School of Medicine

Andrey Shaw, M.D., has been named the Emil R. Unanue Professor of Immunobiology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at the School of Medicine. The announcement will be made by Larry Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, at a symposium in honor of Unanue held on April 27 at the School of Medicine.

Researchers have found a significant increase in the risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with certain genes whose mothers smoked during pregnancy.

Courtesy Photo(From left) Julie Margenthaler, M.D.; Elizabeth Fialkowski, M.D., a surgical resident; and Lola Fayanju, a fourth-year medical student, practice installing a central line, used to give treatments such as chemotherapy, antibiotics and intravenous fluids and feeding, into a simulated patient during one of the labs in the Accelerated Skills Preparation for Surgical Internship course.A new School of Medicine course is designed to prepare students planning to enter a surgical subspecialty.

UnanueImmunology researchers from across the United States and as far away as Sweden are coming to the School of Medicine to discuss some of the latest scientific insights into the immune system. The general public is welcome to attend.The symposium, “Immunology at the Horizon of the New Millennium,” is being held in honor of Emil Unanue, M.D., the Paul and Ellen Lacy Professor of Pathology. Unanue served as head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology for 21 years, stepping down last summer.

Scientists have linked a protein to regulation of the body’s use of the sugar glucose. In the process, they illustrated the protein’s potential as a target for new drugs to treat diabetes and obesity.

Photo by Tim ParkerOccupational therapy students discuss staying active with older adults at the Jewish Community Center.

A pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the School of Medicine has shown early success in correcting a congenital foot defect with minimal surgery.

Yoel Sadovsky, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named president-elect of the Perinatal Research Society. The international society fosters scientific interchange and collaboration among established investigators whose research interests are in the area of perinatal-neonatal medicine and developmental biology.

School of Medicine researchers have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers seek to find whether omega-3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.