Author: Susan Wightman

Washington University Capacity Building Assistance Program, in collaboration with relevant local stakeholders, will hold the first Missouri PrEP Institute on February 10-11, 2020, in Kansas City. The objectives for this unique Institute are to increase PrEP uptake and access across the state, with particular focus on those regions where access to sexual healthcare is limited […]

A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis lays out a genetic road map of immune responses to tuberculosis (TB) infection across three species. Pictured is a TB-infected human lung. TB is shown in green, and immune cells surrounding the TB bacteria are shown in red and white.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 6,Elvin Hsing Geng, MD, professor of medicine, Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDI) at the Institute of Public Health was appointed tenure as of December 6, 2020.

A diagnostic test newly granted market authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promises to help resolve this confusion. The test, developed by InBios International and based in part on technology licensed from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, can detect signs of Zika infection in serum samples within 12 weeks of […]

The Institute for Public Health announces the appointment of Elvin H. Geng MD, MPH, as the new director of the Institute’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDI). He is also named professor of medicine for the Washington University Medical School’s Division of Infectious Diseases. “Both in the U.S. and internationally, Implementation Science has become a key discipline […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found the molecular signature of a healthy gut microbial community, or microbiome – the kind of community that keeps C. difficile in check even in the aftermath of antibiotic treatment. They also have identified a specific molecule produced when C. difficile is not lying […]

Findings, in mice, could guide research into future therapies. The highly contagious norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting and is notorious for spreading rapidly through densely populated spaces, such as cruise ships, nursing homes, schools and day care centers. Each year, it is responsible for some 200,000 deaths, mostly in the developing world. There are no […]

The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis delivers mass drug administration to 500 million people each year, and adverse events are common following treatment. Now, researchers have reported in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that certain changes in gene expression are associated with these adverse events. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease caused by […]

Infectious disease physicians cut death rates by 20%. Bloodstream infections caused by the fungus Candida are among the most common and deadly infections in hospitals, with 25,000 such cases seen annually in the U.S. – mostly in people originally hospitalized for other reasons. About 40% to 45% of people with Candida in their blood die […]

Dr. Makedonka Mitreva and colleagues find novel insights into the genome evolution of the intestinal and liver flukes of Fasciolidae; flukes that cause zoonotic food–borne infections. This comparative genomic analysis reveals the molecular evolutionary patterns associated with intermediate host switch and shift from intestinal to hepatic habitats. “The study indicates that climatic and ecological changes may have contributed to the adaptive radiation […]

The Emerging Leader Award is granted annually to a Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern University (CCOM) alumnus who has had a demonstrated impact on individuals and organizations in the osteopathic community.  Dr. Jennie Kwon, assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases division, is this year’s (2019) recipient. Dr. Kwon is honored for inspiring young leaders […]