School of Medicine

Many people with long-standing high blood pressure develop heart failure. But some don’t. Daniel Kelly and colleagues at the School of Medicine and other institutions are trying to figure out what could explain that difference. Their latest research reveals that impaired energy production in heart muscle may underlie heart failure in some hypertensive patients.

School of Medicine surgeons have developed the first mouse model of lung transplantation, which may explain why the procedure in humans has a high rate of rejection.

Photo by Robert BostonWashington University Orthopedics and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Orthopedic Center in Chesterfield opened the last week in July for its first surgery and patient visits.

Junior faculty are invited to apply for Washington University Institutional Research Grant from the American Cancer Society.

The School of Medicine has kicked off a comprehensive recycling effort for “commingled” recyclables, including aluminum, tin, plastics, glass, steel and cardboard.

W. Donald Gay, D.D.S., who directs the maxillofacial prosthetics laboratory at the School of Medicine, was named the Christy J. and Richard S. Hawes III Professor.

Several student groups and administrators at the School of Medicine and residents at Barnes-Jewish Hospital collected nearly 500 medical textbooks to help their counterparts in Ethiopia.

Photo by Robert BostonBarbara Sapienza’s natural people skills help relieve concerns brought to the dean

Project ARK, the St. Louis area’s only organization that coordinates medical care, social support and prevention services for children, youth, young adults, women and families living with or at risk for HIV infection, has received a $6.7 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A $5.7 million grant will establish a new center for kidney disease research at the School of Medicine. Directed by Marc R. Hammerman, the Chromalloy Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine, the center will investigate the underlying causes of kidney disease to speed the development of new treatments. The center’s funding comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).