David A. Hunstad, MD, a respected pediatric infectious diseases specialist and a national leader in pediatric research training, has been named the inaugural Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Endowed Professor for Mentoring at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Baldridge receives Avenir Award for early-career scientists (Links to an external site)
Dustin Baldridge, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 2023 Avenir Award in Genetics and Epigenetics of Substance Use from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The award is given to early-career scientists proposing highly innovative studies and showing promise of being leaders in […]
Brozanski installed as inaugural Gould professor of pediatric quality and safety (Links to an external site)
Beverly Brozanski, MD, a nationally recognized neonatologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been installed as the inaugural Susan and James C. Gould Professor of Pediatric Quality and Safety.
New Employees September 2023
Staff Name Division Title Jen Clark Newborn Medicine Psychometrist Anna Fangmeier Genetics & Genomic Medicine Genetic Clinical Counselor I Aesha Foster Ambulatory Medical Assistant II Dashia Lachelle James Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Agency Temp Renesha Latimore Ambulatory Medical Assistant II Ethan T. Lee Genetics & Genomic Medicine Undergraduate Student Samantha Messmer Central Admin Coordinator Department […]
Funded Awards August 2023
PI Agency Title Eve Colson NIH/R01/University of Virginia Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) Orsola di Martino Siteman Cancer Center The role of DDIT4 in Acute. Myeloid Leukemia and chemotherapy resistance mechanisms Carmen Halabi IMRF Fibulin-5 and lysyl oxidase like 1 in elastic fiber assembly Fuhai Li NIH/R21/R33 AI models of multi-omic data […]
Faculty Feature Philip Abraham
Philip Abraham, MD, MHA, is an assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Born and raised in the Garden State, he found himself living a hard life having to constantly defend the state of New Jersey and all its greatness once he left to pursue higher education. Fortunately, he found support amongst friends and […]
$8 million awarded to study root causes of brain cell death in fatal pediatric diseases (Links to an external site)
A large team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received nearly $8 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help determine the root causes of brain cell death in fatal pediatric neurodegenerative diseases.
Rubenstein installed as the Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research
Ronald C. Rubenstein, MD, PhD, a professor of pediatrics, has been installed as the Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research. A celebration to mark the event took place Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Rubenstein is a native of upstate New York. He received his undergraduate […]
Wolfe appointed Pediatric Residency Program director
Katie Wolfe, MD, has been appointed the new Pediatric Residency Program director, effective Sept. 1, 2023. She takes on this role from interim co-directors Christine Hrach, MD, and Patrick Reich, MD. Wolfe completed her undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University and medical school at St. Louis University School of Medicine. From there, she completed a pediatric […]
Cooper steps in as new Division Chief for Rheumatology & Immunology as French takes on new vice chair role
Megan Cooper, MD, PhD, has been appointed the new chief of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology as Anthony French, MD, PhD, takes on the new role of vice chair of Physician-Scientist Training. Both changes were effective Friday, Sept. 15. Cooper is a board-certified pediatric rheumatologist and is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in the pediatric […]