Dennis S. Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean and President for Academic Affairs at Mount Sinai Health System announced that Judith Aberg, MD, the Dr. George Baehr Professor of Clinical Medicine, has been appointed Dean of System Operations for Clinical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. An internationally renowned […]
Washington University School of Medicine announces a new clinical trial for COVID-19 positive patients, STOP COVID Trial. Many patients testing positive for COVID-19 initially experience mild symptoms, but then clinically deteriorate in the second week of illness. The STOP COVID Trial tests a medication (fluvoxamine) for its anti-COVID properties for individuals ages 30 and up […]
Use of viruses to target tumors has a long history. ‘Let’s Meet the Virologists’, hosted by Larissa Thackray, PhD, associate professor of Infectious Diseases, talks in Episode 21 with Sharmila Nair, PhD, an instructor in Infectious Diseases, about her recent work to understand the oncolytic activity of Zika virus for a fatal human cancer, Glioblastoma […]
Of the nine treatments and preventives for COVID-19 authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, three are drugs made from so-called monoclonal antibodies. Such drugs provide patients with ready-made antibodies that neutralize the virus, bypassing the body’s slower and sometimes less effective process of making its own antibodies. But such therapies were […]
The antidepressant fluvoxamine shows promise in preventing people infected with coronavirus from developing serious symptoms and having to be hospitalized, according to a nonrandomized study of California racetrack workers.
Highlighting members during Black History Month This Black History Month, the IDSA Foundation highlighted members that make this month even more special. While Black History Month is only one month, the IDSA Foundation focuses year-round on diversity and inclusion for the future of ID. In the video below, Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis shares her thoughts […]
Treatment for HIV has improved tremendously over the past 30 years; once a death sentence, the disease is now a manageable lifelong condition in many parts of the world. Life expectancy is about the same as that of individuals without HIV, though patients must adhere to a strict regimen of daily antiretroviral therapy, or the […]
‘Let’s Meet the Virologists’, hosted by Larissa Thackray, PhD, associate professor of Infectious Diseases, talks in Episode 20 with Tristan Jordan, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, about his work using a CRISPR screen and proteomics of the virus replication complex to identify new […]
“If we don’t make it plain, we’re never going to address it or get through it” For a few days after May 16, 2020, Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis was in a safe space or so she thought.
Global campaigns to eliminate two tropical parasitic worm infections have been hindered by lack of good diagnostic tools. Since the turn of the century, multinational mass drug-treatment efforts have cut the number of people at risk of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis by more than half, but more than half a billion people remain at risk. […]
Meet the people behind today’s virology headlines. People just like you working to understand viruses and how they affect you. ‘Let’s Meet the Virologists’, hosted by Larissa Thackray, PhD, associate professor of Infectious Diseases, talks in Episode 19 with Rachel Presti, MD/PhD, an associate professor of Medicine and the medical director of the Infectious Diseases […]
Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spoke today about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Department of Medicine’s virtual, weekly Grand Rounds. The online talk — part of the Gerald Medoff Visiting Professor grand rounds lecture series […]
Employees with close patient contact begin receiving Pfizer vaccine; older ages prioritized As part of a historic effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care personnel at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and BJC HealthCare have begun receiving the first doses of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Almost 10,000 doses of the […]
Five faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected fellows of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). They are Ernie-Paul Barrette, MD, Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD, Stephen Liang, MD, and Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, all associate professors of medicine in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases; and David Hunstad, MD, director […]
Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, has been appointed as a member of the Board of Health of St. Louis by Mayor Lyda Krewson for a three year term. Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis indicated that she is “thrilled to get to serve our community by advancing the best possible public health standards for those that need them […]
Victoria J. Fraser, MD, Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine, Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology & Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, William G. Powderly, MD, J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine & Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division are delighted to announce that Dr. Gary Weil, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular […]
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ reports on progress toward a vaccine and how to stay safe before vaccines become widely available “Show Me the Science,” hosted by Jim Dryden, director podcast services at Washington University School of Medicine, features infectious diseases physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discuss the […]
School of Medicine supports partnership working to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, World AIDS Day, the St. Louis City Department of Health hosted a virtual celebration recognizing the first anniversary of Fast-Track Cities St. Louis and the launch of its new HIV data dashboard. Washington University School of Medicine […]
School of Medicine scientists honored for innovation Neurologist Randall J. Bateman, MD, virologist and immunologist Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, and microbiologist Scott Hultgren, PhD – all faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis – have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
There is an urgent need to better understand the role of innate immunity in relation to the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to future pandemics. Dr. Shabaana Khader, professor, Molecular Microbiology, and Dr. Michael S. Avidan, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine will moderate and join several international speakers at […]