Hunstad named inaugural Strauss Professor (Links to an external site)

David Hunstad, MD, (center) a pediatric infectious disease specialist, has been named the inaugural Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Endowed Professor for Mentoring at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He was installed in his new role by David Perlmutter, MD, (left) executive vice chancellor for medical affairs, the George and Carol Bauer Dean of the School of Medicine, and the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor; and Gary Silverman, MD, PhD, (right) the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics.

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.

Baldridge receives Avenir Award for early-career scientists (Links to an external site)

Dustin Baldridge

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 […]

New Employees September 2023

Welcome new hires!

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

Funded Grants! Eve Colson Orsola di Martino Carmen Halabi Fuhai Li Mark Manary William Orr Edon Rabinowitz Lisa Roelle David Rosen Brigida Rusconi

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

Phil 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 […]

Rubenstein installed as the Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research

Rob Rubenstein's installation

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

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 and Tony French

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 […]