77 : teams 617 : total players 394 : fellows 82 : pre-fellows (or ID enthusiast) 190 : international players Should be excellent competition and opportunity to learn together! Check it out @IDFellowsCup
Department of Medicine Spotlight on Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, assistant professor, infectious diseases (Links to an external site)
Gates Foundation awards $1.8 million to DOLF team for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Indonesia
The DOLF team, led by Peter Fischer, along with partners at the University of Indonesia and Bruyere Research Institute, has been awarded a new $1.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination in Indonesia. Previously, this collaboration was supported by the 2020 McDonnell Academy seed grant initiative on infectious diseases […]
Jad Khoury, MD, ID Fellow Alum, receives Inaugural Mercy Hospital Clinical Provider Awards
The inaugural Mercy Clinic Provider Awards honored caregivers from their East Region. Jad Khoury, MD, ID Fellow 2003, was awarded Physician of the year as well as the Regional Physician of the Year. After a harrowing two years in a pandemic, Mercy Clinic took time to recognize the tremendous work and flexibility of its doctors […]
Inappropriate antibiotics for non-hospitalized kids cost US at least $74 million, lead author Anne Mobley Butler, PhD (Links to an external site)
Clinical and translational research receives $61 million grant support (Links to an external site)
Philip Budge, MD, PhD, will present his work May 23 at Global Health Works in Progress (Links to an external site)
Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, Appointed Interim Co-Editor-in-Chief of IDSA online journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID), Infectious Diseases Society of America’s online journal, recently announced interim co-editors-in-chief: John W. Baddley, MD, MSPH, professor of medicine, infectious diseases division at University of Maryland School of Medicine, who previously served as an OFID associate editor, and Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases division at […]
Lead author, Jennie Kwon, DO, reveals 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine important for patients who undergo solid organ transplants (Links to an external site)
Podcast: As ‘Show Me the Science’ turns 2, we look back at 2 years of a pandemic (Links to an external site)
Goldberg elected to National Academy of Sciences (Links to an external site)
Gayathri Krishnan, MD, second year ID fellow presents posters at Annual Social Media Summit 2022
Dr. Krishnan presents poster on #SocialMediaAdvocacy at the Annual Social Media summit at #SGIM22 #SGIM2022 – She was very excited to be at a national conference in-person, interacting with innovative medical educators, & starting a dialogue!
Infectious diseases experts help performing arts institutions navigate pandemic
Every now and then, the sonic gusts of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major rumble a small office on the 15th floor of the Northwest Tower at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A blustering, breathtaking, lyrical tour through emotional extremes, the epic composition has inspired Stephen Y. Liang, MD, to persevere through the […]
Aspiring physicians honor medical faculty in infectious diseases
Recognizing excellence and dedication in medical education during a time of unprecedented challenges, students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently honored faculty, residents and staff with Distinguished Service Teaching Awards for the 2020-21 academic year. This year also marks the official debut of the Gateway Curriculum, the first overhaul of the School […]
The next war we have to win: drug resistant infections (Links to an external site)
New Mycobacterial Clinic offers integrated care for patients with Non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease
A new clinic that offers care for patients with Non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is scheduling appointments in the Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic in the Center for Advanced Medicine. The clinic is a joint effort between Washington University physicians Carlos Mejia, MD, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases; Thomas Bailey, MD, professor of medicine in […]
Clay Dunagan, MD, MS acknowledged by Becker’s 2022 list of people to know
Congratulations to Dr. Clay Dunagan, BJC HealthCare Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer! Dr. Dunagan has been named to Becker’s “88 chief medical officers of hospitals and health systems to know” 2022 list. Chief medical officers are the link between physicians and administrators at hospitals across the U.S. They bring an important clinical perspective […]
ID Research Symposium 2022 Call for Abstracts – deadline April 30
The Infectious Disease Division at Washington University will host its annual ID Research Symposium on June 17, 2022 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center form 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The deadline for abstract submissions is April 30th. Abstract guidelines and instructions for both WUSTL and Non-Wustl submissons are at “Call for Abstract Submission […]
Mike Diamond, MD, PhD and Ali Ellebedy, PhD join the race for COVID-19 vaccines (Links to an external site)
Rachel Presti, MD, PhD site leader for Moderna omicron booster trial (Links to an external site)
