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Imagine a world where Alzheimer’s no longer robs families of their loved ones. Where cancer is stopped cold. Where cardiovascular diseases are a distant memory. This is the world WashU Medicine researchers work tirelessly towards, and this relentless pursuit drives our most crucial clinical trials. WashU Medicine is leading the way at the intersection of […]

Research focuses on a better understanding of learning and prediction. Cheng Huang, PhD, has won a Whitehall Foundation grant to study the neural mechanisms of prediction using Drosophila (fruit flies) as a powerful model to understand analogous processes in the human brain. “Receiving this Whitehall Foundation grant is an incredible privilege and an exciting opportunity for our new lab,” said Huang, an […]

MIND Prize funds research into neurodegenerative diseases Elizabeth Pollina, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize funds research by early- to mid-career investigators who are making innovative […]

Dr. John Krais was awarded the 2025 Early Career Investigator Grant John Krais, PhD is an assistant professor at WashU Medicine and is a member of the Center for Genome Integrity at Siteman Cancer Center. Dr. Krais is testing a gene found in many tumors and how it may help cancer cells survive, with the […]

Marco Pignatelli, MD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year $6.5 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to unravel little-known brain functions involved in depression. His project focuses on understanding the neurobiology underlying chronic anergia, the debilitating loss of energy and enthusiasm that affects 90% of people with depression.

When you seek medical care, you expect a diagnosis. You may need to answer a lot of questions and undergo tests, but usually doctors can figure out the root of the problem. This is not the case for a surprisingly large group of patients. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 25 million to […]

Three years ago, a routine blood test showed that David B. Duggan, MD, had a high white-blood-cell count, suggesting an infection or illness of some sort.  “But I felt great,” recalled Duggan, a hematologist in New York. In his late 60s at the time, Duggan was active — he cycled, swam and worked on his […]