School of Medicine

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, a professor of cell biology and physiology and of neuroscience at WashU Medicine, was recognized by the American Society for Cell Biology and the Histochemical Society for exceptional research and mentorship in imaging science.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 25, several faculty members in Arts & Sciences and at WashU Medicine were promoted or granted tenure, effective that day.

Stephen Stone, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, was awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a genetic condition that causes the body to lose fat in different regions of the body. The disease causes severe insulin resistance, diabetes and high cholesterol.

A collaboration led by WashU Medicine infectious diseases researcher Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, could lead to new options for vulnerable patients to maintain healthy blood counts.

WashU Medicine faculty and research members of Siteman Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown population of aggressive tumor cells in difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers.

WashU Medicine infectious diseases expert Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, has won a $2.5 million prize to advance the development of drugs to treat debilitating chikungunya and related viruses.

A nationally recognized pediatric endocrinologist, Madhusmita Misra, MD, pioneered research on bone density and metabolic disorders in young women. Her appointment begins Jan. 4.

WashU Medicine researchers have been awarded a nearly $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to decode how gut bacteria turn hostile, leading to dangerous infections.

The funding will support a WashU Medicine collaboration with CRISPR Therapeutics and SynGenix, a WashU startup, to move a single-injection treatment to reverse joint damage into clinical trials.

A study in mice by WashU Medicine researchers advances efforts to shield infants from Klebsiella pneumoniae, a dangerous bacterium that causes severe bloodstream infections and is the leading killer of children globally.