Announcements

Updates on campus events, policies, construction and more.

close  

Information for Our Community

Whether you are part of our community or are interested in joining us, we welcome you to Washington University School of Medicine.

close  


News Releases

Scientific discovery, medical innovation and human compassion unfold at the School of Medicine each day. Read the latest news below.

See media contacts »
See all news stories »

08/21/19

$15 million supports quest for personalized leukemia therapies
08/20/19

Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection
08/16/19

Children with mild asthma can use inhalers as needed
08/14/19

Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’d
08/12/19

Gut makeup could make diarrhea less likely
08/01/19

Blood test is highly accurate at identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise
08/01/19

Siteman Cancer Center awarded $7.8 million to expand clinical trials access
07/31/19

Finnish people’s unique genetic makeup offers clues to disease
07/31/19

Goal-oriented rehab improves recovery in older adults
07/30/19

Half-century of research illuminates how cells work in health, disease
07/25/19

Dehdashti named Siegel Professor of Radiology
07/24/19

Culver named Sherwood Moore Professor of Radiology
07/23/19

Covey named Taylor Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
07/22/19

Genes linked to death from sepsis ID’d in mice
07/18/19

Three physician-scientists receive Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awards
07/18/19

Whelan named head of molecular microbiology
07/17/19

More cancer patients get help to quit smoking
07/11/19

For malnourished children, new therapeutic food boosts gut microbes, healthy development
07/08/19

Limbrick named T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
07/03/19

Brozanski named pediatrics vice chair of quality and safety
07/03/19

Immune-boosting compound makes immunotherapy effective against pancreatic cancer
07/01/19

School of Medicine forms collaboration with medical center in China
06/26/19

Understanding how tics are suppressed may help some at risk for tic disorders
06/24/19

Alzheimer’s missing link ID’d, answering what tips brain’s decline
06/20/19

Duncan named chief of interventional radiology
06/20/19

Treatment for common cause of diarrhea more promising
06/13/19

Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
06/13/19

Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act
06/13/19

Aging delayed in older mice given blood component from young mice
06/07/19

Buchowski named Lenke Distinguished Professor