Category: Division Announcements

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received $2.95 million Gates Foundation grant to develop better diagnostic tests for worm infections (Links to an external site)

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. […]

Rachel Presti, MD, PhD joins Larissa Thackray, PhD to discuss COVID-19 vaccines on LMtV podcast

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 […]

Gerald Medoff Visiting Professor grand rounds lecture series features Dr. Fauci providing an update on COVID-19 to School of Medicine faculty, staff, students

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 […]

Historic, hopeful moment arrives as COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Medical Campus (Links to an external site)

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 […]

Barrette, Henderson, Hunstad, Liang, Reno named fellows of Infectious Diseases Society of America

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 […]

Gary J. Weil, MD will be the inaugural recipient of the Drs. Gerald and Judy Medoff Professorship In Infectious Disease

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 […]

Podcast: COVID-19 vaccines around the corner with Rachel Presti, MD, PhD and Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH

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 […]

Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, co-chair Fast Track Cities St. Louis, announces launch of new data dashboard (Links to an external site)

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 […]

Mike Diamond, MD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine along with Drs. Bateman and Hultgren named to National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)

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.

Shabaana Khader, PhD, professor, Molecular Microbiology, speaker at International Symposium on Innate Immunity and COVID-19 on Dec. 11

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 […]

NIH announces restructured HIV clinical trials networks – Washington University among clinical research sites

Grant awards set stage for next seven years of science-driven HIV clinical research. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced the clinical investigators and institutions that will lead four NIH HIV clinical trials networks over the next seven years to conduct the innovative, efficient clinical […]

Patient education video created by Washington University Infectious Diseases OPAT program and Barnes Jewish Hospital

Brett Heuring, PharmD, pharmacy manager with BJC Home Infusion narrates this patient education video and illustrates how to administer intravenous antibiotics at home. The video reviews the process for performing infusions utilizing IV access and an elastomeric device. Yasir Hamad, MD, assistant professor, ID division, is the medical director outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, or OPAT, […]

Bill Powderly to be appointed Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences

David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs, recently announced several leadership appointments and promotions that will go into effect this year. Dr. Bill Powderly will be appointed Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences.  This appointment recognizes Dr. Powderly’s role as Director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences  (ICTS) and […]

First author Jonathan J. Miner, MD, PhD, “Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus but too soon to dismiss the importance of eye protection (Links to an external site)

Other viruses, such as Zika and herpes simplex, replicate in corneal tissue. New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye’s cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and spread to other parts of the body in patients […]

Stephen Y. Liang, MD, in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Nathanial S. Nolan, MD, ID fellow, discuss the risks of COVID-19 faced by unhoused people in the St. Louis region.

A new episode of ‘Show Me the Science’, produced by the Office of Medical Public Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis , reports on the efforts of infectious diseases specialists and social work researchers to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks among people who are without adequate housing. People without permanent housing may be […]

Julia López, PhD, MPH gives oral presentation at the APHA 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo

Julia López, PhD, MPH, LCSW, instructor of medicine, infectious diseases, presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo on October 28. The presentation,  “Political ideology and sexual behaviors: Does sex partner accumulation matter?”  is based on collaborative work with Alexis Duncan, PhD, associate professor of public health, Brown School. […]

Rachel Presti, MD, PhD, leads phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial at Washington University currently recruiting participants (Links to an external site)

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is a testing site for the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s phase 3 clinical research study, called the ENSEMBLE trial, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Janssen’s investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate, JNJ-78436735, also known as Ad26.COV2.S.

COVID-19 Vaccine Trials at SLU and WashU Recruit St. Louis Area Residents

Rachel Presti, MD, PHD, associate professor of medicine is the director of Washington University’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit and principal investigator for the COVID-19 vaccine trials at Washington University School of Medicine. Sharon Frey, MD, clinical director, Center for Vaccine Development and the Kinsella Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine Professor, associate director of clinical […]