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$3M grant fuels global effort to transform health research and policy

WashU public health experts are leading a $3 million global initiative to revolutionize health research, making it faster, more inclusive and more responsive to urgent policy challenges.

Medicine

Predicting pain with machine learning

surgeons at work around a person in an operating room

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are using machine learning to better predict who will experience persistent pain after surgery.

Climate & Environment

How to stay safe from ticks and mosquitoes in the Midwest

Before venturing out into the woods, a nearby park or even your backyard, keep an eye out for mosquitoes and ticks, which can be vectors, or carriers, for pathogens that can cause disease. Scientists at WashU’s Tyson Research Center explain the risks and how to stay safe.

Marketing

Scott named to Poets & Quants’ ‘Best 40-under-40 MBA Professors’

Sydney E. Scott, an associate professor of marketing at Olin Business School, has been named one of Poets & Quants’ “Best 40-under-40 MBA Professors” for 2025.

Cancer Research

Machine learning can improve detection of brain cancer from blood

WashU Medicine neurosurgeon Dimitrios Mathios, MD, has developed a liquid biopsy that is aided by machine-learning tools to improve the detection of brain cancers.

Engineering

He receives environmental engineering award

Zhen He, an environmental engineer at WashU, received the 2025 Frederick George Pohland Medal from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

St. Louis Region

WashU summer camp merges art, public health education

The LIGHT Creativity in Public Health Summer Camp at WashU encourages students to tap into their imaginations and lived experiences to create artwork, poetry and stories that communicate the importance of health and science.

Campus & Facilities

Volunteers invited to join Data Rescue Project

This summer, WashU Libraries is piloting an asynchronous version of the Data Rescue workflows that is open to all. Volunteers of all levels are invited to contribute to advocacy, web archiving and data preservation efforts.

St. Louis Region

Local educators to participate in WashU Summer Teacher-Researcher Program

Thirteen teachers from across the St. Louis region have been selected to work with WashU faculty members for the 2025 Summer Teacher-Researcher Program. Administered in collaboration with the university’s Institute for School Partnership, the program provide professional development opportunities for area K-12 teachers.