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November 2009
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Art show features family members of WUSM ophthalmologist
Nov. 10,
2009 -- An art show starting Nov. 20, 2009 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium features two painters who are mother and daughter. The artists, Leona Kremen and her daughter Paula Smith, trained at the Maryland Institute of Art and studied with prominent Baltimore modernist Herman Maril.
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October 2009
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Hope Center explores the common threads among neurological disorders
Oct. 22,
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| Robert Willson, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with neurologist Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, at the Center for Advanced Medicine. |
The Hope Center for Neurological Disorders helps ensure forward motion through groundbreaking research and treatments. Physician-scientists are studying the similarities among neurological disorders to speed the application of basic research to treatment.
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St. Louis Movie Premier: Sons of Lwala
Oct. 20,
2009 --
Join Milton Ochieng, a medical resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine, and his brother Fred, a medical student at Vanderbilt, at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Tues., Nov. 3, for the St. Louis premier of Sons of Lwala. The documentary film details how the Ochieng brothers built a legacy to their father—the first medical clinic in Lwala, Kenya.
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Seasonal flu vaccines still available at WUSM
Oct. 13,
2009 -- The 2009 seasonal flu vaccination program for School of Medicine employees has been a tremendous success. Given the high and early participation rate by WUSM faculty and staff, the originally published flu vaccination schedule has been shortened. If you have already received your free flu shot, thank you! If not, please protect yourself, your family, co-workers and patients by taking advantage of remaining vaccination offerings.
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Free, confidential HIV testing at WU's Infectious Diseases Clinic
Oct. 12,
2009 -- The School of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Clinic offers free, confidential HIV testing Monday through Friday. No appointment is necessary. Individuals will receive a rapid HIV test using a finger-prick blood sample, with results available 20 minutes after testing. Testing is offered Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 - 3 p.m., and on Friday from 9 - 11 a.m. The clinic is located at 4570 Children's Place, on the medical school campus.
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Health Happening wellness fair to be held Oct. 28
Oct. 12,
2009 -- School of Medicine employees will have a chance to test their fitness and learn about smoking cessation at the Health Happening wellness fair Oct. 28 from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
The fall Health Happening event, "Form, Fitness and Function," is sponsored by the University's Wellness Council.
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SciFest brings world-class scientists to St. Louis
Oct. 1,
2009 -- The St. Louis Science Center's SciFest 09 brings together world-renowned scientists
and experts - including those from Washington University - to help participants see science in a new way. There are hundreds of science experiences, including presentations and hands-on exhibits.
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September 2009
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Applications available for Bear Cub Fund grants
Sept. 30,
2009 -- The University's Bear Cub Fund is soliciting grant applications from University researchers who want to move inventions from their laboratories toward commercialization. The fund supports innovative translational research not normally backed by federal grants. Any WUSTL faculty member, postdoctoral fellow, graduate student or employee may apply.
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StoryCorps captures stories from cancer survivors and their children
Sept. 28,
2009 --
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| Cancer survivor Kathy Ferrara and daughter Natalie continue their dialogue after participating in StoryCorps, a national oral history and research project. |
Cancer is a difficult diagnosis to acknowledge — especially what a parent with can-cer must explain. A StoryCorps project captures the emotional stories of survivors and may help others to say what must be said.
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Washington University surgeon is also inventor
Sept. 25,
2009 --
Richard Chole, a surgeon and chairman of otolaryngology, is also an inventor whose garage creations include a wristband warning system to prevent wrong-site surgeries and a surgical device that allows less invasive surgery on pituitary tumors.
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BJC Institute of Health to open in December
Sept. 23,
2009 --
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| The finishing touches are being made to the exterior of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University. |
The $235 million BJC Institute of Health will be the hub for Washington University's BioMed 21 initiative to speed scientific discovery and rapidly apply breakthroughs to patient care.
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Marfan clinic is largest in Midwest
Sept. 17,
2009 -- Marfan syndrome is almost as common as cystic fibrosis or muscular dystrophy, but doctors sometimes miss its signature traits that include unusual height, long, spindly arms, legs and fingers, a sunken chest and loose jointedness. To improve diagnosis, physicians at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Marfan Clinic, which has quickly become the largest multidisciplinary in the Midwest for Marfans and related syndromes.
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The celebrated deanship of M. Kenton King, MD
Sept. 14,
2009 --
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| A quiet leader: M. Kenton King says that he "just wanted to do a good job." |
M. Kenton King's 25-year tenure as dean of Washington University School of Medicine stands as a hallmark in academic medicine. And his influential tenure is still being honored.
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July 2009
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New paging system coming to Medical Center
July 27,
2009 -- A 10 million-square-foot cellular network will be built on the Washington University Medical Center campus this year as part of a new paging system. Sprint and TFC, the joint School of Medicine- and BJC HealthCare-operated company that supports telecommunications services, will build the network, estimated to be complete in early 2010.
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Motion analysis helps soccer players get their kicks
July 10,
2009 --
A video-based motion analysis study has uncovered significant differences in how males and females go about kicking a soccer ball -- differences that may help explain why women are more susceptible to a common knee injury, suggests a sports medicine researcher at Washington University.
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Exterior is nearly complete on the BJC Institute of Health
July 9,
2009 --
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| The 11-story, 700,000 square-foot BJC Institute of Health at Washington University |
The exterior of the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University is almost a wrap. The building is enclosed in 24,000 square-feet of insulated metal panels, 20,800 square-feet of brick, 99,000 square-feet of limestone panels and 75,000 square-feet of glass. The focus now continues inward as crews prepare the building for a December 2009 opening.
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Edward and Joshua Geltman: A Photographic Journey
July 8,
2009 -- A photo exhibit at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center this summer just goes to show that some things run in a family. The father-son photography duo of Edward and Josh Geltman will be on display beginning at 5:30 p.m. July 24 in the hearth area of the FLTC. The show runs until September 20.
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Technology connects people's thoughts to machines
July 8,
2009 --
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| St. Louis Post-Dispatch image |
It sounds like something from a science fiction movie: Sensors are surgically inserted in the brain to understand what you're thinking. Machines that can speak, move or process information — based on the fleeting thoughts in a person's imagination. But it's not completely fictional. Researchers at Washington University have developed ways of tying humans and computers together.
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August 2009
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Skin's defense system may be link between childhood eczema and asthma
Aug. 27,
2009 --
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| Learning the language of cellular signaling: Mitsuru Morimoto, PhD, Shadmehr Demehri, PhD, and Raphael Kopan, PhD. |
Why do children with eczema so often get asthma? Experts in cellular signaling discovered how skin cells in danger might sound a body-wide alert. But lung cells in turn make an unfortunate response.
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Weekly farmer's market at the School of Medicine
Aug. 5,
2009 --
Buy fresh fruits and vegetables from area growers right on the School of Medicine campus. A farmer's market will be held weekly beginning Thursday, Aug. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the fountain plaza outside of the Barnes & Noble bookstore.
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