Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds pilot projects in neurodegeneration, neuroscience (Links to an external site)
Two innovative pilot projects led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to address critical challenges in the fields of neurodegeneration and neuroscience.
Two WashU faculty awarded Sloan Research Fellowships (Links to an external site)
Two early-career Washington University faculty members have been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship: psychologist Zachariah Reagh, in Arts & Sciences, and neuroscientist Gaia Tavoni, at the School of Medicine.
Marks and McCrary receive funding from Gilead to expand blood-borne virus (HIV, HBV, HCV) screenings and linkage to care (Links to an external site)
Laura Marks, MD, Ph.D., and Madeline McCrary, MD, assistant professors of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have received a FOCUS grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. to improve the rates of HIV, HCV, and HBV screenings and linkage to care. In the U.S., the FOCUS Program is a public health initiative that […]
Newly opened Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building dedicated (Links to an external site)
Celebration signals ‘new era for medical science’
Fehniger receives grant for trial of immunotherapy against melanoma (Links to an external site)
Todd A. Fehniger and colleagues Alice Y. Zhou, Ryan C. Fields, and George Ansstas have received $1.5 million from the Rising Tide Foundation for Cancer Research and the Melanoma Research Alliance.
Ashrafi receives Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award (Links to an external site)
Grant to support research on neurodegenerative disorders
The Bonnie and Kerry Preete Cancer Research Fund
A grateful patient and his wife pledge support for research into immunotherapy as a cancer treatment. The outcomes their donation help to advance are beyond their expectations.
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.