New Hires April 2024

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Manish Adhikari Hematology & Oncology Staff Scientist Fiona Biondic Genetics & Genomic Medicine Undergraduate Student Melody Knoff Academic Medicine Clinical Nurse Coordinator Lokesh Kumar Infectious Diseases Staff Scientist Yavette Lee Ambulatory Medicine Medical Assistant III Jamie Nilson Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Dietitian/Nutritionist Gabriel Paredes Central Admin Research Technician I Neide Pedrosa Allergy […]

Funded awards March 2024

Fahd Ahmad, David Butler, Brian DeBosch, Jorge Di Paola, Margaret Ferris, Nicole Gilbert, Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn, Carmen Halabi, Monica Hulbert, Jeffrey Magee, Melissa Mavers, Dzmitry Matsiukevich, Bryan Sisk, Gregory Storch and Kel Vin Woo.

Name Agency Title Fahd Ahmad NIH/R01/Wayne State University Bedside Exclusion of Pulmonary Emboli in Children without Exposure to Radiation (BEEPER)  David Butler Washington University Age-Dependent Mechanisms of Hypoxic-lschemic/Reperfusion Injury in Human Neurons  Brian DeBosch BJHF-ICTS/Research Grants Predictors of Childhood Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease Through Early-Life Stool Virome and Metagenomics Jorge Di Paola SLCH Foundation […]

Staff feature Lori Maloney

Lori Maloney grew up across the river in Caseyville/Collinsville/Maryville with her younger brother who still calls her “little sister.” During her childhood, family and friends were always around and the family camped a lot! Always with several other families – it was more of a party and home away from home kind of camping rather […]

Six Pediatrics faculty receive 2024 Dean’s Impact Awards

2024 Dean's Impact Awards Ana María Arbeláez, MD, MSCI Beverly S. Brozanski, MD Vikas R. Dharnidharka, MD, MPH Kimberly S. Quayle, MD Barbara B. Warner, MD, MS Katie K. Wolfe, MD

Six faculty members from the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were selected as 2024 Dean’s Impact awardees. The annual awards recognize those who “exhibit enduring commitment to advancing the careers of others through exceptional mentorship and sponsorship of learners, clinicians, educators and researchers.” Click the links below to […]

Gokanapudy Hahn receives Translational Research Award in Pediatric Heart Transplantation from American Heart Association and Enduring Hearts

Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn

Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn, MD, has received the Translational Research Award in Pediatric Heart Transplantation from the American Heart Association (AHA) and Enduring Hearts for her project titled, “Contemporary Approach to Desensitization: Targeted Therapies for HLA Sensitized Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates.” Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is the primary site out of seven […]

Pediatrics wraps up successful 2024 Pediatrics Research Retreat

2024 Pediatrics Research Retreat

The 2024 Pediatrics Research Retreat was held at Live! by Loews, a beautiful venue right next to Ballpark Village. Hundreds of Pediatrics researchers spent the day listening to thought provoking research presentations and networking with colleagues. Twelve presenters discussed topics spanning from paternal obesity at pregnancy ‘s association with steatotic liver disease in offspring to […]

First pediatric diabetes mobile unit in country helps St. Louis-area families who are struggling (Links to an external site)

Louis Davenport, 10, and Dr. Melanie Bryan, Washington University pediatric endocrinology fellow, celebrate his excellent A1C reading during an appointment aboard the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Healthy Kids Express Diabetes mobile unit while it’s parked outside his school, Independence Elementary, in Weldon Spring on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Louis Davenport left his fourth grade class at Independence Elementary on Wednesday and climbed onto a giant motorhome outside his school’s front door, where he now gets his recommended doctor visits for his type 1 diabetes. Inside, a test measuring the average amount of sugar in in his blood over the past three months — […]

Perlmutter one of nine WashU faculty elected to AAAS (Links to an external site)

Dean Perlmutter

Nine faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among the 502 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community. The 2023 class includes: Deanna Barch, Laura Bierut, Kendall Blumer, Andreas Burkhalter, Jennifer Heemstra, Kathleen McDermott, Jeffrey Miner, Camillo Padoa-Schioppa and David Perlmutter. It is also the 150th year […]