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High-risk pregnancy care reaches families closer to home
WashU Medicine specialists collaborate with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.
Osteoarthritis therapy study advances with $17 million from ARPA-H (Links to an external site)
Funding will support collaboration to move single-injection treatment to reverse joint damage into clinical trials.
Vaccinating moms protects offspring from deadly superbug (Links to an external site)
Mouse study advances efforts to shield infants from a leading cause of newborn deaths.
Psilocybin providers follow safety guidelines, study finds (Links to an external site)
First look at how centers screen callers reassuring, but cost may impede greater access.
Immune cell map uncovers how individual aging trajectories diverge (Links to an external site)
Study finds cellular immune patterns associated with chronic diseases, death.
Honors and awards
Bur appointed chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Physician is a leading expert in precision oncology, machine learning and translational research.
Rosa-Molinar receives dual honors from scientific societies
Professor of cell biology and physiology recognized for exceptional research and mentorship in imaging science.
Khabele, Woodard named Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine fellows
Prestigious program prepares individuals for senior leadership roles.
Mitreva receives award for parasite research
The American Society of Parasitologists’ Ward Medal honors an outstanding researcher with demonstrated leadership.
Ley elected to the American Philosophical Society
Professor of medicine and of genetics led team that sequenced the first cancer genome.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital again ranked No. 1 children’s hospital in Missouri and St. Louis by U.S. News & World Report (Links to an external site)
Rankings mark the 18th straight year St. Louis Children’s — staffed by WashU Medicine pediatric specialists — has topped the region for pediatric care.
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