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Dr. Kwon recently joined the IDSA Research Committee. The goals of the IDSA Research Committee are to promote research and new advancements in infectious diseases; to monitor developments and make recommendations related to federal support for biomedical research; and to make recommendations on activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation and regulation. Jennie has […]

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society, recognized distinguished physicians and scientists from the United States and around the world who were elected this year to be Fellows of IDSA. Among the honorees in 2018 are Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc, associate professor of medicine and Hilary M. […]

Despite a history of unequal access to medical education, women have made a lasting impact on the world of medicine. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation recently honored the lives and achievements of four women in medicine who have made a lasting impact on the field of infectious diseases (ID). During the early […]

Gerome Escota, MD, assistant professor of medicine and co-director of our ID Fellowship program, initiated a forum for teaching and learning infectious diseases through questions, pearls, and case discussions on twitter. Since inception, the case forum has gained popularity accruing over 1000 national and international followers. Join the group @WUIDQ to be challenged!

Since August 2017, over 900,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh, establishing the largest single refugee camp in the world. Nearly 50% are adolescents (ages 10-18 years) and the majority is female. Over 50% of Rohingyas have faced violence. More specifically, international reports by multiple agencies provide evidence of ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar military […]

The Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) advances Dr. Hilary Babcock to the SHEA member category of Fellow of SHEA. The Fellow of SHEA category recognizes and honors those who have achieved professional excellence in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control. The Society looks to Fellows of SHEA as imperative voice in advancing […]

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, is an assistant professor of medicine, Infectious Diseases, atWashington University School of Medicine and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research on the transmission of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) and the impact of antimicrobials on the fecal microbiome. Her […]

Parasitic roundworms and flatworms (collectively known as “helminths”) cause some of the most common yet neglected tropical infectious diseases affecting more than a billion people worldwide, in addition to afflicting many important plants and animals. Such diseases include chronic and sometimes severely painful and physically disabling conditions like river blindness, schistosomiasis and hookworm infections. Now, […]

A starved supply closet and a lack of basic necessities such as electricity or running water pose significant health risks to patients at medical clinics in poverty-stricken parts of the world, sometimes even more so than illness or disease.

Virologist and immunologist Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, and Neuroscientist, Azad Bonni, MD, PhD, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the organization is one of the highest honors in the fields of health and […]

We congratulate the following faculty on their promotions: Merilda Blanco-Guzman, MD, Yasir Hamad, MD, F. Matthew Kuhlmann, MD, Caline Mattar, MD, Lem Non, MD, and Anupam Pande, MD, MPH, to Assistant Professors of Medicine, Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD and Rachel M. Presti, MD, PhD to Associate Professors of Medicine, James M. Fleckenstein, MD, Erik […]

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, at Washington University School of Medicine and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kwon performs clinical and translational research on the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) and the impact of antimicrobials on the fecal microbiome. Her goal is to create […]

ST. LOUIS –  How bad is the flu going to be this year? More than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized with flu-related complications each year.  The single best way for families to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. The flu, or influenza, is a contagious respiratory illness with symptoms such as fever, […]

Under the direction of Shabaana Khader, PhD, study identifies why some TB bacteria prove deadly

At Washington University in St. Louis, an NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program hub, Rupa R. Patel, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, is studying the barriers that keep young adults from obtaining PrEP. In 2015, while establishing a new clinical program, Patel became a CTSA Program KL2 Mentored Clinical Research Scholar. Read […]

In 2016, as Robyn Klein, MD, PhD, and Jessica Williams, PhD, then a postdoctoral fellow in Klein’s lab, looked over the program for an upcoming international neuroimmunology meeting they were planning to attend, one thing jumped out at them: Only 13 of the 85 invited speakers were women.“Robyn told me later that she just couldn’t […]

Join SHEA on Facebook next Tuesday (9/18) at 12:00 p.m. ET for a Facebook Live chat with Washington University School of Medicine faculty, Drs. Hilary Babcock, associate professor of medicine, and Jason Newland, professor of pediatrics, on antibiotic stewardship and multidrug resistant organisms. Anyone should be able watch directly from SHEA’s Facebook page, with or […]

Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri seeks full-time Instructors and/or assistant professors of medicine to provide clinical care in the Division of Infectious Diseases for patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Washington University Infectious Diseases Clinic.  Experience and interest in mycobacterial infections and/or HIV AIDS are desirable. Duties also include teaching fellows, residents and medical […]

The Washington Post featured one of two Washington University ID cases appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine last week in its its Images in Clinical Medicine section. “Black Hairy Tongue” was submitted by Yasir Hamad, MD, assistant professor of medicine and David K. Warren, MD, MPH, professor of medicine. Black hairy tongue is a relatively […]