Diabetes and obesity are rising right here in the St. Louis region and across the country. Area health leaders say the pandemic played a major role in fewer people keeping up with routine care. “The current models of healthcare are not enough to ensure that kids can actually make it to their appointments, can reach […]
Craig Myers was raised on a small farm in Columbia, Illinois, where he and his three siblings kept his parents busy and entertained. He had a love of photography from a young age, attending photo shoots at a studio with his uncle who worked for an ad agency. After some time, Myers shared his portfolio […]
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PI Agency Title Ana María Arbeláez Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Prescribing Healthy Futures: A Collaboration between Washington University Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Operation Food Search Patricia Dickson NIH/R01 Cellular Phenotypes of Genetic Variants in Mucopolysaccharidosis Sarah Garwood ICTS/CTRFP /Saint Louis University Free to Flex: Development Of YMCA-Based Initiative To Support […]
Dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in preemies may originate from the infants’ gut microbiomes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such infections are of substantial concern, as about half of infants who are extremely preterm or have very low birth weights experience at least one episode of the life-threatening infection […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A teen’s mother is fighting in her memory, using the loss of her daughter to inspire others to become organ donors. Dawn Torrain’s daughter Jasmine was in and out of the hospital since she was born, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was only 7 months old. “We always accepted […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – Advanced technology and additional treatment methods are helping newborns and infants with kidney disease across the region. St. Louis Children’s Hospital has been putting it to use and perfecting it since 2020. Washington University nephrologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Dr. Eileen Ciccia says dialysis machines were originally designed for […]
The 2023 Pediatrics Research Retreat was held at Live! by Loews, a beautiful venue right next to Ballpark Village. The more than 250 attendees were treated to a day of fascinating research and time to catch up with colleagues. Twelve presenters discussed topics spanning from viral DNAemia and herpesvirus seropositivity to machine learning in congenital […]
The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a branch of the peripheral nervous system that autonomously regulates intestinal function. The ENS is made up of two interconnected plexuses of neurons and glia: the myenteric plexus and the submucosal plexus. Though signaling to smooth muscle, epithelium, and immune cells, the ENS controls intestinal motility, local blood flood […]
Staff Name Division Title Lylah Aikoye Hematology / Oncology Undergraduate Student Anna Bauer Hematology / Oncology Clinical Research Study Assistant II Aluet Borrego Alvarez Endocrinology Staff Scientist Jenifer Goers Infectious Diseases Case Worker I Kiley Hudson Newborn Medicine Undergraduate Student Grace Hurley Hematology / Oncology Graduate Student Ashley Jones Hematology / Oncology Research Technician II […]