Campus Author: Kathryn (Tristan) Liszewski
Kathryn Liszewski, a research scientist on the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine, has written her second book, Why Worry? Stop Coping and Start Living, to help others confront anxiety.
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Ultrasound diagnoses appendicitis without X-rays
Children suspected of having appendicitis are more
likely to receive CT scans, which involve radiation, if they are
evaluated at a general hospital, a new study by Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown.
Reasons for learning problems tied to tumor disorder are complex
Medical School instructors, staff lauded
Radiation Research Society honors two faculty
Two Washington University faculty members have received awards from the Radiation Research Society recognizing their contributions to research in the field and their service to the society.
WUSTL study chosen as one of Top Ten Autism Research Advances of 2012
A groundbreaking study on young adults with autism, led by Washington University in St. Louis researcher Paul Shattuck, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School, has been chosen as one of the “Top Ten Autism Research Advances of 2012” by the advocacy organization Autism Speaks.
Privacy law expert comments on Bork’s legacy
Robert Bork was a major figure in the history of
American law, and of the Supreme Court, says Neil Richards, JD,
professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and former law
clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. “There is a great irony to Bork’s death this week, a
day after the House of Representatives voted to relax the privacy
protections in the so-called “Bork Bill,” the federal law that protects
the privacy of our video records.”
How to have a healthy holiday: The key is balance
There’s nothing wrong with a cookie or a glass of eggnog at the holidays, says Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, director of the Center for Obesity Prevention and Policy Research and the Center for Diabetes Translation Research at Washington University in St. Louis and associate dean for research at the Brown School. The key, Haire-Joshu says, is balance.
Insights From India: The wrap-up
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shares some final thoughts after returning from the Fourth International Symposium on Energy and Environment: ACCESS (Abundant Clean Cost-effective Energy Systems for Sustainability) India and a meeting with the university’s International Advisory Council for Asia.
Director of WUSTL’s Center for Violence and Injury Prevention comments on school tragedy in Connecticut
Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, is director of the Center for Violence and Injury Protection, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also a faculty scholar in WUSTL’s Institute for Public Health. She responds to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.