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Medicine & Health

Teaching emergency medicine in Sierra Leone

McKelvey School of Engineering student Zach Eisner traveled to Sierra Leone, a nation with no emergency medicine, to teach 1,000 residents how to stop bleeding, conduct CPR, splint a broken bone and transport an injury victim on a motorcycle. “The taxi driver, the teacher, the person on the street — these are the people who, with the right training and support, can save lives,” Eisner said.

Wilkins and Martin receive award to study how faith communities perceive bias

Clara Wilkins, assistant professor in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, will serve as principal investigator for “Harnessing Religious Values to Increase Public Virtue.” Lerone A. Martin, associate professor in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and director of the American Culture Studies program in Arts & Sciences, will serve as […]
Students

Connecting veterans to personalized care

Undergraduates in the Medicine and Society program in Arts & Sciences are helping St. Louis veterans create a version of their life story to be included in their official medical file. The innovative program is taking off around the nation.

Carter works on report to improve children’s health

Carter
Ebony Carter, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, helped develop a recent report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Campus & Community

‘This is the resource I always wished I had’

Luka Cai
In launching the St. Louis Queer + Support Helpline (SQSH), senior Luka Cai is providing the local community the support they never received as a queer teenager in Singapore. Cai and co-founder Riott Kochman, a Brown School student, will receive a Holobaugh honor for SQSH at the annual James M. Holobaugh Honors Ceremony Nov. 11.
Awards & Notables

Storytelling campaign takes gold

The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals announced the  WashU Women Innovate (WIN) storytelling campaign won a Gold MarCom award. Created by Washington University in St. Louis’ Office of Public Affairs, WIN shines the spotlight on the university’s support of women founders, entrepreneurs and innovators.