Food additive may help control blood lipids

School of Medicine scientists speculate it may be possible to use a common food additive to reduce risk for diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular disease.

A warm welcome

Photo by Tim ParkerThe School of Medicine’s Class of 2013 enjoyed a welcoming party at the City Museum hosted by Dean Larry J. Shapiro, M.D.

Social enterprise competition gets renewed funding; changes name

The Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (SEIC) enters its fifth year with a new name in recognition of a St. Louis community foundation. The competition offers mentoring, business advice and workshops for social enterprise start-ups. Contestants in the seven month-long competition must pass several hurdles before investment awards, totaling thousands of dollars, are announced next spring for the most promising ventures.

Schreiber, Kennedy in concert Sept. 3

Violinist Erin Schreiber, assistant concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, will join pianist Martin Kennedy, Ph.D., assistant professor of composition and theory in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, for a free concert Thursday, Sept. 3. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Formal Lounge of the Danforth University Center. […]

Murray named chief of pediatric anesthesiology

MurrayDavid J. Murray has been appointed as chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the School of Medicine. Murray, the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor and head of medical simulation at the School of Medicine, also becomes anesthesiologist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.