Staff Feature Tracye Hammons

Trayce Hammons

Tracye Hammons grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, on 39th Street where neighbors are your family (39th for life!). She was a Flyer at East Saint Louis Senior High School, class of 1982. Before coming to Washington University in St. Louis, Hammons worked in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Intensive Care Unit for 11 […]

Funded Awards January 2024

Funded grants! Tarin Bigley and Brian DeBosch

PI Agency Title Tarin Bigley Lupus Research Alliance Identifying the mechanism of virus-induced lupus Brian DeBosch BJHF-ICTS/Research Grants Viral Metagenomic Prediction of Pediatric Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease using Early-life Stool

New Hires February 2024

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Julia Dylan Katz Central Admin Resident Tutor Elizabeth Knittig Cardiology Patient Billing/Services Representative II Joanna Lara Infectious Diseases Case Worker II

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 […]

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 […]

New Employees November 2023

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Sue Blumfelder Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Research Study Assistant II Jessica Cole Infectious Diseases Case Worker I Madelyn Dezort Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Nurse Coordinator Feryn Di Lauro Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Administrative Coordinator I Ashley Hahn Infectious Diseases Senior Research Technician Danielle Moranville Central Administration Senior Manager Data Analysis […]

Funded Awards October 2023

Nicole Brossier Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg Jennifer Duncan Allison King Jeffrey Magee Thomas Pfeiffer Deepika Polineni

PI Agency Title Nicole Brossier University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Genetics and the Environment:  Evaluating How Maternal Dietary Exposure Affects Neurodevelopment and Cognition in NF1 Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg SLCH Foundation  Center for Vaccines and Immunity to Microbial Pathogens Jennifer Duncan Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates WashU International Medical Graduate Wellness Initiative – […]