Sustainability key focus in Neuroscience Research Building construction
The Neuroscience Research Building under construction on the Medical Campus will contain energy-efficient, low-energy research freezers in laboratories; electric charging stations in the parking garage; and numerous other sustainability-focused elements. The building is on track to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
Millar honored by graduate medical education group
Bethany Millar, a manager of education services at Washington University School of Medicine, received the Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. She is the medical school’s first program administrator to win this award in more than a decade.
Poirier honored with Goodman Legacy Award
Robert Poirier, MD, an associate professor and clinical chief of emergency medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the 2022 Goodman Legacy Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Board of Trustees grants tenure
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 2, several faculty members were granted tenure. Their new roles took effect Dec. 2.
Dry eye disease alters how the eye’s cornea heals itself after injury
Studying mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that proteins made by stem cells to help regenerate the cornea may become new targets for treating and preventing injuries to the cornea related to dry eye disease.
Study reveals how chronic blood cancer transitions to aggressive disease
A study from Washington University School of Medicine suggests a strategy for preventing a chronic, slow-growing type of blood cancer from progressing to an aggressive form of leukemia.
Emil Raphael Unanue, renowned immunologist, 88
Emil Raphael Unanue, MD, an internationally renowned immunologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Dec. 16, 2022, surrounded by family in St. Louis after a two-year battle with glioblastoma. He was 88.
Researchers studying links between retinal appearance, Alzheimer’s
Four years after Washington University researchers detected a possible link between risk for Alzheimer’s disease and the appearance of the eye’s retina, a $10.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is expanding the effort to understand that connection.
Vaccines’ real-world effectiveness studied with $12.5M grant from CDC
A new grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will support research at the School of Medicine to investigate the real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.
Toriola honored by oncology group
Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, a William H. Danforth Washington University Physician-Scientist Scholar, has received the 2022 Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research.
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