Mullin selected as Stanley Lang Teacher of the Year

Stanley Lang Teacher of the Year

The Department of Pediatrics is proud to share Jonathan Mullin, MD, was selected by the Washington University School of Medicine Phase 1 students as the “Stanley Lang Teacher of the Year” for teaching in 2023. Medical students present the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards to faculty and house staff in appreciation for exemplary service in medical […]

New Employees January 2024

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Lauren Bedwell Ambulatory Medicine LPN Farzad Beikpour Kordgheshlaghi Infectious Diseases Postdoc Research Associate Rachel Bielecki Rheumatology Research Technician II Erin Hatfield Central Admin Credentialing Assistant Emily Landy Hematology & Oncology Postdoc Research Associate Delina Nguyen Ambulatory Medicine Medical Assistant II Abigail Ralls Newborn Medicine Clinical Nurse Coordinator Tavion Sleet Infectious Diseases Coordinator […]

Staff Feature Jeanne Silvestrini

Jeanne Silvestrini

Jeanne Silvestrini grew up in a small town in southern Illinois from 1975 – 1984. While, she didn’t live on a farm, many of her friends did. She lived vicariously through those friends, however her first encounter with a calf on a milk farm wasn’t all cuddly like she had hoped. Once the calf saw […]

Funded Awards December 2023

Funded Grants! Ana María Arbeláez Megan Cooper Vikas Dharnidharka Julie Dorfman Sarah Garwood Andrew Glatz Jeffrey Magee Deepika Polineni Ronald Rubenstein

PI Agency Title Ana María Arbeláez SLCH Foundation  Diabetic Retinopathy Screening with Automated Retinal Image Analysis in the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic to ImproveAccess of Care and Adherence to Standard Guidelines of Care Megan Cooper NIH/R21 Investigation of a Novel Inborn Error of Immunity with B Cell Deficiency Vikas Dharnidharka NIH/U01/Children’s Mercy Hospital Chronic Kidney Disease […]

Bigley, Schwartz honored with 2024 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards

Tarin Bigley and Drew Schwartz

Tarin M. Bigley, MD, PhD, and Drew J. Schwartz, MD, PhD, were among 52 awardees who were honored with The American Society for Clinical Investigation’s (ASCI) 2024 Young Physician-Scientist Awards. Three physician-scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis won the award. The award recognizes physician-scientists early in their first faculty appointments who […]

New Employees December 2023

Welcome new hires!

Staff Name Division Title Bree Anderson Ambulatory Medicine Medical Assistant III Hannah Cottrell Central Admin Clinical Research Coordinator II Nicholas Hadas Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Research Technician II Cori Lyons Hematology & Oncology Nurse Practitioner Audrey Merz Hematology & Oncology Senior Clinical Research Coordinator Tierra Tellis Ambulatory Medicine Medical Assistant III

Funded Awards November 2023

Congratulations to Nicole Brossier, Jonathan Cooper, Vikas Dharnidharka, Jorge Di Paola, Margaret Ferris, Allison King, Jeffrey Magee, Jason Newland, Ronald Rubenstein, Bryan Sisk and Jennifer Wambach.

PI Agency Title Nicole Brossier Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation YI Summit Resource Sharing Plan Award for Defining the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pediatric Brain Tumor Penetrance Jonathan Cooper Beyond Batten Disease Foundation/BBDF Testing the Efficacy of N-acetyl-L-leucine as a Candidate Therapy for the NCLs Vikas Dharnidharka NIH/U01 Advancing Transplantation Outcomes in Children Jorge Di Paola SLCH […]