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Up to $24 million will help to eliminate two tropical diseases
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports research to fight elephantiasis, river blindness Research from Washington University School of Medicine in...
Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, DTM&H among three St. Louisans selected to national list of influential young executives
Dr. Patel of Washington University School of Medicine, Mark Bini of Express Scripts, and Amy Schnettgoecke of Emerson have been...
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, appointed Chair of SHEA Awards Committee
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, an assistant professor of medicine, Infectious Diseases, recently accepted a three year appointment of the...
Liang co-edits issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Stephen Y. Liang, MD, MPHS, assistant professor of medicine, Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases, co-edited an issue of...
Rupa Patel, MD and Anne Glowinski, MD address mental health crisis among Rohingya refugees.
COX’S BAZAR DISTRICT, Bangladesh — A 12-year-old Rohingya boy flatly, stoically tells of how, within three hours one day in...
Caline Mattar and Indi Trehan, co-directors of a program that teaches medical trainees how to provide care in developing countries
A starved supply closet and a lack of basic necessities such as electricity or running water pose significant health risks...
Stephen Liang Deployed with the Missouri Task Force 1 – in Response to East Coast Hurricanes
Stephen Liang, MD, MPHS, assistant professor of medicine, joined Missouri Task Force I (MO-TF1) in 2011 as a medical team...
Gary Weil, MD, receives a $2.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Infectious disease specialist Gary Weil, MD, at the School of Medicine, has received a $2.1 million grant from the Bill...
New strategy may curtail spread of antibiotic resistance
Study identifies key step in spread of drug resistance, opportunity for intervention Spotless surfaces in hospitals can hide bacteria that...
Dr. Jennifer Philips MD, PhD new Co-Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Jennifer Philips MD, PhD, has accepted the position as Co-Director of the...
Documentary in development about Dr. Gerry Medoff, ‘A Race for Another Day’ against Parkinson’s
Dr. Gerry Medoff lead the team at Washington University School of Medicine to help develop the original 24-pill cocktail that...
Dr. Gerald Medoff, former director of ID Division, dies peacefully Monday, January 14, 2019
Remembered as an inspiring leader, investigator, dedicated teacher, caring physician. Gerald Medoff, MD, an emeritus professor of medicine and former...
Faculty member Dr. Rupa Patel conducted forensic exams of violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) published their report on the Chut Pyin Massacre with forensic evidence of violence against the...
Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, associate professor of medicine and William H. McCoy, MD, PhD, instructor in medicine, shed light on how medication for severe acne alters skin microbiome
Isotretinoin, a form of vitamin A, has been prescribed to treat acne for decades. It reduces oil production in the...
Spec appointed associate editor of OFID
Andrej Spec, MD, assistant professor and former ID fellow, was appointed Associate Editor for Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID). Dr....
Jennie Kwon invited to serve on two national committees of IDSA and SHEA
Dr. Kwon recently joined the IDSA Research Committee. The goals of the IDSA Research Committee are to promote research and...
Infectious Diseases Society of America honors faculty as distinguished physicians, scientists
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society, recognized distinguished physicians and scientists from...
Prior ID Fellow, Dr. Judy Aberg, Honored by the IDSA Foundation, Women in ID
Despite a history of unequal access to medical education, women have made a lasting impact on the world of medicine....
Gerome Escota, MD initiates twitter forum and challenges infectious diseases specialists
Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine and co-director of our ID Fellowship program, initiated a forum for teaching and...
Dr. Rupa Patel, along with other WashU Faculty Are Aiding in Rohingya Refugee Efforts
Since August 2017, over 900,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh, establishing the largest single refugee camp in the world....