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This week faculty and fellows in ID are taking turns on topics with Spanish-speaking podcasts to air on Soy De Rancho Radio Online. Soy de Rancho was  established in St. Louis through the grassroots organization – Latinos en Axión STL. Speakers include: Juan Calix, MD, PhD, Instructor of Medicine completing Physician Scientist Training ProgramCarlos Mejia […]

A new episode of our podcast “Show Me the Science” has been posted. At present, we are highlighting research and patient care on the Washington University Medical Campus as our scientists and clinicians confront COVID-19.

Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Clinical Sciences, Office of Medical Student Education, has played an important role in communicating information about the COVID-19 pandemic to the St. Louis community.  He has responded to countless requests for interviews by radio and television outlets. Below is a […]

University creates COVID-19 research governance structure Basic and clinical research relevant to COVID-19 are essential activities at Washington University. Conducting this research in the midst of a health-care system responding to a global pandemic poses a number of challenges, which the university is actively working to surmount. Even as we respect the enormous pressures facing […]

Researchers propose new method for treating airborne pathogens The built environment often shapes the spread of disease. Many early cases of COVID-19, the 2019 novel coronavirus, centered on a seafood market in Wuhan City, China. Airports, hospitals and other gathering points can easily become sites of virus transmission.

Third-year medical students are developing reusable face shields to help protect health-care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the first day of an elective class on COVID-19 response, students discussed the shortage of personal protective equipment and felt inspired by a call-to-action from Victoria J. Fraser, MD, the Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine and […]

Century-old idea applied to modern pandemic With no drugs or vaccines yet approved for COVID-19 and the number of U.S. cases increasing by the thousands every day, doctors are looking to revive a century-old therapy for infectious diseases: transfusing antibodies from the blood of recovered patients into people who are seriously ill.

Dr. Jennie H. Kwon, (ID fellow 2016) Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine, Associate Medical Director for Infection Prevention, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, will become the Leader for all COVID-19 related issues for WUSM Student and Occupational Health. Dr. Kwon will work closely with Dr. Hilary Babcock, Professor of Infectious […]

Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD, FIDSA, Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, Pediatrics, and Medicine, receives the American Society for Microbiology Award for Research and Leadership in Clinical Microbiology. The award recognizes an outstanding scientist/clinical microbiologist with distinguished research achievements and a record of innovation and advancement of the Clinical Microbiology profession. The American Academy of […]

The Division of Public Health Sciences works to increase community knowledge amid growing concerns regarding coronavirus. Washington University in St. Louis is closely tracking the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In partnership with BJC Health Care, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is working to raise community awareness and develop a vaccine. School of Medicine faculty at BJC […]

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – CDC Informational Website What you need to know about Keeping Workplaces, Homes, Schools, or Commercial Establishments Safepdf icon  

Medical School faculty honored for dedication, achievements Washington University School of Medicine faculty members nominate their peers for Distinguished Faculty Awards. The honors are recognition of their colleagues’ wide-ranging achievements, talents and dedication. The recipients, recognized for excellence in clinical care, community service, research and teaching, received the awards in a ceremony Feb. 26 at […]

research for vaccines, drugs underway Across campus, a team led by Sean Whelan, PhD, the Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology, and Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine, is looking for ways to treat COVID-19 or reduce its spread. “We had a discussion […]

Clinical teams ready Soon after a novel coronavirus first appeared in China in late 2019, researchers, doctors and staff at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis began preparing for the possibility of an outbreak. Infectious disease physicians started planning how to respond if a person with suspected exposure to the virus arrived on […]

Dr. López is a public health researcher who uses her clinical practice skills to further advance the field of sexual health using public health and social work theories and frameworks. To date, she has worked to integrate her clinical expertise as a licensed social worker in community mental health settings and substance use treatment with […]