We are thrilled to have so many alumni and program leaders from the WashU Medicine Clinical Research Training Center featured in the 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® roster, recently shared by the WashU Medicine Department of Medicine. This distinction highlights their superior standards in healthcare delivery. Cardiovascular Diseases Joshua Mitchell, MD, MSCI, FACC, FICOSMTPCI alum […]
The Advanced Summer Program for Investigation and Research Education (ASPIRE) spans just eight weeks, and for the 2026 ASPIRE students, the summer program has already come to an end. In that short time, however, this exceptional group of researchers developed new skills, deepened their passion for medical research, and made a lasting impact. This year’s […]
After 240 hours of classroom learning and 2,000 hours of hands-on experience, our second cohort of Clinical Research Professional (CRP) Apprentices has successfully completed the program! A huge congratulations to this year’s graduates: Harmon Kreuger and Mounia El Kalai. We would also like to acknowledge the dedication of WashU Medicine departments and centers that make […]
TL1 trainee Amanda Gilbert, PhD identified approaches for forming and strengthening community-based partnerships that support the successful integration of home visiting health programs aimed at preventing chronic disease in mothers.
KL2 Scholar Nicholas Szoko, MD, PhD collaborated with young people and community partners to cultivate safety among youth through empowerment, social connection, and community support.
MTPCI scholar Jessica Williams, MD demonstrated how a medical training gap exists for understanding how hearing loss shapes psychiatric care. She then proposed a curriculum that enhanced medical trainees’ knowledge, preparedness, and attitudes toward Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHOH) patient care.
TL1 Trainee Moses Chung shared the potential to conduct more accurate risk assessments and scalable decision support through a prognosis model examining the patient history of people with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC).
TL1 trainee Christopher Noda, MD evaluated how physician treatment recommendations influenced caregivers’ decisions, with positive responses highlighting the importance of shared decision making and health education resources.
WashU Public Health’s Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) team — led by Anna La Manna, MSW, MPH, the manager for research translation at the school’s Center for Public Health Systems Science — has been named a winner of the Translational Science Education and Training Challenge by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
For years our trainees have devoted their efforts to learning fundamentals of medicine and diving deeper into their research interests. However, translational science isn’t just about conducting research; it’s about moving projects into actionable phases. This step requires something often overlooked: effective communication. In today’s society, there’s a noticeable shift towards valuing voices that are […]