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Approximately one million Americans are afflicted with AIDS. While treatments have progressed, there still is no cure. AIDS, however, is only one of many infectious diseases that affect the quality of life for millions of Americans every day.
Exceptional faculty and resources allow the Washington University Infectious Diseases Division to achieve both important research findings and high-quality patient care. The division provides special programs that address AIDS/HIV and STDs, among other topics.
For more information regarding infectious diseases or AIDS/HIV, read through the stories and experts listed below.
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| Juan Peña Assistant professor (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/838.html) Juan Peña's research interests include suicide prevention, HIV prevention, adolescence, Latinos, and acculturation. Expertise: Suicide prevention, HIV prevention, adolescence, Latinos, acculturation Direct contact: 314-935-9636 / jpena@wustl.edu |
| Stanford Peng Assistant professor of internal medicine (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/709.html) Peng is working to uncover the molecular and genetic underpinnings of autoimmune conditions such as lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and some forms of arthritis. His lab was the first to find firm experimental evidence supporting a radical new theory for what immune cells are like when they're not ... Expertise: lupus, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, T cell, B cell, immunology, autoimmunity Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu |
| David Clifford Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/704.html) Clifford, who is director of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is a leading expert on the neurological complications of AIDS and their treatment and management. He has also participated in studies of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Clifford is involved ... Expertise: Neuropharmacology, HIV, AIDS, AIDS-related dementia, peripheral neuropathy, leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, … Media assistance: (314) 286-0126 / pattoner@wustl.edu |
| Wendy Auslander Professor of Social Work (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/51.html) The focus of Wendy Auslander's work is health care/health behaviors, evaluation of interventions, AIDS prevention among teenagers, minority health and health promotion, family functioning, and chronic illness. Expertise: AIDS prevention, community health, diabetes, evaluation of interventions, family, health behaviors, health care Media assistance: (314) 935-5251 / jessica_martin@wustl.edu |
| Shanti A. Parikh Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/127.html) Parikh's research focuses on local responses to national and global development interventions, particularly issues surrounding sexuality, sexual and reproductive health, and gender relations. Using ethnographic and historical methods and critical theory, her current research in eastern Uganda traces ... Expertise: East Africa, HIV/AIDS, eastern Uganda, globalization, sexuality, gender relations, social change, … Direct contact: (314) 935-7769 / sparikh@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| The more the merrier Study: Bird diversity lessens human exposure to West Nile Virus (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12612.html) Oct. 6, 2008 --
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| Study links superbug to low-income, crowded households Area kids carry drug-resistant germ (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12217.html) Aug. 26, 2008 -- A drug-resistant germ was found in children tested in the St. Louis metropolitan area by researchers at the School of Medicine. Demographic analyses showed that children carrying the superbug were associated with a low socioeconomic status, defined as enrollment in Medicaid and living in crowded households. |
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| Mold, mosquitoes follow flood Flooded areas are now faced with a second wallop of mold, mosquitoes (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12058.html) July 21, 2008 -- The waters are receding, but the consequences of flooding in surrounding areas are only beginning to surface. These consequences are not just in physical and financial damage, but major indoor and outdoor health threats to children and their families, including disease-carrying mosquitoes and allergy-irritating mold. |
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| Coated ventilator tubes cut pneumonia threat
MSNBC and 6 others Aug. 20, 2008 -- Ventilator tubes treated with silver to reduce infections cut the risk of pneumonia in gravely ill patients by 36 percent compared with similar, untreated tubes, according to a WUSTL study published in JAMA. WUSTL pulmonary specialist Marin Kollef and colleagues conducted the study. |
| Study: Failed Genzyme drug may fight West Nile
Boston Globe and 1 others Aug. 5, 2008 -- A failed AIDS drug helped fight West Nile virus in mice, suggesting it might also work in humans against the brain-infecting malady for which there's no vaccine or cure, a WUSTL study showed. The study led by WUSTL infectious diseases professor Robyn Klein was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
| Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection
The Times (London) Jan. 29, 2008 -- News item on WUSTL medical research -- Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection at the surgical site if they are given a prosthetic implant instead of their own tissue. The study appeared in the January issue of Archives of Surgery. |
| Study Says Implants Double Risk of Infection After Breast Reconstructive Surgery
The New York Times and 27 others Jan. 22, 2008 -- More than one in 20 patients undergoing breast surgery later developed infections at incision sites, according to a new study, a complication that was more common than thought. Study co-authors WUSTL infectious diseases professor Margaret Olsen and WUSTL plastic and reconstructive surgery professor Keith Brandt comment. |
| Plant-like protein underpins common parasites' ability to infect
DailyIndia.com (FL) and 7 others Jan. 10, 2008 -- WUSTL researchers led by WUSTL molecular microbiology professor David Sibley have revealed that Toxoplasma gondii, a common human parasite, uses a plant-like protein for signalling when to increase its numbers and when to be dormant. T. gondii is found in one in every four humans causing serious disease in patients with weakened immune systems. |
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