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Graham Colditz, MPHS Director has been named to the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative to serve as an adviser. Two researchers at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis — Robert Schreiber, PhD, and Graham Colditz, MD, PhD — have been named as advisers to the National Cancer […]

Patty Cavazos-Rehg (CRTC alumni, mentor, and coursemaster) and Laura Bierut (CRTC mentor) recently published a study in which a survey of more than 216,000 adolescents from all 50 states indicates the number of teens with marijuana-related problems is declining. Similarly, rates of marijuana use by young people are falling. Read more in The Source »

The CRTC is excited to have hosted its 10th Joint Recognition Ceremony. Congratulations to all the 2016 CRTC Graduates! May 19, 2016 the following scholars were recognized for their program completion in of the TL1 Predoctoral Program or MSCI, MPHS, or AHBR degree. The joint recognition ceremony officiated over by Dean David Perlmutter, Dr. Victoria […]

Victoria J. Fraser, MD, CRTC Co-Director, KL2 Director and head of the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has received the Citation of Merit from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. The honor is given to alumni who have performed outstanding work in their fields.

Michael Slade, TL1 Predoctoral Intensive Scholar, was selected as an Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Education and Research Foundation Medical Scholar, along with two other WUSM students. Mike will start working on the project in early June and will be submitting manuscript in September if all goes well. Read Announcement »

Cynthia Rogers, MD, Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry, KL2 and MTPCI alumni, was highlighted in the record for her work linking breast milk to significant early brain growth in preemies. The study was also covered on CBS News. Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, […]

The Annual ACTS Meeting was held April 13-15, 2016 in Washington DC and attended this year by 7 Washington University KL2 scholars, 6 of whom presented posters. This conference was developed to bring together all of the disciplines involved in clinical and translational research, for the shared benefits of networking and education.  The meeting is held […]

April 13th through 15th, twelve TL1 students, descended on Washington, DC for the 2016 Translational Science Conference hosted by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science and the American Federation for Medical Research. All attendees had either an oral or poster presentation or both. Conference events also included a network dinner with students from other […]

Current TL1 Standard student, and MD/PhD candidate, Ravi Chacko is working with a Washington University-based team to launch a stress-management app. Read more in The Source ».