In her own words… I started working in Pediatrics in 2014, and I’ve loved every bit of it. On my highs, the children I encounter are the highlight of my day, and when I’m feeling sad and low, these little munchkins can make me laugh. They give love unexpectedly and unselfishly to everyone they meet. […]
Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist in pediatric immunodeficiencies and immune dysregulation, has been named director of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of children under age 5, causing about 500,000 deaths per year in low- and middle-income countries. Short courses of antibiotics paired with a therapeutic peanut butter-based food are the standard of care for treating severe acute malnutrition in children — but using antibiotics in this vulnerable population is controversial; […]
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.
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 […]
Beverly Brozanski, MD, a nationally recognized neonatologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been installed as the inaugural Susan and James C. Gould Professor of Pediatric Quality and Safety.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A large team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received nearly $8 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help determine the root causes of brain cell death in fatal pediatric neurodegenerative diseases.