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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 […]

Overuse contributes to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria New research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that 1 in 4 of the children given antibiotics in U.S. children’s hospitals are prescribed the drugs inappropriately. The overuse of antibiotics poses an increasing threat to children who develop — or already have — drug-resistant […]

St. Louis City and County sign “Fast-Track Cities” Declaration As of Dec. 1, 2019, St. Louis is now one of more than 300 Fast-Track Cities committed to ending HIV/AIDS by the year 2030. The Institute for Public Health and Washington University are committed to helping St. Louis leaders reach initiative goals. On Dec. 1, National […]

The innovative work of Gerome Escota, MD, and Ige George, MD, both assistant professors of medicine, were honored during the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA) second annual IDEA Incubator, a competition hosted by IDSA to showcase inventions, products and devices designed to improve patient care for infectious diseases during ID Week. Drs. Escota and […]

FELLOWS’ POSTER PRESENTATIONS AT IDWEEK 2019 Sasinuch Rutjanawech, MD, 1st year fellow – Poster#1699 Presentations and Outcomes of Histoplasma Capsulatum Infection Vary by Immune Status: A Retrospective Cohort Study and 2108 Comparison of Voriconazole versus Itraconazole in the Treatment of Histoplasmosis – A Retrospective Analysis Frances Lahrman, MD, 2nd year fellow – Poster #1474 – […]

The Academy of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) welcomed Andre Spec, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of medicine, as a Fellow of the ECMM (FECMM). The ECMM Academy was founded in 2016 by Oliver Cornely and Martin Hoenigl to unify Medical mycologists from around the world. Academy Fellows are acknowledged as mycologists with outstanding […]

Study Shows Infections are a Common “Side Effect” of Intravenous Drug Use Infectious Diseases Fellow, Laura Marks MD, PhD sees it all too often: rising intravenous drug use leads to startling and often life-threatening infections. On the one hand, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose however, on the other, Dr. Marks sees the issue […]

Washington University Capacity Building Assistance Program, in collaboration with relevant local stakeholders, will hold the first Missouri PrEP Institute on February 10-11, 2020, in Kansas City. The objectives for this unique Institute are to increase PrEP uptake and access across the state, with particular focus on those regions where access to sexual healthcare is limited […]

A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis lays out a genetic road map of immune responses to tuberculosis (TB) infection across three species. Pictured is a TB-infected human lung. TB is shown in green, and immune cells surrounding the TB bacteria are shown in red and white.

Congratulations to our ID physicians recognized on the 2019-2020 Best Doctors List. Washington University Physicians has more Best Doctors than any other physician group in St. Louis. Of the 1,596 physicians on the list, one out of every three Best Doctors in St. Louis is a Washington University Physician. Hilary M. Babock, MD, MPHThomas C. […]

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 6,Elvin Hsing Geng, MD, professor of medicine, Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDI) at the Institute of Public Health was appointed tenure as of December 6, 2020.

Matifadza G. Hlatshwayo, MD, MPH, Clinical Instructor is one of the newest members of the Mentoring Work Group. The purpose of the IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice group is to support IDSA members to become better teachers of all learner groups and to support and advocate for the career development of IDSA members on […]

A diagnostic test newly granted market authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promises to help resolve this confusion. The test, developed by InBios International and based in part on technology licensed from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, can detect signs of Zika infection in serum samples within 12 weeks of […]

The Institute for Public Health announces the appointment of Elvin H. Geng MD, MPH, as the new director of the Institute’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDI). He is also named professor of medicine for the Washington University Medical School’s Division of Infectious Diseases. “Both in the U.S. and internationally, Implementation Science has become a key discipline […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found the molecular signature of a healthy gut microbial community, or microbiome – the kind of community that keeps C. difficile in check even in the aftermath of antibiotic treatment. They also have identified a specific molecule produced when C. difficile is not lying […]

Findings, in mice, could guide research into future therapies. The highly contagious norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting and is notorious for spreading rapidly through densely populated spaces, such as cruise ships, nursing homes, schools and day care centers. Each year, it is responsible for some 200,000 deaths, mostly in the developing world. There are no […]

The Infectious Diseases Society of American Medical Education Community of Practice Committee (IDSA Med Ed COP) recently selected Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases division, to chair the Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR) Work Group of the IDSA Med Ed COP. This appointment will be for three years. As the TLR Work […]

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards were awarded for the 2018-2019 academic year. Three of our infectious diseases faculty were recently honored for their service. Clerkship Director of the Year Gerome Escota, MDAssistant Professor of MedicineClerkship Director in Medicine Second Year Awards, Class of 2021Distinguised Service Teaching Awards Nigar Kirmani, MDProfessor of MeidicineProgram Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship […]

The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis delivers mass drug administration to 500 million people each year, and adverse events are common following treatment. Now, researchers have reported in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that certain changes in gene expression are associated with these adverse events. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease caused by […]