The members of the planning committee for WUSM’s Education Day 2024, which will be held Friday, October 15, 2024 in EPNEC with a theme of The Future of Healthcare Education, want to make you aware of a couple opportunities: Call for break-out session topics/presenters Open Now We are seeking proposals for 60-minute interactive break-out sessions […]
Sadler recipient of 2024 RPTH Editor’s Award
Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (RPTH) has announced Brooke Sadler, PhD, as a recipient of the 2024 RPTH Editor’s Award for her article titled, “Characterization of copy-number variants in a large cohort of patients with von Willebrand disease reveals a relationship between disrupted regions and disease type.” The awards are “presented annually to […]
American Society for Clinical Investigation honors physician-scientists (Links to an external site)
Three early-career scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been honored with the Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). They are Tarin M. Bigley, MD, PhD; Jeffrey W. Brown MD, PhD; and Drew J. Schwartz, MD, PhD.
Mullin selected as Stanley Lang Teacher of the Year
The Department of Pediatrics is proud to share Jonathan Mullin, MD, was selected by the Washington University School of Medicine Phase 1 students as the “Stanley Lang Teacher of the Year” for teaching in 2023. Medical students present the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards to faculty and house staff in appreciation for exemplary service in medical […]
New Employees January 2024
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 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
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 […]
Bigley, Schwartz honored with 2024 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards
Tarin M. Bigley, MD, PhD, and Drew J. Schwartz, MD, PhD, were among 52 awardees who were honored with The American Society for Clinical Investigation’s (ASCI) 2024 Young Physician-Scientist Awards. Three physician-scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis won the award. The award recognizes physician-scientists early in their first faculty appointments who […]
Pediatric Heart Network names medical school a core site for heart disease research (Links to an external site)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been named one of nine core sites in the Pediatric Heart Network, a national network of leading hospitals and research institutions that works toward improving outcomes and quality of life for children with heart disease.
Florissant family detailed tough journey finding liver for their 6-month-old baby (Links to an external site)
A Florissant, Missouri family is counting their blessings after their six-month-old baby had a successful liver transplant. Baby Eden Hernandez was born in July 2023 to parents Sarah and Kevin and was a very happy baby – so much so she had nurses at St. Louis Children’s Hospital pop their heads in often, just to […]