Jane O’Halloran, MD, 1st year fellow receives CROI 2017 Young Investigator Scholarship Award
Jane O’Halloran, MD, 1st year fellow received a Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2017 Young Investigator Scholarship Award. These awards are limited and highly selective. Dr. Halloran will be presenting an abstract titled, “Effect of ART on Monocytes Cholesterol Efflux and HDL function” at the CROI 2017 in Seattle, WA February 13 – […]
Gary J. Weil, MD, HS ’82 Receives Faculty Achievement Award, Alumni Association Awards
Alumni Association Awards, 2016 Gary J. Weil, MD, professor of medicine and of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, is known for his international contributions to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases. Weil focuses his research on two common tropical diseases that infect millions of people —lymphatic filariasis, also known as […]
Mary Horgan, MD, elected 142nd and first female President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Mary Horgan, MD, has recently been elected as President Designate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Dr. Horgan will become the 142nd President of RCPI at their Annual Stated Meeting in October 2017 and will serve a three-year term. “Mary has made an enormous contribution to the College since she first became involved in […]
Brett W. Jagger, MD, PhD co-authors manual chapter
Brett W. Jagger, MD, PhD, 2nd year fellow co-authored the chapter “Cellulitis” in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series, General Internal Medicine Consult, 3rd Edition. Contributing faculty authors include Erik R. Dubberke, MD, Gerome V. Escota, MD, Kevin Hsueh, MD, Steven Y. Liang, MD, Lemuel R. Non, MD, Shadi Parsaei, MD, and Hilary E. L. […]
William G. Powderly, MD, will serve as inaugural Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute of Public Health (Links to an external site)
The directorship of the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis has been named in honor of Larry J. Shapiro, MD, former executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. The directorship was named through the generosity of St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, which has an enduring relationship […]
HilaryBabcock, MD, MPH elected Vice President of SHEA
Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named vice president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), a professional group that promotes research, education and advocacy for safe health care. Babcock, medical director […]
Kwon Named National Academy of Medicine Fellow
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Medicine Fellow in Osteopathic Medicine. Kwon, an instructor of medicine in infectious diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was chosen based on her scholarship, professional accomplishments and expertise. During the two-year fellowship, Kwon, who also is an […]
Patel featured on the “Pulse of St. Louis”
On January 14, 2017, the Pulse of St. Louis, took a closer look at the state of HIV and AIDS in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, DTM&H, assistant professor, was interviewed by John Brown, about the status of HIV in St. Louis and what is being done to prevent it. Dr. […]
Study sheds light on parasite that causes river blindness (Links to an external site)
Data provides clues toward goal of eliminating worm infection The parasite that causes river blindness infects about 37 million people in parts of Africa and Latin America, causing blindness and other major eye and skin diseases in about 5 million of them. A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis sheds light […]
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William G. Powderly is Named IDSA President
Pledging to continue the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)’s commitment to improving the health of all people, communities and society, William G. Powderly, MD, FIDSA, assumes the reins as the new president of IDSA. He will be joined by dedicated, experienced board members as well as new additions who bring expertise in areas ranging […]
Mary Horgan, MD, ID fellow 1994, elected 142nd President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Mary Horgan, MD, has recently been elected as President Designate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Dr. Horgan will become the 142nd President of RCPI at their Annual Stated Meeting in October 2017 and will serve a three-year term. “Mary has made an enormous contribution to the College since she first became involved in […]
Mattar Elected Chair of the Junior Doctors Network of the World Medical Association
Caline Mattar, MD, has been elected to serve as Chair of the The Junior Doctors Network (JDN), a network of junior doctors who independently join the World Medical Association (WMA) as Associate Members. The WMA is the largest international organization representing physicians from 111 countries around the world. The JDN was formed in 2010 to […]
Michael Lane, MD, MPHS, MSc appointed to the National Quality Forum
Dr. Lane, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was appointed to the National Quality Forum’s Infectious Disease Standing Committee for evaluation of national infectious diseases quality measures. The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare. NQF measures and standards serve as a critically important foundation for initiatives […]
Courtney D. Chrisler, MD, named to IDSA’s Clinical Affairs Committee
During ID Week, Dr. Courtney Chrisler, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was selected to serve on the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Affairs Committee. This committee is charged with monitoring, developing and making recommendations to address issues related to infectious disease clinical practice and to monitor and make recommendations to address issues relating to the […]
Antibody protects developing fetus from Zika virus, mouse study shows (Links to an external site)
The most devastating consequence of Zika virus infection is the development of microcephaly, or an abnormally small head, in fetuses infected in utero. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have identified a human antibody that prevents — in pregnant mice — the fetus from becoming […]
2016 Recipient of the Victoria J. Fraser, MD Fellowship Award
The Victoria J. Fraser, MD Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Infectious Diseases was established with a generous donation by the Terry and Kathy Bader Family Foundation and Harry and Barbara Schukar. This donation was made in honor of Dr. Victoria J. Fraser to establish a fellowship that can be used for pre-doctoral trainees in the […]
Ramakrishna Rao, PhD receives the 2016 Anne Maurer-Cecchini Award
Ramakrishna Rao, PhD, an associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, recently received the 2016 Anne Maurer-Cecchini Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding epidemiological or clinical research on neglected tropical diseases. Rao, of the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recognized for a project that focused on lymphatic filariasis in […]
Hilary Reno, MD, PhD and Kimberly Gray, EdD, MSN – Medical Consultants to the CDC
Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, and Kimberly Gray, EdD, MSN, were selected to serve as medical consultants to the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC. These positions are fifty percent appointments for one year.
Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD announces T32 Training Grant Award
The ID division has been awarded a $4.2 M T32 training grant from NIAID. The Training Program, which has had NIH support for the past 35 years, integrates faculty from five departments: Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology and OB/GYN. The program provides training to MD, PhD and MD/PhD postdoctoral fellows, and to PhD […]