New mouse model to aid testing of Zika vaccine, therapeutics (Links to an external site)
A research team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has established a mouse model for testing of vaccines and therapeutics to battle Zika virus.
Kavita Bhavan, MD, Fellow 2009 is honored with the 2016 Gage Award
America’s Essential Hospitals has selected Dr. Kavita Bhavan’s submission, “Patient Engagement in Self-Care: OPAT at Parkland Hospital”, the winning recipient of the 2016 Gage Award in the category innovation and excellence. The strategic priorities of America’s Essential Hospitals include identifying and disseminating evidence-based best practices that raise care quality for all, especially vulnerable people, and communicating members’ […]
Happy Birthday, Forest Park
Still Beautiful at 140 Years Old: Happy Birthday, Forest Park On June 24, 1876, the opening day and dedication of Forest Park, the St. Louis Post Dispatch declared, “The forest is indescribable in its loveliness. The large trees stand as nature planted them, their long branches spreading over the roadways and beautiful swards, in which […]
Hitoshi Honda MD, PhD, ID fellow ’10, member spotlight for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Hitoshi Honda MD, PhD is an infectious diseases consultant and a hospital epidemiologist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. He received his MD and PhD from the Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan in 2000. He completed the internal medicine residency at University of Hawaii in 2007 and then completed an infectious […]
First Recipient of the Fraser Fellowship
Graham Williams, BA, MSc, Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) pre-doctoral trainee in the laboratory of Adrianus “Jacco” Boon, PhD, Infectious Diseases Division, is the first to receive the Victoria J. Fraser, MD, Fellowship. The award will assist Mr. Williams to test the hypothesis that RNA-RNA interactions within and between genome segments dictate packaging and […]