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Dr. Kristina Petersen is joining the Office of Education as the Assistant Dean for Student Success and Access. Dr. Petersen holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Cardiff University and brings with her a wealth of teaching and administrative experience. She has previously served as the Assistant Dean of College Academic Support Programs, Graduate Biochemistry 1 […]

First, I want to say, on behalf of all of our faculty, we are so proud of you. Actually, we are in awe of you because you made it through all of the challenges of Covid. So, what’s next — internship and residency. Yes, I am reminding you that several weeks from now you will […]

Embracing Both/And Thinking: A Journey of Growth and Humility As we gather to celebrate the commencement of our graduating students across the medical school campus, we stand at the threshold of a new beginning. Our graduating students have dedicated countless hours to studying and practicing their craft and have navigated unprecedented challenges – from impacts […]

The Graduate Medical Education office is pleased to announce Dr. Richard Griffey as the new GME Director of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Beginning in July 2024, Dr. Griffey will lead the GME efforts in patient safety and quality improvement curricula and initiatives while helping to ensure the GME Consortium meets ACGME Institutional Requirements. Dr. […]

Washington University School of Medicine (WashU) will serve as a key collaborator in an American Medical Association (AMA) ChangeMedEd Innovation Grant entitled, “Identifying Disparities in Clinical Grading to Promote Equity: A Multi-Institutional Study”. Tai Lockspeiser, MD, MHPE, of the University of Colorado is the Principal Investigator. The aim of this multi-institutional study is to advance […]

Colleen Wallace, MD, has been named Assistant Dean of Student Affairs effective August 2023. Dr. Wallace first came to WashU as a medical student in 1997. Upon graduation, she completed her pediatric residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and promptly transitioned into a successful clinician/educator journey. Along the way, she has served as the Co-Director […]

Tammy Sonn, MD, has been named Associate Dean of Student Affairs effective January 2024. The Associate Dean of Student Affairs is responsible for providing proactive leadership for the delivery of programs and services to support medical students’ academic achievement as well as personal and professional development across the student lifecycle. Dr. Sonn began her career […]

Dear Members of the WashU Community,   There has been much discussion recently surrounding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI that uses algorithms to quickly produce content such as text, images, music, videos, code, or other media through the use of commands or prompts.   The power and functionality of these tools has great potential to be incredibly beneficial across all disciplines and among all organizations. Examples […]

Washington University School of Medicine was well represented at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2023 Central Group on Education Affairs (CGEA) Regional Meeting (Indianapolis, IN, April 18-20, 2023). Congratulations to these authors and their presentations! •    Carrie C. Coughlin, S. Richard Dunham, Meredith Lehman, Lisa Zickuhr, Nicholas L. Griffith, & Janice L. Hanson o    Innovations […]

Dear School of Medicine Community: I am very pleased to announce that Pamela K. Woodard, MD has accepted our offer to become the next Head of the Department of Radiology and Director of the Mallinckrodt Institute for Radiology, starting on July 1. Dr. Woodard is currently the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology at Washington […]