New employees February 2023

Welcome new hires!

Faculty Name Division Title Komo Gursahani Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Kimberly Lashun Massey Hospital Medicine Instructor Staff Name Division Title Mary Armstrong Academic Pediatrics Staff Nurse II Allison Cakalic Ambulatory Patient Billing/Services Representative II Olivia Carter-Hoener Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Research Coordinator I Gaurav Kumar Chaubey Infectious Diseases Postdoc Research Associate Tamera Davis Hematology […]

Funded awards January 2023

Funded grants! Jeffrey Bednarski Brian DeBosch Margaret Ferris Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn Eric Greer Lori Holtz Mark Manary Jason Newland Lila Nolan Cynthia Ortinau Katie Plax Gregory Storch Gregory Storch Zachary Vesoulis

PI Agency Title Jeffrey Bednarski SLCH Foundation/ Hyundai Hope on Wheels Molecular mechanisms of BCLAF1 in pediatric AML Brian DeBosch NIH/R01 Leveraging Arginase Biology Against Metabolic Disease Margaret Ferris SLCH Foundation/ Hyundai Hope on Wheels The role of the retinoid X receptor in MLL-rearranged leukemia  Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation […]

Faculty feature Erica Schmitt

Erica Schmitt

Erica Schmitt, MD, PhD, was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and grew up near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She thought one day she would be a teacher, an archaeologist or perhaps be like Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, and study animals. She also frequented the Veteran’s hospital with her grandfather — a Korean War veteran who had chronic health […]

Madame president (Links to an external site)

Ericka V. Hayes, MD

When Ericka V. Hayes, MD ’98, came to Washington University as an undergraduate, she felt as though she had finally found a community of like-minded people. That sense of belonging continued when she entered Washington University School of Medicine, where a close-knit cohort of classmates and outstanding mentorship from attendings and residents were catalysts for […]

Researchers elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation (Links to an external site)

Eight researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected members of the newest class of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Eight physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected members of the newest class of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. They are being recognized for their original, creative and independent investigations in the clinical or allied sciences of medicine. The new members, who will be inducted April 21, are Megan […]

WashU Medicine reaches new heights as it climbs to No. 3 in NIH research funding (Links to an external site)

Guoyan Zhao, PhD, discusses research projects with (from left) research analyst Kevin Boyer and postdoctoral research associate Wei Feng, PhD, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Zhao recently received her first R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a milestone achievement. WashU Medicine has risen to No. 3 among U.S. medical schools in total NIH research funding support.

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were awarded $569 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in federal fiscal year 2022, elevating WashU to No. 3 among U.S. medical schools in total NIH research funding support. The new ranking surpasses last year’s impressive research successes, when WashU […]