Celebrating Millman and Lee: Bold Thinkers Driving Medical Progress (Links to an external site)
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Breast cancer startup founded by WashU Medicine researchers acquired by Lunit (Links to an external site)
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, and Shu (Joy) Jiang, PhD, at WashU Medicine, created Prognosia, which harnesses AI-driven software to analyze mammograms to improve breast cancer risk prediction. Tech company Lunit has acquired it.
Pollina named Vallee Foundation Scholar (Links to an external site)
Lenze named XPRIZE Healthspan semifinalist (Links to an external site)
Couches advance gut microbiome research to combat malnutrition (Links to an external site)
Support from George and Debra Couch advances efforts led by Jeffrey Gordon to combat childhood malnutrition by producing therapeutic foods that target the gut microbiome.
A businessman’s strategic gift powers Alzheimer’s disease research (Links to an external site)
Funding from parent and entrepreneur Ron Shaich is helping WashU Medicine investigators test potential interventions to treat and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Transformative $15 million gift bolsters WashU Medicine’s physician-scientist training program (Links to an external site)
Harris selected for William T. Grant Scholar Class of 2030 (Links to an external site)
Chamessian named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar (Links to an external site)
Pain researcher receives grant for early-career scientists
Donor provides gift for diabetes, blood cancer research (Links to an external site)
Funding from Anita Palmer Corbin’s trust will help investigators develop new treatments