The Joseph E. Rechter Breakthrough Frontier Fund
In memory of his sister, Linda, Joseph Rechter establishes an endowed fund for the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine to bolster innovative research into the causes and treatment of mental illness in young people.
The Mitchell and Friends Foundation
Michele and Matt Herndon honor their late son, Mitchell, by building the support community he longed for while coping with an unknown neurodegenerative disorder.
V Foundation Award Given to Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD (Links to an external site)
Bequest from late WashU employee supports COPD research (Links to an external site)
Ruth Bebermeyer’s $1.3 million bequest honors sister and will advance drug discovery and treatment.
Ackerman named a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons fellow (Links to an external site)
Sarah Ackerman, PhD, is one of 13 early-career scientists in the U.S. to receive the 2023 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. She will receive a three-year $300,000 grant to pursue high-risk, cutting-edge research.
Dr. Tony Tsai has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar (Links to an external site)
Tony Tsai, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, has been named a 2023 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
Fueling progress in orthopedic surgery (Links to an external site)
Couple funds first endowed professorship in pediatric orthopedics.
Cultivating tomorrow’s leaders in medicine (Links to an external site)
School of Medicine applications are up and more students now receive scholarship funding