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Allman, Solnica-Krezel receive faculty achievement awards
Jean Allman and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2021 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. Allman, PhD, the J.H. Hexter Professor...
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Class Acts: The champions for health equity
This week, Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of...
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Wastewater treatment system recovers electricity, filters water
Whether wastewater is full of “waste” is a matter of perspective. “Why is it waste?” asked Zhen (Jason) He, professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering in the...
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Finding alternatives to traditional antibiotics aim of $11 million grant
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $11 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of...
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Brood X cicadas emerge in a rapidly changing world
Talk about a rude awakening. Brood X cicadas are coming of age in world that is drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew. Not only is this no longer their grandfather’s or...
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Heme is not just for Impossible Burgers
It took an unlikely food innovation — earth-friendly vegetarian patties, made to taste and “bleed” like the familiar meaty ones — to make people aware of heme. But heme is an essential part of...
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WashU, Pitt awarded $10.7 million for Alzheimer’s disease research
Despite decades of research and investment, the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease are still largely unknown, stymieing efforts at drug development and early diagnosis. To change that, a new...
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Speakers scheduled for schools’ Commencement celebrations
A number of distinguished speakers, faculty members and student leaders will take part in Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021 graduates and their families and guests May 20 and 21 at...
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University joins NIH initiative to create diverse national biomedical data...
To help understand the complex factors that contribute to human health and disease, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has joined the All of Us Research Program, an initiative of...
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Kreuter receives $1.9 million in grants to increase vaccinations in St. Louis
Matthew Kreuter, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a one-year $1.4 million grant from National Institutes of Health’s...
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Cancer has ripple effect on distant tissues
A new study with zebrafish shows that a deadly form of skin cancer — melanoma — alters the metabolism of healthy tissues elsewhere in the body. The research from Washington University in St. Louis...
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Class Acts: The public servants
Over the past five weeks, Class Acts has celebrated the makers and the advocates, the researchers and the champions for health equity. Here, we meet three public servants who have worked to build a...
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Triple-negative breast cancer more deadly for African American women
Multiple studies have shown that African American women with breast cancer have lower survival rates than white women with the disease. But the association between race or ethnicity and treatment...
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A 67-year journey from first-year student to alum
Back when Henlay Foster first enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, Ethan Shepley was chancellor, Olin Library didn’t exist and the campus had, at long last, racially integrated. That was...
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Compound may prevent risk of form of arrhythmia from common medications
Dozens of commonly used drugs, including antibiotics, anti-nausea and anticancer medications, have a potential side effect of lengthening the electrical event that triggers contraction, creating an...
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Alcohol problems severely undertreated
Some 16 million Americans are believed to have alcohol use disorder, and an estimated 93,000 people in the U.S. die from alcohol-related causes each year. Both of those numbers are expected to grow as...
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Western diet may increase risk of gut inflammation, infection
Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study from researchers at Washington University...
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‘We’ve been through something together’
When Washington University in St. Louis Senior Class President Michelle Wang delivers remarks to her Class of 2021 classmates, 14 members of her East Coast family will be cheering in the crowd. “With...
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Consumer values, brand expectations change in 2020
Today’s consumers are more attuned to brands’ values and willing to pay a premium to support companies that share their values, according to new research from the Bauer Leadership Center at Washington...
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160th Commencement will be one for the history books
An unprecedented academic year coming to a close brings an unprecedented Commencement for Washington University’s graduating students this week. To allow for in-person ceremonies during COVID-19, the...
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