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In this Issue: Message from the Chair, Grants, High Impact Research Publications, Spotlight, Clinical Programs, In Memoriam: Dr. Stuart A. Kornfeld, Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Accolades, Leadership/Appointments, Office of Faculty Development, IDEAS at DOM, Vice Chair for Career Advancement, Vice Chairs of Safety, Quality, and Operations, Faculty Presentations, Welcome to WashU Medicine, Call for Applications and Events

Congratulations to Drs. Babcock, Bailey, Dubberke, Kirmani, Lawrence, Powderly, Presti, and Reno for making the 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list. The Top Doctors® selection process is entirely merit-based. Doctors cannot pay to be listed. These doctors are best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills. More information can be […]

Congratulations, Reid Goodman, MD, Zoe Leyh, DO, Noah Chodos, MD, and Syed Zaidi, MD, on completing your ID fellowship! We are so proud of you all and you will make amazing ID physicians! We wish you all the best in your future careers and life! Next steps for our graduates: Noah Chodos,MD ID Faculty University […]

ID Fellows and others joined faculty members join Darcy Wooten, MD, MS, professor of medicine and director of ID fellowship program and Michael Durkin, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine to create a six-person relay team on the KT82 Trail Rally on June 7, 2025. The crew enjoyed a one-of-a-kind journey through the breathtaking trails […]

Anne Mobley Butler, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU Medicine, was senior author of a study published in JAMA Network Open about the incidence of serious perinatal outcomes when treated for a urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy . Co-authors include Michael Durkin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor […]

Dr. Mittal, PhD was promoted to assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases division. Dr. Mittal specializes in the intricate dynamics of host-pathogen interactions, with a particular emphasis on the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Dr. Mittal’s work continues to advance our understanding of TB pathogenesis and immune evasion mechanisms, providing valuable insights that […]

Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD joined WashU Medicine as the Co-Chief of the Infectious Diseases (ID) Division and professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, effective July 1, 2025. In her role, Dr. Trautner will work closely with Dr. Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD, the Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor of Medicine and Co-Chief of […]

Two recent studies from WashU Medicine reveal that two vulnerable populations — children and recently pregnant women — face disparities in access to treatment for hepatitis C infection, putting them at risk of long-term health problems.

Each year our ID fellows host a picnic for all of the ID division faculty, post docs and staff. This year’s fellow hosts (pictured) include Noah Chodos, MD, Zoe Leyh, DO, Reid Goodman, MD and Syed Ali Umair Zaidi, MD. Thank you fellows, a good time was had by all!

We welcome Temitope Ojo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.⁠⁠Dr. Temitope Ojo joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in July of 2025. She graduated from the New York University School of Global Public Health with a PhD in Public Health. She has […]

Dr. Olufunto Olusanya joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor in July of 2025. She is a physician, implementation scientist, and epidemiologist with over 17 years of clinical experience and 12 years of impactful research expertise. Dr. Olusanya’s expertise allows her to investigate innovative methods blending community […]

Eugenia Miranti, MD recently joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University. Dr. Miranti specializes in clinical infectious diseases and healthcare epidemiology. She is particularly interested in ambulatory infection prevention and emerging infectious diseases. While originally from Chicago, Dr. Miranti […]

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting May 2, numerous faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure, with tenure effective July 1. Among them are Anne Mobley Butler, PhD and Aloke Mody, MD. Dr. Butler has been promoted to associate professor of medicine with tenure. Dr. Butler is a pharmacoepidemiologist […]

The Spark Change Award honors leaders who catalyze transformation—not only through bold ideas, but also through the daily, persistent work of creating more inclusive, just communities. Julia was nominated by colleagues and selected by the Spark Change Award Selection Committee to be one of two inaugural recipients of this award. The “Spark Change” award recognizes […]

The NAM event was held in Washington DC, April 8-9, 2025 at the National Academy of Sciences Building.⁠ Dr. McCrary was invited to speak about the infectious complications of substance use in women. She spoke about leveraging pregnancy and the peri-partum period to engage women in care for Hepatitis C and the novel program to […]

Jacco Boon, a professor at WashU Medicine, holds a lone star tick collected at Tyson Research Center. Lone star ticks can carry the potentially deadly Bourbon virus. (Photo: Matt Miller/WashU Medicine)

A healthcare associated infection (HAI) can be caused by opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). There is currently no widely accepted protocol for sink drain cleaning to reduce OPPP burden.The effects of a prospective sink environmental hygiene intervention on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia burden in hospital sinks explored.

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The Fungal clinic is recognized internationally for world-class diagnosis, care and research, often fighting against misdiagnosed infections. Clinic faculty, Patrick Mazi, MD and Adriana Rauseo, MD, stress the need for research efforts to attain better diagnostics and treatments along with raising awareness of primary physicians to identify fungal infections.

A small clinical trial in Cote d’Ivoire, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, shows that the anti-parasitic drug moxidectin — currently approved to treat river blindness, another tropical disease caused by parasitic worms — is also more effective for lymphatic filariasis than the current gold standard, ivermectin.