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International trials underway for childhood malnutrition therapy developed at WashU

mother and child in Bangladesh taking part in malnutrition study

A microbiome-directed food developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is now being evaluated in major randomized controlled trials. The food is designed to nurture beneficial gut microbes and treat childhood malnutrition.

Campus & Facilities

WashU works to protect migrating birds

To protect migrating birds passing through the St. Louis region in late April and May, Washington University in St. Louis is partnering with the Lights Out Heartland initiative to curb light pollution.

Advancement

Treitel installed as William Eliot Smith Professor in History

Corinna Treitel, a professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed recently as the university’s William Eliot Smith Professor in History.

Engineering

DeFake tool protects voice recordings from cybercriminals

an ai generated image of rainbow colored audio waves

Ning Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, one of three winners of the FTC’s Voice Cloning Challenge, talks about the technology he created.

Climate & Environment

Global study reveals health impacts of airborne trace elements

Researchers at Washington University , led by Randall Martin, investigated global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace elements.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Lemur’s lament

What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Researchers in Arts & Sciences confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on critically endangered lemurs by another vulnerable species, a carnivore called a fosa.

Advancement

Baruah named Hugo F. & Ina Champ Urbauer Professor

McKelvey Dean Aaron Bobick smiles next to Dr. Sanjoy Baruah.

Sanjoy Baruah, an expert in scheduling theory and safety-critical system design, has been named the Hugo F. & Ina Champ Urbauer Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Medicine

$6.2 million to help develop gene therapy for HIV

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $6.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a gene therapy that would modify the immune system’s B cells to spur them to produce broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

Awards & Notables

Nine WashU faculty elected to AAAS

Nine faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among the 502 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.

Cultural Studies

Study highlights importance of caregiver well-being in Uganda

A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life — delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda — led to improvements in mental health, social support, parental warmth and attitudes around violence against children, finds a new study from the Brown School.