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IDSA names Barnes-Jewish Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently designated Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of...
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...
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...
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...
Escota receives the 2018 J. Russell Little Clinical Education Award.
Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of meidicne, was selected by the current infectious diseases fellows to receive the 2018 J....
Baldridge named a 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholar
Megan T. Baldridge, assistant professor of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine, was named a Pew Biomedical Scholar...
See what the Washington Post says about St. Louis!
Born in St. Louis, Kate Silver, writes about things to do in St. Louis. Kate wasn’t raised here but she...
Senior author, Mike Diamond, MD, PhD, Why chikungunya, other arthritis-causing viruses target joints
Study finds molecular handle that viruses use to get inside certain cells
Senior author, James Fleckenstein, MD, Blood type affects severity of diarrhea caused by E. coli
Researchers ID protein responsible for blood-group difference
Senior author, Robyn Klein, MD, PhD, Memory loss from West Nile virus may be preventable
Study in mice paves way to treatments
Senior author, Jacco Boon, PhD, ID’ing features of flu virus genome may help target surveillance for pandemic flu
Findings may help health experts know which strains to watch
Dr. Medoff honored with plaque representing the annual Gerald Medoff, MD Visiting Professors
Faculty and fellows gathered to present the “Annual Gerald Medoff MD Visiting Professor” plaque to Dr. Medoff. Dr. Medoff is...
Antibiotic use increases risk of severe viral disease in mice
Killing gut bacteria with drugs weakens immune response
Infectious diseases docs may be lifesaving for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections
Consultation with ID specialists associated with lower patient mortality for some infections
Lead author, Michael Durkin, MD, and colleagues show no progress in reducing antibiotics among outpatients
overuse contributes to drug-resistant infections, excess costs
Senior author, Makedonka Mitreva, MD, PhD, and her colleagues find gut microbes influence severity of intestinal parasitic infections
Certain gut microbes also linked to repeat infections
Rupa Patel recognized among 40 Under 40 honorees for 2018
Dr. Rupa Patel receives wide acclaim for launching HIV prevention clinic
Registration & abstract submission open for annual Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference – April 6, 2018
Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 12:30 PM – Friday, April 6,...
Dr. Rupa Patel joins health law panel: Legal Determinants of Health Outcomes hosted by OUTLaw at Washington University School of Law
13th Annual Midwest LGBTQ Rights Conference Queer and Present Danger – Hosted by OUTLaw at Washington University School of Law...
Cancer weapon: Zika virus kills glioblastoma stem cells in early research
Zika virus kills glioblastoma stem cells in early research