News, profiles and features
Dementia rising across Latino populations, multidecade study finds (Links to an external site)
Cases climbed in Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico over two decades, bucking a downward trend seen in many wealthy nations.
Global consortium launches AI tools to accelerate Alzheimer’s research, treatments (Links to an external site)
Founding members include WashU Medicine, pharmaceutical companies, philanthropic groups and others.
Vertical expansion of research facility earns LEED Silver certification (Links to an external site)
Sustainable design of BJC Institute of Health building on the medical campus recognized with environmental award.
Aid for brain-bleed recovery receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation (Links to an external site)
Earbud-like device from WashU startup Aurenar is designed to improve stroke outcomes after ruptured brain aneurysm.
The transformative influence of a doctor who hasn’t forgotten his past (Links to an external site)
As part of an orientation program he designed, Will Ross, MD, MPH, exposes first-year medical students to blighted St. Louis neighborhoods — not unlike the ones of his own childhood.
Physician-scientist brings empathy, compassion to families with children in critical care (Links to an external site)
Pediatrician Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, often visits her former patients when they return to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
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