Having a robust emergency savings fund could help people weather financial shocks, such as job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.
WashU Medicine scientists lead two large, multicenter programs to develop vaccines and antibody-based therapies for understudied viruses with pandemic potential. The programs are supported by two grants from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) totaling more than $30 million a year for three years.
The following is a list of Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts who can discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.For assistance, contact Sara Savat at 314-935-9615 or [email protected] Butler, professor of political science, Arts & Sciencesdaniel.
Opeolu Adeoye, MD a professor of emergency medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led a national clinical trial that found that two anti-coagulant medications are ineffective at improving post-treatment outcomes for stroke patients.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are first to quantify the effect of dark brown carbon on snow melt.
WashU Medicine researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from injuries, demonstrating potential for developing the therapy for people.
Andy Groves, PhD, a leading researcher in the development of the inner ear, will head the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis beginning in April.
Biologists find new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes.
A collaborative investigation among WashU Medicine experts in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) finds evidence that MS patients are less likely to have amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, than adults without MS.
A powerhouse collaboration of universities and industry, led by Washington University in St. Louis, is embarking on a bold plan to transform manufacturing toward zero or negative emissions by converting carbon dioxide ultimately into environmentally friendly chemicals and products that create a circular economy.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describe the dramatic changes within nerve cells that make regeneration possible. Such findings could inspire the development of new therapies for spinal cord injuries in people.
Microscopy engineers at Washington University in St. Louis model how molecules move to enhance understanding of nanoscale biological systems.
“Envy of the world” or a disgrace? John Horn, an economist at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses the state of the U.S. economy, President Joe Biden’s economic legacy and what to expect from a future Harris or Trump presidency.
Wash U researchers from multiple disciplines team up to study how human behavior changes when training AI
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis study the role of serotonin in altering odor driven behavioral and neural responses in locusts.
Immunobiologists Robert Schreiber, PhD, and Hussein Sultan, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found that a subset of immune cells that normally puts the brakes on the immune system to prevent it from attacking the body’s healthy cells inadvertently also dampens cancer immunotherapy.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a compound that is effective against common bacteria that can lead to rare, dangerous illnesses.
Clarissa Rile Hayward, a professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on social movements, said that Michael Brown’s death forced law enforcement agencies around the country to grapple with the racism within their departments and led to an uptick in activism and political engagement.
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