Faculty Feature: Sarah Ackerman, PhD
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 […]
Letter from the Chair
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 […]
Faculty Feature: Eleanor Castro, MD
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 […]
Faculty Feature: Rongbin Ge, MD, PhD
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 […]
Faculty Feature: Dr. Liang-I Kang
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 […]
Probiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut (Links to an external site)
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.
Faculty Feature: Dr Suzanne Crumley
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 […]
Healthy brains suppress inappropriate immune responses (Links to an external site)
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.