Institute for Public Health strengthens two community-academic partnerships by funding their projects (Links to an external site)
Category: Division Announcements
ID Faculty among the 2023 Dean’s Impact Awards – Recognizing inspiring efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic (Links to an external site)
Faculty and trainees gather at annual SHEA meeting.
Washington University infectious diseases faculty and trainees met up for dinner at the 2023 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring Event hosted in Seattle, WA. Several trainees are training in the antibiotic stewardship program and infection prevention. Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, MD, 2nd year ID fellow, was awarded the Jonathan Freeman Scholarship by the Society […]
Megan Tierney Baldridge elected to prestigious honor society for physician scientists
The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) announced the election of 100 active and international members for 2023. These new members come from 49 different institutions and represent excellence across the breadth of academic medicine. They were officially inducted into the Society at the ASCI Dinner and New Member Induction Ceremony, April 21, 2023, as […]
Luis Parra-Rodriguez received CROI scholarship award.
Congratulations, Dr. Parra-Rodriguez, MD, third year fellow, for being selected for the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), New Investigator Scholarship. Scholarships are awarded based on the quality of the submitted abstract, application, and letter of recommendation. New Investigator Scholarship recipients are the presenting author of an accepted abstract. All scholarship recipients are required […]
Kap Sum Foong, MD, ID fellow alumnus, receives LEAP Fellowship
Congratulations, Kap Sum Foong, MD, ID Fellow 2019, on receiving a Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health Fellowship Award. The LEAP Fellowship is a $100,000 training award competitively granted to promising young infectious disease physicians. Funded by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the fellowship aims to foster the next generation of […]
ID welcomes incoming fellows!
Noah Chodos, MDMedical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA Zoë Leyh, DOMedical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis MO Antony Rawindraraj, DOMedical School: Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: University of Missouri, Columbia Reid Goodman, MDMedical School: New York […]
Jennifer Philips and colleagues identify possible new method to assess severity of TB infection (Links to an external site)
Michael Diamond, MD, PhD and Sean Whelan, PhD lead a team working to minimize risk of another pandemic (Links to an external site)
Julia López, PhD, faculty scholar, works for equitable care for diverse patients, communities (Links to an external site)
Makedonka Mitreva, PhD elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology
The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), recognizes excellence, originality, service and leadership in the microbial sciences. Election to the Academy is a mark of distinction. Congratulations, Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, professor of medicine and genetics, one of the top 65 fellows elected in the Academy 2023 […]
Global Health Seed Funding awarded to ID faculty
In an effort to that will amplify Washington University’s “global perspective” (one of the guiding principles of the university’s “Here and Next” Strategic Plan), the Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health and Department of Medicine, Washington University McDonnell International Scholars Academy and the Africa Initiative have awarded global health seed funding to […]
Kwon named chair of epidemiology society research committee
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named head of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America (SHEA) Research Committee. Kwon’s clinical and translational research is dedicated to infection prevention and combating antimicrobial resistance. Her lab […]
SHEA recognizes outstanding infectious diseases fellows
Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, MD, 2nd year ID fellow, has been awarded the Jonathan Freeman Scholarship by the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The award recognizes outstanding infectious disease fellows who demonstrate an interest in healthcare epidemiology. Dr. Mansoor’s primary research interest is in antibiotic stewardship, specifically in immunocompromised patients and in low resource settings. […]
Abayomi Agbedi, MD, ID fellow 2007, receives 2022 Distinguished Physician Award
Dr. Agbedi was taken by surprise at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center, where the Novant Health Infectious Diseases Specialty, Salisbury, NC, honored him with the 2022 Distinguished Physician Award. “I’m grateful to all my colleagues who thought I merited this award” said Agbedi, “Doing the work and doing it well, is not possible without […]
ID Fellows celebrated poster presentations with fellowship program directors at IDWeek 2022.
Our ID fellows made a great showing at IDWeek! Congratulations to all who presented during the poster session.
Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI and Patrick Mazi, MD, clinical ID fellow, uncover a larger national geographical mapping of infections caused by fungi (Links to an external site)
Laura Marks, MD, PhD, contributes to American Heart Association statement on injection drug use associated infective endocarditis (Links to an external site)
Congratulations, Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, winner of 2022 SHEA Mid-Career Award
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) recognizes the contributions and accomplishments of their members who have have had a meaningful impact to the organization. Recently, SHEA recognized colleagues who have given so much to SHEA and the fields of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antibiotic stewardship. We are delighted to announce the SHEA […]
Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD creates world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine, approved in India
The world’s first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 — based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis — was approved Sept. 6 in India for emergency use. Since the vaccine is delivered via the nose, right where the virus enters the body, it has the potential to block infection and break the cycle of […]