Loeb Teaching Fellowship Call for Applications Open

The Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows program provides fellows the opportunity to implement ideas that augment the education of medical students and residents. The voluntary clinical faculty of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the clinical and/or investigator-track faculty at Washington University School of Medicine are eligible to apply. Initiated in 2004 with a gift […]

St. Louis Integrated Health Network-led Enhanced CenteringPregnancy Collaborative Receives First Place

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kelly McKay-Gist St. Louis Integrated Health Network Phone: 314-657-1506 Email: kmckay@stlouisihn.org St. Louis Integrated Health Network-led Enhanced CenteringPregnancy Collaborative Receives First Place in Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care National Improvement Challenge on Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities The Council on Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care […]

Health and Behavior Research Center Receives Grant Funding

    Congratulations to the Health and Behavior Research Center in securing a grant to increase training for opioid use disorder in the medical school curriculum. The effort is being led by Sarah Hartz, MD, PhD and David Liss, MD. The project title is: “Implementation of Initiatives in Medical Student and Resident Education for Improved Access to Medication-assisted Treatments for […]

Dr. Cara Cipriano and Kate Gerull Have Received the AMA Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women Research Grant Award

  Dr. Cara Cipriano and 4th year medical student Kate Gerull have received a 2019 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women Research Award from the American Medical Association Foundation. The title of the award winning study is “Gender differences in medical students’ sense of belonging in Orthopedic Surgery: A multi-institution study.” The goal […]

Wong to Receive 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Award

Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil, BSOT, will receive the 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award supported by CARF International. This award is for individuals whose careers reflect an energetic promotion of the spirit of interdisciplinary rehabilitation. Wong will receive the award at the 96th Annual ACRM Conference in Chicago […]

Doctor of Physical Therapy Awards

Congratulations to Jake Raecker of PT20 on being selected as one of two finalists in the 2nd annual physical therapy essay contest, co-sponsored by the ACAPT Consortium for the Humanities, Ethics, and Professionalism (CHEP) and the Journal for Humanities in Rehabilitation (JHR). This writing competition aims to invite deep, critical reflection by physical therapy students. The evaluators […]

AAMC Conference Photos

Photos from the Annual AAMC Learn Serve Lead conference, November 2-6, 2018, Austin, Texas.

Congratulations to Dr. Brecca Gaffney Named 2018 Women in Science Fellowship

Brecca Gaffney, postdoctoral research fellow in the Program in Physical Therapy was announced as a recipient of the 2018 For Women in Science Fellowship, which annually awards five female postdoctoral scientists grants of $60,000 each to advance their research. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the program, which has recognized 75 postdoctoral female scientists […]

Kathy Diemer selected for the 2018 AAMC Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Award

“Please join me in congratulating Dr. Kathy Diemer who has been selected for the 2018 AAMC Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Award! This is a huge honor and I can’t think of anyone who deserves it more. Dean Diemer gives tirelessly to our students as an advisor, advocate, and mentor. She has built incredibly […]

Dr. Baggstrom Accepted into the Inaugural ASCO Education Scholars Program

Maria Q. Baggstrom, M.D., FACP was recently accepted into the inaugural Education Scholars program through the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The Education Scholars program’s aim is to educate ASCO members on a broad scale from students and trainees to oncology medical practitioners in academia and the community. Dr. Maria Q. Baggstrom, Associate Professor for the Department […]