School of Medicine

Vincent Mellnick, MD, has been named senior vice chair and division director of academic practice and Malak Itani, MD, has been named section chief of abdominal imaging. Both are faculty members in WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.

WashU Medicine researchers have found in mice that blocking immune cells in the body’s lymph nodes significantly reduces neurodegeneration. The discovery reveals a previously unsuspected pathway that could potentially halt or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

Adeel Khan, MD, a professor of surgery at WashU Medicine, and Jessica Lindemann, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery, worked together to perform the combined surgery — the world’s first-reported robotic transplantation of both organs simultaneously.

Thomas Ciesielski, MD, an associate professor in the John T. Milliken Department of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has been named the 2026–27 Presidential Fellow in Healthcare Safety and Quality by Joint Commission, a national accrediting organization.

WashU Medicine researchers led by Michael E. Belloy (left), an assistant professor of neurology and of psychiatry, identified key genetic targets for potential Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics development.

A movie trailer, local TV spot and documentaries produced by WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications recently won medals in the Telly awards, an international contest honoring excellence in TV and video production.

WashU Medicine researchers led a clinical trial testing three diets with different proportions of fat and carbohydrates and found all of them improved metabolic health, but a ketogenic plan had additional benefits for liver health and blood sugar control.

The biomarker test, called PrecivityAD2, was developed from technology invented at WashU Medicine by Randall J. Bateman, MD, and David M. Holtzman, MD.

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD, has received a $1.9 million grant from the Leducq Foundation to help lead an international collaboration aimed at identifying new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease and improving prevention.

Advances in medical imaging and artificial intelligence have revolutionized many aspects of medical practice, but it can be hard to know if a given measurement tool works as intended. A technique developed by WashU researchers can be used to assess the reliability of quantitative imaging tools.