Christopher Sumski, DO, MEd, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Because of this, his love for the Cardinals, Blues and toasted ravioli started early in life. After high school, Sumski began his tour of the Midwest, first attending undergrad at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. He double majored in Health Sciences and […]
Funded Awards February 2023
PI Agency Title Ana María Arbeláez SLCH Foundation Child Health Intervention Prediabetes Program (CHIPP) Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg NIH/R21 ADAM10 polymorphism in susceptibility to S. aureus disease Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn NIH/R21 Clonal Hematopoeisis in Heart Transplant Recipients Carol Kao NIH/University of Alabama at Birmingham CPIC Pilot: Staphylococcus aureus a-toxin antibody response in maternal-infant dyads Melissa […]
Rogers, Smyser awarded MERIT grant for research on preterm babies (Links to an external site)
Researchers in child psychiatry and pediatric neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been named recipients of a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support their research focused on preterm babies’ brains as the children age.
Why recognizing, treating depression should be a staple of pediatric care (Links to an external site)
A new way of combating teen depression is working. It focuses on pediatricians and making sure teens have follow-up care. A team of researchers at Washington University here in St. Louis is behind it. The CDC reports teenagers’ feelings of sadness and hopelessness are higher than ever among teenagers, especially girls. A mental health crisis […]
Welcome to our 2023 residency matches!
Congratulations and welcome to our 2023-2024 intern class! We are so excited for you to join our team. Name Medical school Madison Baer, MD University of Missouri School of Medicine- Columbia Emily Bao, MD, MPH University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine Lauren Black, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas […]
New employees February 2023
Faculty Name Division Title Komo Gursahani Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Kimberly Lashun Massey Hospital Medicine Instructor Staff Name Division Title Mary Armstrong Academic Pediatrics Staff Nurse II Allison Cakalic Ambulatory Patient Billing/Services Representative II Olivia Carter-Hoener Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Research Coordinator I Gaurav Kumar Chaubey Infectious Diseases Postdoc Research Associate Tamera Davis Hematology […]
Funded awards January 2023
PI Agency Title Jeffrey Bednarski SLCH Foundation/ Hyundai Hope on Wheels Molecular mechanisms of BCLAF1 in pediatric AML Brian DeBosch NIH/R01 Leveraging Arginase Biology Against Metabolic Disease Margaret Ferris SLCH Foundation/ Hyundai Hope on Wheels The role of the retinoid X receptor in MLL-rearranged leukemia Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation […]
Faculty feature Erica Schmitt
Erica Schmitt, MD, PhD, was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and grew up near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She thought one day she would be a teacher, an archaeologist or perhaps be like Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, and study animals. She also frequented the Veteran’s hospital with her grandfather — a Korean War veteran who had chronic health […]
Nash legacy honored — A family of doctors defines pediatric care in St. Louis (Links to an external site)
Alison C. Nash, MD, a third-generation pediatrician, understood the importance of health equity in medicine decades before it became a priority in most medical schools and hospitals. She recognized that achieving health equity requires physicians to identify people in need of care, particularly those from disadvantaged communities.
Madame president (Links to an external site)
When Ericka V. Hayes, MD ’98, came to Washington University as an undergraduate, she felt as though she had finally found a community of like-minded people. That sense of belonging continued when she entered Washington University School of Medicine, where a close-knit cohort of classmates and outstanding mentorship from attendings and residents were catalysts for […]