General Medical Sciences

The Division of General Medical Sciences of the Department of Medicine offers advanced fellowship training to general internists or specialists who seek to prepare themselves for a career in academic medicine. The training program is focused primarily on the development of clinical and health services research skills. Successful graduates of the program will be attractive candidates for appointment as junior faculty (assistant professor or the equivalent) at major academic centers.

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Algorithm finds the network - for genes or the Internet Math tool finds genetic communities that lead to disease March 12, 2008 -- Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. Weixiong Zhang, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of computer science and engineering and of genetics, along with his Ph.D. student, Jianhua Ruan, has published an algorithm (a recipe of computer instructions) to automatically discover communities and their subtle structures in various networks.

Personalized medicine Genetic information makes it safer to prescribe common blood thinner Aug. 30, 2007 -- Doctors prescribing blood thinners have had to go through a lengthy trial-and-error process to arrive at the optimal dose for their patients. But now the process can be faster and safer, thanks to research conducted at the School of Medicine. Researchers, along with colleagues at Saint Louis University and St. Louis College of Pharmacy, have developed an improved dosing formula for the widely prescribed anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin®) that takes into account variations in two key genes

Dean presents update to School of Medicine Shapiro to give Dean's Update Nov. 2, 2006 -- Dean Shapiro plans to give updates on the School of Medicine's key initiatives, including the tobacco-free initiative, addressing pandemic flu, and the New Interstate 64 project.

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Considering an enzyme supplement? Los Angeles Times April 2, 2007 -- An expert responds to a reader's question about the benefits of Vitalzym, as a treatment for arthritis. We are told that the supplement cleans the blood, boosts the immune system and eases the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. Some alternative health websites also claim that enzymes in Vitalzym and similar products help fight cancer. Some doctors are skeptical. WUSTL rheumatologist Richard Brasington comments.

Gulf War study shows veterans prone to certain illnesses Associated Press State & Local Wire, ScienceBlog.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and 16 others June 9, 2005 -- AP story on research led by WUSTL psychiatry and medicine professor Seth Eisen that compared the health of veterans who were deployed to the Persian Gulf region and veterans who served elsewhere. The study found that Gulf War veterans are more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome. The study, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, appears in the June 7 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.