School of Medicine

Brian T. Edelson, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the first Jack H. Ladenson Fellowship in Experimental Clinical Pathology.

The University’s Bear Cub Fund has extended its deadline for grant applications to Nov. 14.

Photo by Michael WorfulFaculty discuss women in science and medicine at the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science symposium and panel Sept. 26 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

Calorie restriction may not be as effective at extending life in people as it is in rodents, according to School of Medicine scientists.

A new predictive measurement developed at the School of Medicine could bring good news to many women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.

Deadline for nominations for the 2008 Samuel Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education is 5 p.m., Oct. 20.

A study by WUSTL biologists shows that the more diverse a bird population is in an area, the less chance humans have of exposure to West Nile Virus.

Deborah L. Ratliff, staff nurse in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Oncology, died Sept. 25, 2008.

The School of Medicine is hosting free blood pressure screenings at a mini Health Happening ’08 to be held Friday, Oct. 24.

Two faculty members at the School of Medicine have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors medical scientists in the United States can receive. Jeffrey Gordon and David Holtzman were recognized for their major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health and commitment to service.