School of Medicine

The causes of learning problems associated with an inherited brain tumor disorder are much more complex than scientists had anticipated, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.

School of Medicine instructors recently were presented with Distinguished Service Teaching Awards for the 2011-12 academic year. Gregory M. Polites, MD, and Steven C. Cheng, MD, display their awards.

Two Washington University faculty members have received awards from the Radiation Research Society recognizing their contributions to research in the field and their service to the society.

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and of developmental biology, has been chosen to receive the 2013 Young Investigator Award from the Macula Society.

School of Medicine faculty, staff and students will perform their second annual winter concert at 6 p.m. Jan. 12 in the lobby of the Center for Advanced Medicine.

Registration began Dec. 17 for the third round of Tread the Med, a 100-day walking program and competition sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Wellness Committee. The program will begin Jan. 7.

Children with traumatic brain injuries are more likely to survive and avoid long-term disabilities when treated with an aggressive approach involving neurologists, neurosurgeons and other critical-care specialists, a new study shows. St. Louis Children’s Hospital patient Drew Mitchem, injured in a sledding accident, had a full recovery after the protocol was followed in his treatment.

Five scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a combined $2 million in grants for their innovative approaches to fighting cancer. The awards are from the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Research Fund.

Frances “Fran” (nee Maric) Winker, a patient-service representative in orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in an accident on Interstate 44 in Oakland. She was 49.

​Douglas W. Hanto, MD, PhD, is the new associate dean for continuing medical education (CME) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.