PI Agency Title Jeffrey Atkinson CFF/JCHRF Strength and Muscle Related Outcomes for Nutrition and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis STRONG-CF Tarin Bigley Arthritis National Research Foundation Virus-induced Predisposition to Lupus After TLR7 Stimulation Megan Cooper NIH/R56 Metabolic Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Activation Patricia Dickson NIH/U01 Washington University School of Medicine Undiagnosed Diseases Network Clinical […]
Jenny Petzoldt, LMSW, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the middle child of an older sister and younger brother. Growing up, Petzoldt had a passion for giving back to the community, especially the cancer community. When Petzoldt was just two years old, she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Petzoldt went […]
David Balzer, MD, has been designated a Master Interventionalist of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (MSCAI). This recognition denotes outstanding members of SCAI who are nominated by their peers in the society. According to the SCAI website, nominees must exemplify “excellence in interventional cardiology practice throughout their careers and commitment to the highest […]
On April 17, 2023, St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s cardiac catheterization (Cath) lab received its second accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). On that same date, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital electrophysiology (EP) lab received its third accreditation from the IAC. Both the cath and EP labs are part of the St. Louis Children’s and […]
In the U.S., the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of urinary tract infection, bloodstream infection and pneumonia. While infections with the bacterium can be easily treated in some, Klebsiella has a dangerous flip side: It also is frequently resistant to antibiotics, making it extraordinarily difficult to treat in others. About half of people infected with a hypervirulent, […]
Diabetes and obesity are rising right here in the St. Louis region and across the country. Area health leaders say the pandemic played a major role in fewer people keeping up with routine care. “The current models of healthcare are not enough to ensure that kids can actually make it to their appointments, can reach […]
Craig Myers was raised on a small farm in Columbia, Illinois, where he and his three siblings kept his parents busy and entertained. He had a love of photography from a young age, attending photo shoots at a studio with his uncle who worked for an ad agency. After some time, Myers shared his portfolio […]
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PI Agency Title Ana María Arbeláez Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Prescribing Healthy Futures: A Collaboration between Washington University Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Operation Food Search Patricia Dickson NIH/R01 Cellular Phenotypes of Genetic Variants in Mucopolysaccharidosis Sarah Garwood ICTS/CTRFP /Saint Louis University Free to Flex: Development Of YMCA-Based Initiative To Support […]
Dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in preemies may originate from the infants’ gut microbiomes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such infections are of substantial concern, as about half of infants who are extremely preterm or have very low birth weights experience at least one episode of the life-threatening infection […]