WashU Medicine’s comprehensive strengths
WashU Medicine is among the world’s largest academic medical centers, with extensive research expertise across every area of biomedicine and from basic science through clinical and translational research.
Highlights
- WashU Medicine currently ranks No. 2 nationwide in NIH funding.
- The Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences, administered by Washington University, is a research consortium focused on accelerating clinical and translational research among several regional institutions.
- The BJC Investigators Program is attracting to WashU Medicine some of the most innovative and accomplished basic life scientists in their fields.
- WashU Medicine, BJC HealthCare and the company CuriMeta are partnering to employ real-world patient data sets to inform clinical innovation, with neurodegenerative disease as a major focus.
One of the things that makes WashU Medicine exceptional is the way people work together. That excellence in collaboration is evident throughout the university, across all departments and teams. No matter what question or project comes up, there is usually someone with the right expertise who can help me find an answer, and in my experience, colleagues are always generous and responsive when asked for support.
Kristin Guilliams, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Section Chief, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Medicine
Associate Director, Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
Immense neuroscience community
WashU Medicine is home to one of the world’s largest neuroscience communities, with roughly 170 faculty in the Department of Neurology alone. Faculty and trainees have access to deep expertise from world-renowned faculty across neurology and all related specialties, including neurosurgery, neuroscience, radiology, psychiatry, genetics, genomics and anesthesiology. Given this breadth and depth, trainees have nearly unlimited options for research, and faculty can easily assemble a cadre of effective collaborators.
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Multidisciplinary collaboration is deeply embedded in our culture. In our noncompetitive environment, faculty and trainees seamlessly work across disciplines for maximal success.
Neuroscience at WashU Medicine
Across disciplines and departments, we’re leading advances in discovery, education and care.
30 training programs | 100+ research teams | 1 dedicated building