It is my pleasure to announce that Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD will be joining WashU Medicine as the new Co-Chief of the Infectious Diseases (ID) Division in the Department of Medicine, effective July 1, 2025. Dr. Trautner is currently a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and […]
Fred Ssewamala, PhD, William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School and director of the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD); Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School and co-director of ICHAD; and Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD, professor of medicine, infectious diseases division, and associate director for global health and dissemination […]
Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, at WashU Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently published in ASM Journals with new insights into the development of a metabolome-based respiratory infection prognostic during COVID-19.
NIH grants recognize the quality and significance of WashU Medicine research in enabling life-changing advances in medicine
Bonnie Rawot, MD passed away peacefully at her home on April 18, 2024. Many who knew Bonnie will remember Medicine was a second career for her. She was an accomplished musician and talented flute player, as detailed in her obituary, which we recently came across. Dr. Rawot recognized her true calling would be in medicine, […]
The Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2021, recognizes current Washington University faculty members with at least twenty years of service as faculty in an academic teaching setting who has shown a lifelong commitment to education and demonstrates excellence in one or more domains of educational service, leadership or scholarship. Nigar Kirmani, MD is a Professor […]
The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that there are 69 matched fellows. Please view the list for more information about each, including infectious diseases matches.
Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Director of the Baldridge Lab, recently co-authored a Nature Microbiology publication on targeting the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) or dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (DPP4) using available therapies to prevent human astrovirus infection in human enteroid cultures. Harshad Ingle, PhD, one of the study’s co-first […]
At APHA (American Public Health Association) 2024, Dr. Julia López, assistant professor of medicine, delivered an oral presentation addressing the critical issue of mental health stigma in the Latinx/e community. She explored how deeply rooted cultural beliefs and social isolation have historically impacted access to care, emphasizing the importance of cultural humility among practitioners. Dr. […]
The CVIMP vaccine symposium this week, features scientists working to discover new therapies to treat microbial pathogens. Podcasts hosted by Larissa Thackray, PhD, professor of medicine, are posted for listening and free downloads. Dr. Thackray is the executive director of the Center for Vaccines & Immunity to Microbial Pathogens. As part of the hashtag#CVIMP vaccine […]
Dr. Ishmael Aziati joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor in November 2024. He has been involved in collaborative research for the past decade studying emerging and reemerging infectious viral diseases. After graduating with a BSc. (Hons) in Biochemistry in 2010 from the University of Ghana. He joined […]