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For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Xinming Zhuo, an Assistant Professor in the Genomic 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 grew up in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeastern China, and stayed there through college; […]
Recipients of the Dean’s Impact Awards represent the compassion, innovation, and commitment required to build dynamic, meaningful, and community-focused efforts to improve clinical care, education, and research. Jon Ritter, MD, has dedicated more than 30 years of service at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine where he provides superb clinical care, exceptional compassion for patients, […]
For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Catherine Omosule, an Assistant Professor 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 a small community in northern Ghana and was introduced to healthcare early […]
Eric Huang, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Joseph M. Davie Distinguished Professor in Pathology & Immunology at WashU Medicine.
WashU Medicine researchers have described how mRNA cancer vaccines engage the immune system, through an unconventional pathway involving two subsets of immune cells called dendritic cells.
In a major advance applying insights from quantum physics to the inner workings of biology, a team of WashU researchers has successfully implanted quantum sensors in living cells to measure shifts in magnetism and temperature.
Sarah Ackerman, PhD, an assistant professor of pathology & immunology at WashU Medicine, has been named a winner of the Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize.
After surgery to remove part of the small intestine in a mouse, normal liver tissue (red) is replaced by scar tissue (yellow-orange), which impairs the organ’s ability to function. The cyan color shows smooth muscle actin, a protein that indicates liver cells’ response to damage. Researchers at WashU Medicine made and tested a compound that […]
WashU Medicine researchers designed a cellular immunotherapy that turns astrocytes (green), a type of cell in the brain, into super cleaners that sweep away Alzheimer’s-related proteins. With this new feature, the cells successfully reduced the amount of harmful amyloid beta plaques (blue) in the brains of mice.
Researchers at WashU Medicine and Weizmann Institute of Science designed a cellular immunotherapy that reduced amyloid beta plaques in the brains of mice.
For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Allison Haas, an Assistant Professor 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 a small town in Jasper, Indiana surrounded by cornfields. Our family had […]
For this Faculty Feature, we highlighted Lisa Yuen, an Assistant Professor 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 born in Missouri but left the state when I was 3 years old and […]
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. […]