Of note
Robert Morely, D.Sc.,
Carrine E. Blank, Ph.D.,
Michael Faulkender, Ph.D.,
and more…
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William Smiley dies at 92; groundbreaking obstetrician
He was one of the first African-American physicians to join the School of Medicine and was a renowned health-care policy innovator.
Obituary: Parrott, 77
The former clinical instructor in the School of Dentistry died of leukemia Feb. 20.
Healing arts
Photo by Robert BostonSecond-year medical student Shana Kusin admires a panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display in the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
Obituary: Jackie Wheeler, 75
The wife of Professor Emeritus Burton Wheeler, she died Feb. 25.
Welcome home, and thanks!
Photo by Joe AngelesA luncheon was held for Nicholas Pruitt, a University employee who received care packages from WUSTL employees while he was in Iraq.
March 2005 Radio Service
Listed below are this month’s featured news stories.
• Osteoporosis, celiac disease linked (week of March 2)
• Another reason to not smoke (week of March 9)
• New diabetes, obesity link (week of March 16)
• Quit smoking help line (week of March 23)
• Preventing baseball injuries (week of March 30)
WUSTL co-sponsors national science & technology meeting
The University and the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST) are co-sponsoring a professional conference March 10-12 on the Hilltop Campus.
The exploration-themed conference will encourage attendees to “Map Your Course With Math, Science and Technology.”
Closing in on a vaccine for breast cancer
Mammograms could more frequently bear good news if researchers develop an effective breast cancer vaccine.Progress toward development of a breast cancer vaccine has been reported by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. Physicians believe a vaccine-induced immune response could be used to supplement other cancer therapies or to immunize high-risk people against cancer.
Cigarette smoke worsens respiratory infections in infants
Dr. Mario Castro and nurse Michelle Jenkerson visit with patient Wil Klages and his mom, Peg Klages.Studying Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) to learn what puts children at risk for the most severe infections, Washington University researchers at St. Louis Children’s Hospital found that a child’s age at the time of infection and whether that child lives with a smoker could mean the difference between the sniffles and the intensive care unit.