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The Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has created an annual award named for Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., professor of radiology, of developmental biology and of chemistry at the School of Medicine. Welch, who specializes in the synthesis of new radioactive chemicals for medical imaging, is head of the Radiochemistry Laboratory Institute at the Mallinckrodt Institute […]

Washington University faculty physicians have assumed responsibility for providing medical care in the Emergency Department at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. The addition of Washington University emergency medicine physicians continues the enhancement of clinical services at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

Van HareGeorge Van Hare, M.D., has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the School of Medicine and the Louis Larrick Ward Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Providing fruits for snacks and serving vegetables at dinner can shape a preschooler’s eating patterns for his or her lifetime.

Photo by Ray MarklinLesley Rankin was part of the Young Scientist Program designed to attract high-school students primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds into scientific careers.

Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.

Scientists at the School of Medicine discovered that an inhibitor drug can turn off cell receptors responsible for tumor growth in some patients with endometrial cancer.

School of Medicine scientists have identified the primary immune sensor that detects the presence of stomach viruses in the body.

School of Medicine researchers have proven that they can directly measure amyloid beta in the human brain, an important step for Alzheimer’s research.

The Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has created an annual award named for Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., professor of radiology, of developmental biology and of chemistry.