Category: Features
Sparking curiosity
For 25 years, an outreach program has shared the wonder — and career prospects — of science with local youth.
Key drivers
Investments in basic science are fundamental to biomedical discovery.
Personalizing medicine
A leadership vision for advancing human health by leveraging core strengths at the School of Medicine.
Resistance is inevitable
Nature can — and will — overcome any antibiotic. Researchers are working to ensure we stay one step ahead.
Learning labs
For most medical students, there’s a major obstacle to doing research: being in medical school.
Not at Washington University.
Movement redefined
By adopting movement science as a central tenet, the Program in Physical Therapy has reshaped its profession.
Harnessing immunity
A $10 million gift establishes Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy
America’s growing problem
Averting the lifelong health risks and spiraling social costs of childhood obesity
Rewiring the body
Severing the brain’s critical link to a peripheral nerve can render an arm useless. Pioneering surgeries reroute neural impulses and redefine hope for paralysis.
Reconditioned … lungs?
They’re among the most difficult transplants. An innovative approach is increasing the options.