Dr. Siyan Cao Named ASCI Young Investigator for 2026

Dr. Siyan Cao Named ASCI Young Investigator for 2026
Stewart (Siyan) Cao is a spectacular physician-scientist and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology.  His PhD training on the unfolded protein response showed that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is important in intestinal homeostasis and mouse models of IBD. Stewart has continued to pioneer projects on cellular stress response in innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in […]

Matthew A. Ciorba, MD – William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine (Links to an external site)

Matthew A. Ciorba, MD – William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine
Colleagues, it is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Matthew A. Ciorba as the William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at WashU Medicine. The Kountz Chair was previously held by Dr. Gus Schoenfeld, Dr. David Alpers and most recently Dr. Deborah Rubin, all exceptional physician scientists. Dr. Ciorba will continue this tradition of […]

$3.2 million grant funds research on computational AI in fistulizing Crohn’s disease (Links to an external site)

$3.2 million grant funds research on computational AI in fistulizing Crohn’s disease
Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, MS, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and David H. Ballard, MD, an assistant professor of radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Satish Viswanath, PhD, an associate professor in pediatrics and in biomedical engineering at Emory […]

WashU Medicine 2025 Academy of Educators Education Day (Links to an external site)

WashU Medicine 2025 Academy of Educators Education Day
The Academy of Educators at WashU Medicine is an institutional collaboration dedicated to fostering a culture of educational excellence and an institutionally valued community of leaders in health science education.  The Academy supports educators’ continued skill development and educational growth through programs, workshops, grants, and awards. “What an inspiring day it was—welcoming new Academy members, honoring our […]

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