Dr. Patrick Olson joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor as of July 2024. He completed the Medical Scientist Training Program, residency, and infectious disease fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine. His basic science interests focus on how asymptomatic colonization with Staphylococcus aureus influences the development of […]
Dr. Marilia Pinzone joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an instructor in July 2024. She is an infectious disease physician-scientist with a research interest in studying how HIV reservoirs are formed and maintained as well as investigating the factors that drive poor immunological recovery and non-AIDS comorbidities in people […]
A team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Saint Louis University have established the Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research to help end the HIV epidemic in the region.
The ID Division gives a warm welcome to our new fellows. We are excited that you chose WashU for your Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training and look forward to working with you. Alex Hartlage, MD, PhD: “I was born and raised in Cincinnati. I completed my undergraduate and medical education at Ohio State University in Columbus […]
Dr. Andrew Atkinson joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in March 2024. Dr. Atkinson is a statistician and methodologist providing ad hoc and project-driven support for interventional and observational studies. His research involves developing methods for handling missing data, the adoption of the estimand framework to […]
The Infectious diseases Division celebrated our graduating fellows at a dinner held at Westwood Country Club on Thursday, June 21, 2024. We wish you all the best in your careers! Lovin George, MBBS, MD Lovin George, MD, PhDLovin will be an ID Consultant at Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND David Olaffson, MD David will join the […]
Health-care workers received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that repeat vaccination with updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine promotes the development of antibodies that neutralize a wide range of variants of the virus that causes […]
2024 Dean’s Impact Award Recipient Hilary E.L. Reno, MD, PhD, is a highly respected mentor and sponsor of student researchers within the WashU Medicine community broadly, and in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases particularly. Mentees describe Reno as “the ultimate leader,” noting that she “is a wonderful teacher/mentor, and truly hones the […]
on May 29, 2024, the ID Division hosted its Third Annual Research Symposium coordinated by second year ID fellow, David Olafsson, MD. Planning committee members included Bill Powderly, MD and Jen Philips, MD, PhD, co-directors of the division along with Jeff Henderson, MD, PhD and Andrej Spec, MD. Among the abstracts submitted, eight were chosen […]
The Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will offer expanded STI testing and treatment services at its Village Square clinic, located in north St. Louis County, a historically medically underserved area. This expanded service is aimed at reducing the region’s high STI rates and disparities in sexual health.
Response to updated vaccine is shaped by earlier vaccines yet generates broadly neutralizing antibodies.“The first vaccine an individual receives induces a strong primary immune response that shapes responses to subsequent infection and vaccination, an effect known as imprinting,” said senior author Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine. “In principle, imprinting […]
The Department of Medicine recently celebrated outstanding faculty whose contributions foster excellence in medical education, clinical care and research at Washington University School of Medicine. Infectious Diseases (ID) faculty who received in-person recognition are listed below. View all the 2023 DOM Faculty Recognition Reception
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Micheal S. Diamond, MD, PhD, The Herbert S. Gasser Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology, and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, is among the new […]
DOLF researchers announce initiation of a major a new clinical trial of treatments for onchocerciasis in Liberia. The study will compare the safety and efficacy of three new combination treatments with a reference treatment of albendazole plus ivermectin.
Research, led by Liang Shan, PhD, an associate professor of medicine, could shed light on potential new strategies to treat HIV.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $6.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a gene therapy that would modify the immune system’s B cells to spur them to produce broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV. In theory, such an approach could control or eliminate […]
The Division is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Infectious Diseases Research Symposium featuring the J. Russell Little MD Lecture. Each year the symposium is lead by an ID fellow. This year, David Olaffson, MD, PhD, fourth year fellow, is planning the event along with the organizing committee members, Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, Jeffrey Henderson, […]
The Division is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Infectious Diseases Research Symposium featuring the J. Russell Little MD Lecture. Each year the symposium is lead by an ID fellow. This year, David Olaffson, MD, PhD, fourth year fellow, is planning the event along with the organizing committee members, Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, Jeffrey Henderson, […]
On Monday, January 29, 2024, the Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, celebrated Dr. Gary J. Weil’s in-person installation of a professorship honoring Gerald and Judith Medoff. Joined by friends, family and colleagues, this was a very special event with Dr. Weil being the inaugural holder of this professorship. Dr. Weil is a long time […]