School of Medicine

William D. Owens, MD, a highly regarded professor emeritus of anesthesiology and former head of the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine, died of cancer Jan. 3.

According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain condition release different amounts of dopamine when given fentanyl because of sex hormones. The findings might help explain why men have higher rates of opioid use and overdose deaths.

Researchers at Washington University find high social disadvantage may limit the benefits of parenting on language and cognition.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have uncovered why some patients with a rare genetic disorder called primary ciliary dyskinesia have worse lung problems than others with the same disorder.

WashU Medicine has received a three-year $4.5 million grant from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation, with the ultimate goal of developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Online voting is open for the top biomedical innovation or discovery of 2024. The first round ends early Monday, March 10.

Researchers at WashU Medicine developed a compound, derived from cannabis, that relieves pain in mice but doesn’t affect the brain, thereby avoiding mind-altering side effects and abuse potential.

Li-Feng Jiang-Xie, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at WashU Medicine, has received the 2024 WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award.

WashU researchers recently identified the first longhorned tick found in suburban St. Louis County. In concert with a local community science effort, Tick Watch STL, the researchers will conduct additional tick investigations in the region.

Fahd A. Ahmad, MD, and Tyler Fraum, MD, have been selected as the 2025-27 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at WashU Medicine.