Rachel Presti, MD, PhD and the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Team collaborate in $3.4 million effort to make a better flu vaccine
$3.4 million aids effort to make a better flu vaccine (Links to an external site)
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Stephen Liang Deployed with the Missouri Task Force 1 – in Response to East Coast Hurricanes
Stephen Liang, MD, MPHS, assistant professor of medicine, joined Missouri Task Force I (MO-TF1) in 2011 as a medical team manager, and has traveled to many sites helping disaster victims and their communities. When Hurricane Florence hit in September 2018, MO-TF1 was activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy as a type III […]
Gary Weil, MD, receives a $2.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Infectious disease specialist Gary Weil, MD, at the School of Medicine, has received a $2.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead a clinical trial in eastern Ghana to evaluate a triple drug combination for treating onchocerchiasis, a parasitic worm disease also called river blindness. The researchers want to determine whether […]
Spec appointed associate editor of OFID
Andrej Spec, MD, assistant professor and former ID fellow, was appointed Associate Editor for Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID). Dr. Spec will be responsible for reviewing topics of mycology and transplant infectious diseases.
Jennie Kwon invited to serve on two national committees of IDSA and SHEA
Dr. Kwon recently joined the IDSA Research Committee. The goals of the IDSA Research Committee are to promote research and new advancements in infectious diseases; to monitor developments and make recommendations related to federal support for biomedical research; and to make recommendations on activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation and regulation. Jennie has […]
Infectious Diseases Society of America honors faculty as distinguished physicians, scientists
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society, recognized distinguished physicians and scientists from the United States and around the world who were elected this year to be Fellows of IDSA. Among the honorees in 2018 are Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine and Hilary M. […]
Prior ID Fellow, Dr. Judy Aberg, Honored by the IDSA Foundation, Women in ID
Despite a history of unequal access to medical education, women have made a lasting impact on the world of medicine. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation recently honored the lives and achievements of four women in medicine who have made a lasting impact on the field of infectious diseases (ID). During the early […]
Gerome Escota, MD initiates twitter forum and challenges infectious diseases specialists
Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine and co-director of our ID Fellowship program, initiated a forum for teaching and learning infectious diseases through questions, pearls, and case discussions on twitter. Since inception, the case forum has gained popularity accruing over 1000 national and international followers. Join the group @WUIDQ to be challenged!
SHEA honors Babcock with advancement to Fellow
The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) advances Dr. Hilary Babcock to the SHEA member category of Fellow of SHEA. The Fellow of SHEA category recognizes and honors those who have achieved professional excellence in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control. The Society looks to Fellows of SHEA as imperative voice in advancing […]
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, Reflects on the NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, is an assistant professor of medicine, Infectious Diseases, atWashington University School of Medicine and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research on the transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) and the impact of antimicrobials on the fecal microbiome. Her […]
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTIONS!
We congratulate the following faculty on their promotions: Merilda Blanco-Guzman, MD, Yasir Hamad, MD, F. Matthew Kuhlmann, MD, Caline Mattar, MD, Lem Non, MD, and Anupam Pande, MD, MPH, to Assistant Professors of Medicine, Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD and Rachel M. Presti, MD, PhD to Associate Professors of Medicine, James M. Fleckenstein, MD, Erik […]
Reflection on the NAM Fellowship in Osteopathic Medicine – An Interview with the 2016-2018 Fellow, Dr. Jennie H. Kwon
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, at Washington University School of Medicine and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research on the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) and the impact of antimicrobials on the fecal microbiome. Her goal is to create […]
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, ID expert, discusses the flu and this year’s vaccine with FOX news
ST. LOUIS – How bad is the flu going to be this year? More than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized with flu-related complications each year. The single best way for families to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. The flu, or influenza, is a contagious respiratory illness with symptoms such as fever, […]
Outbreak Prevention and Response Week is launching next Monday, September 17!
Join SHEA on Facebook next Tuesday (9/18) at 12:00 p.m. ET for a Facebook Live chat with Washington University School of Medicine faculty, Drs. Hilary Babcock, associate professor of medicine, and Jason Newland, professor of pediatrics, on antibiotic stewardship and multidrug resistant organisms. Anyone should be able watch directly from SHEA’s Facebook page, with or […]
NEJM features two WashU ID cases, one cited in the Washington Post
The Washington Post featured one of two Washington University ID cases appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine last week in its its Images in Clinical Medicine section. “Black Hairy Tongue” was submitted by Yasir Hamad, MD, assistant professor of medicine and David K. Warren, MD, MPH, professor of medicine. Black hairy tongue is a relatively […]
Steve Lawrence appointed Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Clinical Sciences
Steve Lawrence, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Clinical Sciences. In this capacity he will be working in the Office of Medical Student Education focusing on the clinical aspects of the medical program curriculum. Dr. Lawrence currently co-directs the Infectious […]
ETHealthWorld interviews Gary J Weil, MD, to learn more about latest drug treatment to eliminate lymphatic filiarisis
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Gary J Weil, MD, professor of medicine and molecular microbiology, to learn more about latest drug regimen (IDA) in the prevention and treatment of lymphatic filariasis. The new WHO guidelines recommend a three-drug treatment regimen rather than the standard two-drug combination. The guidelines are based on studies in Asia […]
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, receives Outstanding Citizenship Award
Dr. Kwon, assistant professor of medicine, was selected to receive the 2018 CRTC Scholar Outstanding Citizen Award. The CRTC is the educational core of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences that provides clinical and translational research training for predoctoral students, house-staff, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and junior faculty. Citizenship awards are nominated by the Program […]
Woeltje invited to participate in the AMIA task force
American Medical Informatics Association is the intersection between the work of stakeholders across the health and healthcare delivery system who seek to improve outcomes, lower costs, increase safety and promote the use of high-quality services. The Clinical Informatics Subspecialty Practice Analysis Task Force (CIS PATF) will develop an updated description of the practice of clinical […]
Escota receives the 2018 J. Russell Little Clinical Education Award.
Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was selected by the current infectious diseases fellows to receive the 2018 J. Russell Little Clinical Education Award. The award is given to a faculty member for their outstanding clinical teaching and honors Dr. Little for his years of practice and teaching at the Washington University School of […]