School of Medicine

Photo by Robert BostonJean Audrain in the Department of Internal Medicine receives the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award from Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine.

The opening is part of a long-term plan to make Euclid Avenue a more pedestrian-friendly zone.

Honored were: Marshall E. Bloom, Willard B. Walker, Clay F. Semenkovich, Gregory A. Storch, William H. McAlister, Alan L. Schwartz, and Samuel L. Stanley.

Photo by Robert BostonMissouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 567, which requires health insurers to cover primary health-care costs for patients involved in approved phase II clinical trials for cancer.

Heavy metal Robert L. Barrack, M.D., (right) performs a hip implant with the Birmingham Hip on a patient at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barrack was the first U.S. surgeon to implant the system, which resurfaces the head of the femur with a metal hip joint and leaves the patient’s thighbone intact.

A test developed at the School of Medicine may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease prior to the onset of clinical symptoms.

A School of Medicine study showed that germ-free mice that received two prominent human gut microbes got fatter.

J. William Harbour, M.D., a specialist in diagnosing and treating eye tumors, was named the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

School of Medicine researchers will study whether putting a normal-weight person on calorie restriction will change markers of aging,

The new Diabetes Center at the Center for Advanced Medicine will provide a new group-care and patient-education approach.