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Neuroscience & Memory

Researchers solve medical mystery of neurological symptoms in kids

Researchers at WashU Medicine collaborated with an international team of doctors and scientists to identify the cause of a rare genetic disorder involving intellectual disability and brain malformations.

Neuroscience & Memory

Jin receives NIH grant to study congenital hydrocephalus

Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin

Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, an assistant professor of genetics at WashU Medicine, has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of congenital hydrocephalus.

Awards & Notables

Four from radiology named Distinguished Investigators

Eggebrecht, Goyal, Thorek and Jha

Four WashU faculty members were named Distinguished Investigators by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research.

Politics

Talk to address privacy, civil rights in health care

protected health information

Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, will discuss privacy and civil rights issues in health care at a Nov. 13 event hosted by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

Medicine

Healthy brains suppress inappropriate immune responses

Multiple sclerosis damaged myelin

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a process in which the brain guards against attack by the immune system, opening opportunities to pursue new therapies for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s.

Awards & Notables

Thakor receives honorary degree from University of Gothenburg

Anjan Thakor, the John E. Simon Professor of Finance at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, received an honorary doctorate Oct. 25 from the University of Gothenburg’s School of Business, Economics and Law in Sweden.

Cancer Research

Complexity of tumors revealed in 3D

3D cell atlases

A new analysis led by WashU Medicine researchers has revealed detailed 3D maps of the internal structures of multiple tumor types. These maps could lead to new approaches to therapy.

Wu awarded energy technology award

Gang Wu, an electrochemist at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a research award from the Electrochemical Society.

Health & Society

Center helps secure Medicaid coverage for doulas in Missouri

A pregnant woman cradles her stomach.

Missouri’s Medicaid program now covers doula services statewide, an effort led by CAHSPER and community health leaders. The measure addresses the state’s alarming maternal mortality rates.

Campus & Facilities

WashU community asked to complete transportation survey

Washington University students take a Metro train ride

As part of WashU’s ongoing efforts to improve campus transportation and accessibility, the Office of Sustainability has launched an institutionwide transportation survey, which will be open until Nov. 18.