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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]