We gratefully acknowledge this year’s award winners.  Congratulations and thank you for your dedication to always strive for excellence in clinical research education!

Dr. William Gillanders, Professor of Surgery and Doris Duke Alumni, was recently profiled in the Washington University News  and in the  WU Outlook  Magazine for his work with breast cancer vaccine research.

Dr. Susy Stark, CRTC Predoctoral Associate Director, studies how to prevent falls in elderly. See full article  highlighting her research in St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

MTPCI scholar Dr. Armin Rashidi who is working with his mentor, Dr. John DiPersio on “Feasiblity study of allogeneic stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma”, was recently highlighted on the BBC. Read article »

Dr. Farooq Rai, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and MSCI scholar received a five year $924,201 Pathway to Independence grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Read more in The Source »

Dr. Mario Castro, Director of the CRTC Office of Training Grants, and the Internal Medicine Office of Faculty Development, recently found an investigational drug can reduce asthma flareups. Read more in The Source »

Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil, current MTPCI scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, is using a novel method of data analysis: social network analysis to explore social aspects of stroke recovery. Read article »

See the CRTC Bi-Annual Alumni Newsletter published December 2014.

A novel program at Washington University School of Medicine, lead by Dr. Jane Garbutt, Director of MTPCI and Co-Director of the KL2 program, suggests that peer trainers who coach parents over the phone on managing their children’s asthma can sharply reduce the number of days the kids experience symptoms. Read more in The Source »

See the CRTC Bi-Annual Alumni Newsletter published July 2014.