School of Medicine

Two early-career Washington University faculty members have been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship: psychologist Zachariah Reagh, in Arts & Sciences, and neuroscientist Gaia Tavoni, at the School of Medicine.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden showed that a blood test is as good at identifying people in early stages of the disease as cerebrospinal fluid tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

Physicians at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will be among the first in the nation to administer a new cell-based immunotherapy to eligible patients with melanoma.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have found important clues to how people make choices involving obtaining information about the future. The scientists identified a set of mental rules that governs decision-making about rewards.

Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor in the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness/American Macular Degeneration Foundation Catalyst Award.

About 40 engineering and occupational therapy students collaborated during Washington University in St. Louis’ inaugural Assistive Tech Make-A-Thon, designing products for St. Louisans with mobility and other physical challenges.

The Office of Technology Management at Washington University in St. Louis recently celebrated a milestone of 100 university startups.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2024 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science from Northwestern University.

School of Medicine scientists have discovered a brain structure that allows fluid waste to leave the brain. The researchers think these structures, and the cells and molecules positioned around them, may help lead to new therapies for neuroinflammatory diseases.

The School of Medicine has received a $7.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a radiation oncology center that will aim to understand the biologic effects of radiation therapy in cancer treatment. Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD, and Clifford G. Robinson, MD, will lead the center.