Category: Research
Study Reveals Vaccination Response to Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the Veterans Healthcare Administration
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH Outbreaks of hepatitis A, a highly contagious viral infection involving the liver, have been on the rise since 2016. What initially began as outbreaks in a handful of states has since led to ongoing or recent hepatitis A outbreaks in 33 states across the country. Patients under the care of the Veterans Health Administration have been one of the hardest-hit gr … Read more
Weber Publishes Fiftieth Paper about Coronaviruses and COVID-19
David Weber, MD, MPH COVID-19, a communicable disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a relatively new pandemic in the public鈥檚 eye, but it is only one of the many infectious diseases that epidemiologists like David J. Weber, MD, MPH, are continually facing. 鈥淚 was at 黑料网 for the onset of the HIV pandemic, 2001 anthrax biothreat, 200 … Read more
Tessa Andermann Receives Pilot Award from the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Research
Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases, has received a pilot award from the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGBD) for the study 鈥淚nvestigating the role of secondary bile acid derivatives in Th17-mediated disease: A pilot study of multiple myeloma and treatment response.” Dr. Andermann presente … Read more
Using Telehealth to Regularly Report Symptoms Improved Overall Well-being for Patients with Advanced Cancer
Ethan Basch, MD People with advanced cancer who communicated their symptoms weekly using an electronic survey had about a one-third better physical function and over a 15% better control of their symptoms compared to those who were evaluated less frequently via in-person clinical visits, according to findings from a multi-state study conducted at 52 community cancer clinics. The … Read more
Dr. Hanna Sanoff Writes Editorial about Rectal Cancer Study
Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH A paper published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine. For the small study, all 18 patients were given dostarlimab, a checkpoint inhibitor. The results were astounding. Every patient’s cancer disappeared, undetectable by physical examination, endoscopy, PET scans, or M.R.I. scans. Dr. Hanna K. Sanoff, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in … Read more
黑料网 Geriatrics Represented at the 2022 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. John Batsis, Dr. Max Hockenberry, Dr. Hillary Spangler, Dr. Brianna Harder, Dr. Tiffany Long, Dr. Sarah Stoneking, 黑料网 Geriatrics Chief Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead, and Dr. David Lynch. The聽American Geriatric Society聽held its 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, FL, May 12-14, 2022. Composed of the聽Division of Geriatric Medicine聽and the聽Center for Aging and Health, 黑料网 Geri … Read more
Rutstein Appointed to HIGH IRI Training Program
Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD, a physician scientist and senior clinical fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, has been accepted to the HIV Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI) through the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Loui … Read more
Two Cardiology Clinical Trials Selected for a Top Research Site Award
黑料网 Health Care has been selected for a 2022 Top Research Site Award by the Heart Failure Collaboratory (HFC) and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) for outstanding performance on two clinical trials: PARAGLIDE-HF, and LY3461767 in Participants With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. The vision of the Heart Failure Society of America is to signi … Read more
From Observing Patients to Artwork: Medical Humanities Program seeks to Improve Clinical Observation in Internal Medicine Residents
(From left to right) Grace Prince, MD, Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD, and Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, FACP, presenting an abstract of their medical humanities work at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in 2019. Each morning, Internal Medicine residents take their seats for Morning Report, a case-based resident-led discussion in which Internal Medicine residents share p … Read more
Department of Medicine Faculty Featured in School of Medicine 2021 Annual Research Report
As we all desperately await a way to treat COVID-19, beyond prevention, the following publication has metrics that are incredible (following February publication, by December 2021 it had been accessed >107K times with a >1700 Altimetric).
Research Highlights: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Examining the role of dietary fatty acids – Eric Klett, MD Not only does actin (green) form the structuring scaffold of the cell, it provides a road on which insulin granules travel to be released. Dr. Eric Klett is a physician-scientist whose research interest is in the role of dietary fatty acids, specifically polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and their effects on the develo … Read more