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The Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine shined at the USCAP Annual Meeting in 2023. Notably, Dr. Sanica Bhele and Dr. Hansini Laharwani, were honored with awards at the meeting, which was held March 11 – 16 in New Orleans, LA. Several faculty and trainees presented posters at the event, […]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis including Ali Ellebedy, PhD, an associate professor of pathology & immunology, of medicine and of molecular microbiology; and Daved Fremont, PhD, a professor of pathology & immunology, of biochemistry & molecular biophysics and of molecular microbiology, are working to reduce the risk of another devastating […]

The Colonna Lab recently had a paper published in Cell Reports, “Transcriptomic atlas and interaction networks of brain cells in mouse CNS demyelination and remyelination.” The paper by co-first authors JinChao Hou, PhD, and Yingyue Zhou, PhD, postdoctoral researchers in the Colonna Lab, presents a high-resolution single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) analysis of gene expression changes […]

Liang-I Kang, MD, PhD, Instructor of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, has received a K12 Paul Calabresi Career Development Award in Clinical Oncology from NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI). The award is meant to “increase the number of clinicians (MDs, DOs, PharmDs, nurses […]

Erika Crouch, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Vice Chair of the Office of Education at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the Diversity Distinguished Service Teaching Award. The award, which honors Dr. Crouch’s teaching in the 2021-2022 academic year, is from the Washington University School of Medicine entering class of 2021. […]

Nearly two dozen experimental therapies targeting the immune system are in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, a reflection of the growing recognition that immune processes play a key role in driving the brain damage that leads to confusion, memory loss and other debilitating symptoms. Many of the immunity-focused Alzheimer’s drugs under development are aimed at […]

Vincent Peng, an MD/PhD student in the Colonna Lab in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, and Renee Wu, an MD/PhD student in the Murphy Lab in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, were recently selected as Olin Fellows. Olin Fellowships are presented […]

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, explores the “vast, mysterious world” of the gut microbiome to develop innovative therapies for treating childhood malnutrition and restoring kids’ healthy growth. In recognition of his groundbreaking research, Gordon, who is the director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, […]