Collegiality, collaboration, community and wellness are core values of our department, woven into everything we do. Whether you’re a faculty or staff member or trainee — no matter your background — you’ll be part of a broad community willing and able to help you achieve your goals.
Collaboration
Collaboration across disciplines is easy here, and investigators routinely help each other out. It’s a fantastic environment for research.
Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Research
David Clayson Professor of Neurology
At WashU Medicine, collaboration is the norm, universitywide. Researchers and clinicians see each other as helpful colleagues, not competitors. Investigators routinely assemble multidisciplinary teams of experts from across the school and the university, focused on a shared research interest or a major clinical challenge. Bringing the best minds together supercharges the discovery process, making research easier, more impactful and more rewarding.
Collegiality
“Midwest nice” is a stereotype, but it’s also true: Our department, our university and our city provide a welcoming, friendly environment in which to work and learn. Faculty and trainees forge strong relationships, working together collegially with an attitude of mutual support and respect. The familial vibe often extends into after-hours socializing.
Mentorship
No matter what you want to do, you will have a strong mentor.
Mwiza Ushe, MD
Vice Chair for Culture & Wellness
Professor of Neurology
Strong mentorship is baked into our culture. No matter where you are in your career, and whatever your interests, you’ll get the guidance you need to find your niche and succeed.
To foster successful mentorship, the department puts forward faculty who are naturally strong mentors and provides training for those who want to develop mentorship skills.
Trainees and faculty at all levels draw support from the breadth and depth of our neuroscience community. Guidance is readily available from leading faculty in every area of medicine — about research methodology, ideation, study approaches and techniques, facilities, services, technology and more.
Research environment
WashU offers a staggering breadth and depth of expertise across biomedicine and excels in multidisciplinary collaboration.
Clinical environment
A large, diverse patient population and comprehensive strengths make WashU an enriching place to practice medicine.
Wellness commitment
The department is committed to promoting workplace wellness, enhancing teaching, research, and clinical care, fostering community engagement, improving recruitment and retention, and supporting career development and mentorship.