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Scientists ID source of damaging inflammation after heart attack
Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack. The guilty party is a type of immune cell that tries to heal the injured heart but instead...
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2018-19 parking permits available by end of June
Danforth Campus 2018-19 parking permits will be available for purchase by the end of June, Washington University in St. Louis announced. The Parking and Transportation team, working with Information...
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Ssewamala installed as Gordon Distinguished Professor
Fred M. Ssewamala has been installed as the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor of Social Work in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. A ceremony was held Feb. 8 in Brown Hall...
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Genes linked to Alzheimer’s contribute to damage in different ways
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/digital%20deconvolution%20.mp3 Multiple genes are implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. Some are linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s, a condition that develops...
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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence now on view
Scroll over the above image to learn more about this historic document. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) What happened on July 4, 1776? Not what you might think. On that historic day more...
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Tamanaha installed as Lehmann University Professor
Brian Z. Tamanaha has been named the John S. Lehmann University Professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. He was installed Feb. 21 at a ceremony in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom...
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Youths prescribed antipsychotics gain body fat, have increased diabetes risk
Psychiatrists know that patients who take antipsychotic drugs tend to gain weight. Now, new research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that children and...
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Gender parity in tech transfer
The theme of International Women’s Day this past March may have been “gender parity,” but at the rate things are going, women won’t file as many patents as men in a single calendar year until nearly...
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Study: Left to devices, you can learn to save money
Billions of people worldwide, particularly those in developing countries, face challenges saving money. They may already hold a device that can assist them in the palms of their hands: their cellphone....
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LeBlanc appointed executive director of the Habif Health & Wellness Center
Cheri LeBlanc, MD, has been appointed excutive director of Habif Health & Wellness Center at Washington University in St. Louis. LeBlanc had served as interim director after the departure of Alan...
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Parent-child therapy helps young children with depression
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/PCIT-ED%20.mp3 Children as young as 3 can be clinically depressed, and often that depression recurs as kids get older and go to school. It also can reappear...
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Bedrock in West Antarctica rising at surprisingly rapid rate
The earth is rising in a region of Antarctica at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, as ice rapidly disappears and weight is lifted off the bedrock, according to data from a new international...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting May 4, the following faculty were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise noted. Appointment...
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Gov. Parson meets with Washington University leaders
Gov. Mike Parson (center) is pictured with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) and David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Parson...
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Zhang named Yangtze River Scholar
For the third time in four years, a Washington University in St. Louis faculty member has received the highest award that the People’s Republic of China bestows on an individual in higher education....
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Barch receives $3.5 million for research on brain, mental illness
Mental health researcher Deanna Barch, of Washington University in St. Louis, has been awarded a $3.5 million MERIT award from the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes...
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Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/TRPV4%20story.mp3 Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop diarrhea, which can be severe and in some cases...
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Parking permits for faculty, staff available for purchase June 27
Full- or part-time faculty and staff who work at the Danforth Campus, North Campus and West Campus can purchase a 2018-19 parking permit starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, Washington University in...
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Sorry Virginia, U.S. history isn’t all about you
As the United States celebrates its founding on July 4, new research on “collective narcissism” suggests many Americans have hugely exaggerated notions about how much their home states helped to write...
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Air pollution contributes significantly to diabetes globally
New research links outdoor air pollution — even at levels deemed safe — to an increased risk of diabetes globally, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and...
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