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Archeologists teach alongside engineers. Artists collaborate with doctors. Senior citizens and teenagers share in discussion groups. The Beyond Boundaries interdisciplinary program at Washington University in St. Louis offers first-year students a wide array of experiences: exposure to new concepts and people; opportunities to learn from some of the world’s leading scholars across a spectrum of […]

Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and molecular microbiology was recently named co-director of the new Biochemistry, Biophysics and  Structural Biology (BBSB) Graduate Program in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Henderson did his infectious diseases fellowship here, at Washington University School of Medicine.  Dr. Henderson will co-direct with Daved H. […]

We know PrEP Works! Evidence from around the world shows the impact PrEP can have when it’s available. At the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam July 2018, PrEPster asked people from around the world to tell them how PrEP works for them and their community. One expert, Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, DTM&H, is an assistant […]

Gerome V. Escota, MD has been selected as the next Clerkship Director in Medicine. He will provide the professional, administrative and educational leadership for the third-year clerkship and sub-internship. Dr. Escota is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine and clinical faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He also serves as Associate Program Director for […]

The Washington Post featured one of two Washington University ID cases appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine last week in its Images in Clinical Medicine section. Black Hairy Tongue. Hamad Y, Warren DK. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 6;379(10):e16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm1800351. “Black Hairy Tongue” was submitted by Yasir Hamad, M.D., assistant professor […]

Washington University’s Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) Program provides ‘tools to end the epidemic’ widely accessible. Last Saturday, December 1, 2018 was the 30th Anniversary of World AIDS Day. It is a day that the international community mourns those who have been lost to HIV/AIDS and celebrates the ongoing progress in treating, preventing and researching […]

In February 2018, the St. Louis Business Journal will introduce a class of 40 young professionals who are already making their mark on the local business community. To be admitted to this exclusive class, a candidate must be under 40 years of age, and be a mover and shaker both in business and in the community. A dinner […]

Former ID fellow, Dr. Maria Bibiana Walshe has stepped into the pastel and digital art world. Maria uses free time to create images incorporating pastel drawing styles, like the image below, “Christ in the Crib” . Maria also enjoys working with a digital pen on her tablet. Maria has shared with us, examples of her […]

Research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue new treatment guidelines aimed at accelerating global elimination of lymphatic filariasis – a devastating tropical disease.

J. William Campbell, MD, former ID fellow ’82, a private practice clinician and professor of clinical medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, is honored for his outstanding leadership as an infectious diseases physician.

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the New Physician in Practice member of the American Osteopathic Association’s Board of Trustees.Dr. Kwon is an assistant professor of medicine and a board certified internist and infectious diseases specialist at the Washington […]

Stephen Liang, MD, joins Medical School physicians to aid hurricane victims

Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, is among 13 recipients to receive  Kenneth Rainin Foundation “Innovator Awards”.  The foundation has awarded $3 million for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research through its Innovator Awards program. Grants will support an international pool of early-career and seasoned researchers to study untested ideas that could lead to […]

Resistance to malaria drugs is a growing problem Sebastian Nasamu, an MD/PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, battled successive bouts of malaria as a child growing up in Ghana. He survived ­– but decided long ago to commit himself to eradicating the disease. The possibility that his work could lead […]

William G. Powderly, MD, was installed as the Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute for Public Health during a ceremony on September 27, 2017 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Dr. Powderly is also the Dr. J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and co-director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine. The […]

Philip Budge, MD, PhD, and Ramakrishna Rao, PhD, team up with international partners to test Portable 3-D scanner to assesses patients with elephantiasis Device measures swollen limbs faster, more easily than other methods

New York City PrEP Prescriptions Increase Nearly 1,000 Percent, But Disparities Remain Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions in New York City increased by nearly 1,000 percent in two years, but men of color, women and patients outside the city center were less likely to be prescribed the HIV prevention medication. Taken daily, PrEP is more than […]

The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated staph infections. Such infections often occur on the skin and look like a pus-filled bug bite. Now, research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that prescribing antibiotics — in addition to […]

Treating pregnant women before infection may protect fetuses from Zika Brazil and other areas hardest hit by the Zika virus – which can cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads – are also home to dengue virus, which is spread by the same mosquito species.

Recent Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences graduate, Shannon Ohlemacher, is a first author along with professor Jeff Henderson on a paper just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Ohlemacher’s research found that a druglike metabolite from colonizing E.coli sabotages Pseudomonas virulence — a significant finding in current research to prevent urinary tract […]