Huang named head of pathology & immunology (Links to an external site)
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.
Faculty Feature: Dr. Stephen Persaud
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 […]
Faculty Feature: Dr. Igor Smirnov
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. […]
Blake essay recognized by Lasker Foundation (Links to an external site)
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 […]
2024 Univants Team of Distinction
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 named 40 Under Forty honoree by ASCP
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, […]
Faculty Inventors Honored
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 […]