New Employees August 2024

Welcome new employees

Name Division Title Justin Hill Berger Cardiology Instructor in Pediatrics Josie Cleveland Genetics & Genomic Medicine Graduate Student Elijah Davis Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Student David Garcia Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Student Stella-Rita Ibeawuchi Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Staff Scientist Pranathi Sai Kandikonda Genetics & Genomic Medicine Graduate Student Rosiland Kennel Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Patient Billing/Services […]

Funded Awards July 2024

PI Agency Title Danielle Alfano NIH/K08 ADAM10 as a molecular specifier of sepsis Tarin Bigley CDI CDI Center for Pediatric Immunology Eve Colson NIH/R01/UMMS Social Media and Risk-reduction Training for Preterm Infant Care Practices (SMART Preemie) Megan Cooper SLCH Foundation  Mechanisms of TLR8 gain-of-function syndrome Patricia Dickson NIH/U01 Washington University in St. Louis UDN Diagnostic […]

Staff Spotlight Zaundrea Pinner

Zaundrea Pinner

Zaundrea Pinner is a wife of 31 years, mom of six children (three boys and three girls), and she has 14 grandchildren. She grew up in St. Louis north county. She is a proud graduate of Normandy Senior High School. Before coming to Washington University, she worked for Esse Health Mason Road Pediatrics for 12 […]

63 Pediatrics faculty recognized on 2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® List

2024 Peds Top Doctors

The Department of Pediatrics is proud to announce 63 of our faculty members have been selected for the 2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® List. Our physicians work hard each and every day to provide their patients with unmatched care. Each year, Castle Connolly uses a merit-based system to select board-certified physicians for its Top Doctors® […]

Cooper named inaugural French professor (Links to an external site)

David Perlmutter, MD, dean of the School of Medicine; Cooper; Tanya Lieber Waskiewicz, chief development officer for St. Louis Children's Hospital; and Gary Silverman, MD, head of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist who specializes in rare genetic diseases that affect children’s immune systems, has been named the inaugural Anthony R. French, MD, PhD, Professor in Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Cooper also is director of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology in the Department […]

Today, we’re announcing $2M in funding for a new pediatric brain cancer clinical trial. Dr. Mohamed Abdelbaki’s team is testing a new type of cancer immunotherapy in children with recurrent brain tumors, with funding from a CureSearch Catapult Award.  (Links to an external site)

Child in a hospital bed with a mask holding a teddy bear.

CureSearch for Children’s Cancer announced today that it will award $2 million in funding to support a Phase I clinical trial in 24 children and young adults with recurrent brain tumors, a diagnosis with a devastating prognosis. More than 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the U.S. and are in desperate need of […]

Arbeláez installed as David English Smith Professor of Medicine

Ana Maria Arbelaez

Ana María Arbeláez, MD, MSCI, was installed as the David English Smith Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. At a ceremony celebrating the event on Aug. 7, 2024, Arbeláez, a professor of Pediatrics, presented the talk titled, “Sweet Road to Shape Childhood Health.” Arbeláez is a professor of pediatrics […]

Staff Spotlight Catrina Murphy

Catrina Murphy has been with Washington University in St. Louis and the Department of Pediatrics for five years starting as a PSR. Prior to coming to Wash U, Murphy was in the dental field for eight years where she was an office manager and at times the dental assistant. She has always enjoyed the medical field, but […]

New Hires July 2024

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Mohamed Abu hamad Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Clinical Fellow Associate Harsha Venkata Akula mogalapalli Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow Associate Renad Al Mefleh Endocrinology & Diabetes Clinical Fellow Associate Ankita Anekal Critical Care Medicine Clinical Fellow Associate Kayla Blissit Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Billing/Scheduling Associate II Samer Bou Karroum Newborn Medicine Clinical Fellow […]

June 2024 Funded Awards

Mohamed Abdelbaki, Ana María Arbeláez, Amy Armstrong, Charles Canter, Lindsay Clukies, Megan Cooper, Kimberly Donica, Evan Facer, Michelle Gill, Lori Holtz, Amjad Horani, David Hunstad, Jeffrey Magee, Hyder Manzoor, Kimberly Quayle, Ronald Rubenstein, Erica Schmitt, Gary Silverman, Bryan Sisk, Ashley Steed, Stuart Sweet, Barbara Warner and David Wilson

PI Agency Title Mohamed Abdelbaki Cure Search for Children’s Cancer  Phase 1 Study of Natural Killer Cells in Recurrent Malignant Brain Tumors Ana María Arbeláez NIH/U01 UNITED: Understanding neurocognitive outcomes in Type 1 diabetes: Modifiable risk and protective factors in diverse youth Amy Armstrong DOD/NA/University of Alabama- Birmingham Neurofibromatosis Research Program Clinical Trial Consortium Award […]