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Pediatrics names two new co-vice chairs

Ana Maria Arbeláez, MD, and Stephanie A. Fritz, MD, have been named co-vice chairs of clinical investigation in the Department of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine.

Medicine

Key component to cell division unveiled in 3D

A new study from WashU Medicine researchers describes the structure of an important protein that unspools the DNA molecule so the DNA can be repaired. Interfering with the protein could prove useful in developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis or other diseases caused by organisms that rely on these proteins to repair their DNA.

Students

Yue wins Paley Center internship

Rising WashU junior Madison Yue has won a prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York.

Medicine

Hepatitis C treatment is not reaching some at-risk populations

Two recent studies from researchers at WashU Medicine reveal that two vulnerable populations — children and recently pregnant women — face disparities in access to treatment for hepatitis C infection, putting them at risk of long-term health problems.

Biology

Condo-style living helps keep the peace inside these ant plants

Scientists have discovered one way that a host plant can keep the peace among residents that might otherwise kill each other. The new research from biologist Susanne S. Renner, in Arts & Sciences, is published in Science.

Academics

School of Public Health welcomes its first official class a year ahead of schedule

This fall, WashU officially will welcome its inaugural class of students to the new School of Public Health — a full year ahead of schedule. Applications will open in September for the fall 2026 cohort.

Aging

Brown School members recognized by Gerontological Society of America

The Brown School’s Vanessa Fabbre and Cal Halvorsen have been named 2025 Gerontological Society of America Fellows, while Nancy Morrow-Howell received the Barbara J. Berkman Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research, Practice or Policy in Aging and Health Care.

Architecture