Congratulations to Grant Challen, PhD and Russell Pachynski, MD for being among the 2023-2024 CTRFP awardees (Links to an external site)

Congratulations to Grant Challen, PhD and Russell Pachynski, MD for being among the 2023-2024 CTRFP awardees
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital awards 28 investigators as part of the 16th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP). The CTRFP is the largest internal grant funding program of the ICTS. Applicants are required to submit proposals for projects that promote the translation […]

American College of Physicians recognizes 3 faculty members (Links to an external site)

American College of Physicians recognizes 3 faculty members
The American College of Physicians has recognized three faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with national awards honoring excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine. They are John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD; Janet B. McGill, MD; and Will R. Ross, MD.

Cancer moonshot grant funds research into reducing health disparities (Links to an external site)

Cancer moonshot grant funds research into reducing health disparities
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address disparities in cancer research, treatment and outcomes in underrepresented populations. The research, funded through the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Moonshot program, will focus on African American patients with colorectal cancer and multiple myeloma, as […]

Colonna, Ley elected to National Academy of Sciences (Links to an external site)

Colonna, Ley elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. Election to the academy — which was announced Tuesday, April 30 — is considered one of the highest honors that can be awarded to a U.S. scientist […]