the $150,000 CIMIT Student Technology Prize for Primary Care, bringing
their total competition winnings to more than $275,000.
My Name is Strong exhibit opens at Union Avenue Church
My Name Is Strong, a Clinton Global Initiative project, hosts an art exhibit Friday, Sept. 20 at Union Avenue Church. Some 45 works, including this piece(left) by Brown School student Kyle Brandt-Lubart, explore the issue of gender-based violence and celebrate the strength of its survivors.
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Two new NSF grants allow Bayly to study brain biomechanics
Philip Bayly, PhD, the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and chair the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, has received a three-year, $429,222 grant from the National Science Foundation to study mehanical properties in the brain.