WashU Medicine is an international leader in patient care, research and education, and our outstanding faculty contributes major discoveries and innovations in the fields of science and clinical medicine. We couldn’t do it without your help.
Our impact is your impact
- WashU Medicine’s 1,300+ total students come from nearly all states and dozens of countries to attend our doctorate and graduate programs and make their mark on the world.
- In fiscal year 2024, grants and contracts totaling more than $857 million supported faculty research efforts; gifts and grants from thousands of private sources totaled $129.5 million; and WashU Medicine received $683 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), making us #2 among U.S. medical schools in total NIH research funding.
- 2,000+ clinical faculty represent 78 specialties and provide patient care at 130 clinical sites through WashU Medicine physicians.
- Nearly all of our medical students contribute to a scholarly project while working on their MD.
- The Washington University Medical Campus generated an annual economic impact of $8.7 billion for the St. Louis region in fiscal year 2023.
- The Graduate Medical Education Consortium operates more than 100 accredited training programs and approximately 60 additional subspecialty fellowship programs.
Our scientists have pushed their fields to new discoveries, including developments in genomics and genetic testing, personalized medicine, cancer, heart disease, imaging, neuroscience, organ transplants and more.