Garwood honored with Walentik leadership award
The Missouri Foundation for Health has honored Sarah Garwood, MD, with the 2021 Dr. Corinne Walentik Leadership in Health award.
Promoting resilience in health-care workers aim of new grant
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised stress levels among health-care workers, leading to burnout, depression and more. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received a grant that aims to reduce workers’ burnout and promote their mental health and wellness.
Pediatric society names Brozanski, Wambach as new members
Beverly Brozanski, MD, professor of pediatrics, and Jennifer Wambach, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, both in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Newborn Medicine at the School of Medicine, have been named new members of the American Pediatric Society.
Binyam Nardos, instructor in occupational therapy, neurology, 39
Binyam Nardos, an instructor in the Program in Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine, died Jan. 29 in St. Louis. He was 39.
COVID-19 infections increase risk of heart conditions up to a year later
An analysis of federal health data indicates that people who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System.
Robert E. Kleiger, professor of medicine, 87
Robert E. Kleiger, MD, a noted longtime electrophysiologist in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine, died of prostate cancer Jan. 21 at his home in St. Louis. He was 87.
Maher, Fields to research progression of colorectal cancer
Cancer scientists Christopher A. Maher and Ryan C. Fields, MD, both at the School of Medicine, received a $2.8 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for colorectal cancer research.
COVID-19 exposure-alert system that uses smartphones expands in Missouri
Washington University is expanding access to MO/Notify, a smartphone system that privately sends pop-up alerts to users in Missouri when they have spent time near someone who later tests positive for COVID-19.
Kipnis named an editor of medical journal
Jonathan Kipnis, a professor and a BJC Investigator at the School of Medicine, has been named an academic editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Possible new method identified to assess severity of TB infection
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered a molecule in the lungs of tuberculosis (TB) patients that reflects the levels of TB-causing bacteria in the lungs. The findings may represent a step toward more tailored treatment regimens and better patient outcomes.
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