We are excited to announce our 4th video about the Infectious Diseases Division and our fellowship program This, our latest video narration was written by Caline Matter, MD, associate professor of medicine and associate director of our ID fellowship training program and Joseph Cherabie, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine. A big thanks to all […]
Category: Fellows
3rd Annual ID Research Symposium a Success!
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 […]
2024 Infectious Diseases Research Symposium and the J. Russel Little, MD Lecture May 29, 2024
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 ID Division call for abstract submissions for the 2024 ID Research Symposium EXTENDED to April 30!
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, […]
ID Fellows visit from Thailand!
The ID Division once again welcomed fellows-in-training from Thailand to train over several weeks. David Warren, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine helped organize the training. Since 2012 the ID Division has hosted infectious disease fellows from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok for a 4-week rotation in healthcare epidemiology and infectious diseases. This year we hosted 4 […]
5 physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars (Links to an external site)
Marilia Pinzone, MD, third year ID fellow, is among physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars. Congratulations, Marilia!
So much to see and do in St. Louis! (Links to an external site)
Future ID Fellows…St. Louis, Missouri has so much to offer!
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 […]
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. […]
Fellows receive IDWeek 2022 Abstract Travel Awards
Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, MD, and Patrick Ching, MD, MPH, both second year ID fellows have been awarded Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Trainee Abstract Travel Awards. The awards help defray the expenses of traveling to IDWeek, October 19-23, 2022, in Washington, DC. IDWeek offers several awards acknowledging distinguished, quality scientific research presented at IDWeek. Awards […]
Congratulations, 2022 ID Fellow Graduates!
Through many years of education, hard work and determination, you made it! Congratulations to all of our fellows who completed their infectious diseases (ID) fellowship training. Gayathri Krishnan, MD, is an instructor in medicine and a medical education fellow, working on her Masters in Health Professional Education at Washington University School of Medicine. “One thing […]
The next war we have to win, drug-resistant infections that years of overprescribing have turned deadly. (Links to an external site)
Hilary Reno, MD, PhD joins Board of Directors of ASTDA
The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association recently elected Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, to the board of directors for a two year term. ASTDA is an organization devoted to the control and study of sexually transmitted diseases. Its objectives are: to support the control and ultimate eradication of STD; to support research […]
Inaugural Infectious Diseases Research Symposium 2022 June 17.
Washington University School of Medicine is a pioneer in groundbreaking research in all subspecialties in Infectious Diseases. We have vast experience with clinical, basic science and translational research and a long history of productive, impactful, and effective work to showcase for that. The organizing committee of this inaugural symposium includes William G. Powderly, MD, J. […]
Our first of many fellows’ outings spring 2022
Our first outing this spring started at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University Danforth Campus talking about art and public health followed by dinner at K-BOP St. Louis. We were also joined virtually by Gerome Escota, MD, former co-director of the ID Fellowship program at WashU.
IDFellowsCup, A friendly competition amongst bug-lovers in training
77 : teams 617 : total players 394 : fellows 82 : pre-fellows (or ID enthusiast) 190 : international players Should be excellent competition and opportunity to learn together! Check it out @IDFellowsCup
Gayathri Krishnan, MD, second year ID fellow presents posters at Annual Social Media Summit 2022
Dr. Krishnan presents poster on #SocialMediaAdvocacy at the Annual Social Media summit at #SGIM22 #SGIM2022 – She was very excited to be at a national conference in-person, interacting with innovative medical educators, & starting a dialogue!
ID Research Symposium 2022 Call for Abstracts – deadline April 30
The Infectious Disease Division at Washington University will host its annual ID Research Symposium on June 17, 2022 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center form 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The deadline for abstract submissions is April 30th. Abstract guidelines and instructions for both WUSTL and Non-Wustl submissons are at “Call for Abstract Submission […]
ID Division fills all five fellowship positions in the match
The ID Division is excited to work with our incoming fellows in July 2022. In recent years there had been a decline in applicants to infectious diseases training programs. This year, there are 52 (30%) ID programs in the match with unfilled spots. We are aware that there are insufficient applicants to meet the ever […]
Second year fellow, Gayathri Krishnan, MD, creates online platform for women professionals in the field of Infectious Diseases
Women in Infectious Diseases (WIID) is created for women professionals in ID to collaborate, promote, support, advocate, embrace, encourage and nurture each other and to celebrate all the amazing work being done by women in the field of Infectious Diseases. Our motto in WIID is “for women, with women, by women in ID”. According to AAMC, […]