Mann honored by American College of Cardiology
Douglas L. Mann, MD, the Ada L. Steininger Professor of Cardiology at the School of Medicine, has received the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award in the translational domain category.
Researchers elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Four physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation in recognition of original, creative and independent investigations in the clinical or allied sciences of medicine.
Guilak elected into National Academy of Engineering
Farshid Guilak, the Mildred B. Simon Research Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and co-director of the Washington University Center for Regenerative Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
COVID-19 infection linked to higher risk of neuropathy symptoms
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that many people who tested positive for the coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic also experienced peripheral neuropathy — pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet — during and following their bouts with COVID-19.
Galburt to study DNA repair
Eric Galburt, associate professor at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to research DNA repair.
Victoria Fraser
Trailblazer Victoria Fraser, MD, head of the Department of Medicine, the medical school’s largest department, advocates for equity in academic medicine and addresses structural barriers that limit the careers of women and members of other underrepresented groups.
Saligrama part of team that received Wellcome Leap funding
Naresha Saligrama, at the School of Medicine, is part of a team that has received multiyear multimillion-dollar funding from Wellcome Leap to study immune responses.
New strategy reduces brain damage in Alzheimer’s and related disorders, in mice
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered that targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice, a finding that could lead to better therapies for Alzheimer’s and related tauopathies.
For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people
Scientists rely on brainwide association studies to measure brain structure and function — using brain scans — and link them to mental illness and other complex behaviors. But a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota shows that most published brainwide association studies are performed with too few participants to yield reliable findings.
In U.S., alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that people with severe alcohol use disorder miss more than double the number of workdays missed by individuals without alcohol use disorder.
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