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For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Patrick Morse, an Instructor in the Anatomic and Molecular Pathology Division. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was raised between Starkville, Mississippi and Harrisonville, Missouri. My parents were both veterinarians and their geographically […]
For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Tomas Paulenda, PhD, an Instructor in the Artomov Lab. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Slovakia in a beautiful town called Trencin. It is unique by being situated under a […]
For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Nicole Tolan, PhD, DABCC, Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology in the Laboratory and Genomic Medicine Division. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and spent my […]
A review on human immune aging has been released, summarizing decades of the research on human immune aging and providing highlights of the latest advances in the field. The review was led by Marina Terekhova, MD. The full article may be viewed here.
Carly Maucione, MD, a PGY3 CP resident, recently gave a talk at the 2025 AABB Annual Meeting describing how researchers from WashU Medicine and the University of Utah developed and evaluated machine learning models to retrospectively detect CBC contamination. To read the full article, click here.
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Hao-Wei Chang, PhD, Instructor, Pathology & Immunology in the Immunobiology Division. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Taiwan, a small island in the western Pacific Ocean. Although its size […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Alexey Surgushichev, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in the Immunobiology Division. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Vologda, a small city in Russia. Thanks to my parents, I […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Drew Hughes, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Genomic & Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was born in Kansas City, MO, but I grew up on the […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Lijuan Feng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Laboratory & Genomic Medicine. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in a small city in Shandong Province along China’s east coast, […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Jerome Prusa, PhD, Instructor, Pathology & Immunology in Laboratory & Genomic Medicine. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I great up in Omaha, Nebraska and my interest in science and medicine developed and […]
Welcome to the Department of Pathology & Immunology at WashU Medicine – an institution with more than 100 years rich history in surgical pathology, laboratory medicine, molecular diagnostics, and immunology research. Whether you are a patient, health care provider, industry partner or prospective trainee, you will find helpful information here in our newly designed website. […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Daniel Miller, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Anatomic & Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was born and raised in St. Louis, the only child of two […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Nicholas Borcherding, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Laboratory & Genomic Medicine. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, literally across the street from a cornfield. […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Kilannin Krysiak PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Genomic & Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was born and raised in Lanark IL, a town of 1600 people. Despite […]
The Department of Pathology and Immunology at WashU Medicine is pleased to announce 21 physicians have been named Castle Connolly Top Doctors in 2025. “We congratulate our faculty for receiving this distinct honor. The recognition of these physicians is a testament to the exceptional quality of our entire faculty, whose work benefits patients across the […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Sarah Ackerman PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in Neuropathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Manahawkin, a small coastal town in Ocean County, New Jersey. I was fortunate […]
Dear colleagues, Happy New Year! 2025 brings along new resolutions, new goals, and a heavy dose of winter storm. I want to thank our faculty, resident & fellow physicians, and staffs, who supported our clinical mission during the recent winter storms. Your dedication is a testimony of the outstanding quality of care we provide to […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Eleanor Castro MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology in AMP with clinical interests in Gynecological and Breast Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was born and raised in Louisville, KY where […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Rongbin Ge, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anatomic and Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Shanghai, China and began my medical training at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Liang-I Kang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anatomic and Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? My family is Taiwanese. We moved to the US when I was an infant, and I grew […]
Researchers at WashU Medicine shrink gastrointestinal tumors in mice using a yeast probiotic to deliver immunotherapy to the gut, offering a potentially novel strategy to target hard-to-reach gut cancers.
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Suzanne Crumley, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology in AMP with clinical interests in Cytopathology, Gynecologic Pathology, and Breast Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I was born at the University of Iowa […]
Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a process by which the brain guards against attack by the immune system. In mice with multiple sclerosis, such “guardian” proteins that train the immune system were drastically depleted, and replenishing them improved symptoms, according to a study in Nature.
Many laboratories are interested in harnessing the immune system to treat one of today’s most pressing health concerns: obesity. Steven Van Dyken, an immunologist at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, has been studying an immune response usually triggered in response to allergens and parasites, to see whether it could help to regulate metabolism.
The Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University in St. Louis is proud to announce that two of our faculty members, Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD and Gautam Dantas, PhD have played significant roles in the groundbreaking research that contributed to this year’s Nobel Prize recipients in Physiology or Medicine and Chemistry. Joseph Corbo’s Collaboration […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Kevin Bowling, PhD who is in our newest Division of Genetic and Molecular Pathology. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in a very rural town in northern Alabama and graduated […]
Researchers at WashU Medicine have received a $12 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to identify the factors that are responsible for long-lasting immunity against disease.
Eric J. Huang, MD, PhD, a leader in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, will head the Department of Developmental Pathology & Immunology at WashU Medicine beginning in January.
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Stephen Persaud, MD, PhD. who is physician-scientist in the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I grew up in Fredonia, NY, which is a small suburb on […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Igor Smirnov, D.V.M. His main interest is in developing animal models of traumatic and degenerative injuries of the nervous system to assess the role of the immune system during normal brain function, after an injury, and during the course of a neurodegenerative diseases. Tell us about your background. […]
Kevin Blake, PhD, scientific editor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology’s Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored for an essay he wrote titled “Missing Microbiomes: Global Underrepresentation Restricts Who Research Will Benefit.” The piece calls for scientists to increase representation of understudied populations […]
The Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine is proud to announce that Vahid Azimi, MD and Stephen Roper, PhD were part of a multidisciplinary team that was recently named a Univants of Healthcare Excellence Team of Distinction by Abbott. The team sought to reduce the barrier in prenatal care for black […]
Kathleen Byrnes, MD, FASCPCM, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology, has been named a 40 Under Forty honoree by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). ASCP’s program “recognizes members under the age of 40 for their achievements and leadership qualities that are making an impact on pathology and laboratory medicine.” Kathleen Byrnes, MD, […]
The Office of Technology Management recently hosted the seventh annual Celebration of Inventors, an event to honor and recognize Washington University inventors, researchers and faculty entrepreneurs. Honorees included 2023 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awardees; National Academy of Inventors Fellows and Senior Members; and the recipient of the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Innovation […]
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a strain of gut bacteria can boost immune responses and enhance cancer immunotherapy to fight sarcoma tumors in mice. This paper also demonstrates the power of collaboration from leaders in the fields of immunology, cancer immune therapy, and gut microbiome. https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/gut-bacteria-boost-immune-response-to-fight-tumors/
Alzheimer’s disease starts with a sticky protein called amyloid beta that builds up into plaques in the brain, setting off a chain of events that results in brain atrophy and cognitive decline. The new generation of Alzheimer’s drugs — the first proven to change the course of the disease — work by tagging amyloid for […]
Dr. Ammar Abdelrahman, a post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Kodi Ravichandran, has received a one-year grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation for his project “Targeting Retinal Glial Efferocytosis as a Novel Intervention Strategy in Retinopathy of Prematurity.”
To recognize the importance of and appreciation for mentorship and sponsorship on the Medical Campus,Washington University School of Medicine will honor 53 faculty with Dean’s Impact Awards today, April 30. The Department of Pathology & Immunology is proud of each of our three recipients of the honor. Dr. Richard Cote remarked “Drs. Gronowski, Murphy and […]
For this Faculty Feature, we spoke with Allison Eberly, PhD. Dr. Eberly’s interests include microbiology, molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases, mycobacteriology, nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) infections, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and optimizing test utilization. Tell us about your background. Where did you grow up, and when did you first become interested in science and medicine? I […]
Two innovative pilot projects led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received funding from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative to address critical challenges in the fields of neurodegeneration and neuroscience. The initiative has awarded a total of $12.8 million to more than 60 pilot projects nationwide. Each project receives $200,000 over […]
Physicians treating patients with early-stage lung cancer face a conundrum: choosing potentially helpful yet toxic therapies such as chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy to knock out the cancer and lessen the risk of it spreading to the brain, or waiting to see if lung surgery alone proves sufficient. When up to 70% of such patients do […]
A team including scientists from Yale School of Medicine and Scott Handley, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, have received $575,000 from PolyBio Research Foundation to fund long COVID research. The grant will support the team’s efforts to define mechanisms by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus can persist for long […]