Jessica Hatch joined the Department of Neurology in 2025 as the director of Education and Business Administration. She has been at WashU since 2011 and was most recently assistant dean and director of Doctoral Programs at Olin Business School. She is passionate about the transformative power of higher education for individuals and the community. In […]
24 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) on November 16, 2025, at a ceremonial dinner during the 2025 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. New Fellows are elected annually to the College by active members of ACMI.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), also known as Motor Neuron Disease, is a devastating condition that gradually reduces a patient’s ability to move, speak, and ultimately breathe. Among the various forms of ALS, about 2% of cases are linked to a mutation in a gene called SOD1. For years, there has been no effective treatment […]
September 15, 2025 (Washington, DC)—The Kissick Family Foundation, in partnership with the Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC), today announced that the Kissick Family Foundation Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) Grant Program has awarded four two-year grants to basic and early-stage translational research teams to advance scientific understanding of the neurodegenerative disorder. These philanthropic grants total […]
This designation recognizes Miranda Orr, PhD, associate professor of Neurology, and her team as global leaders in spatial biology, providing access to pre-commercial technologies and close partnership with Bruker Spatial Biology to advance the next generation of discovery.
Pain and sleep disturbances often go hand in hand — more than 30% of the U.S. population lives with pain, and a majority of those with pain also report sleep disorders — but the relationship between the two has remained largely unexplored.
Blocking a chemical messenger in the brain that helps tumor cells multiply could offer new route to treatment
Tasha Renner-Chavez began working at Washington University in 2011 in the Department of Psychiatry as a medical records clerk. Over the years, she advanced to become the lead scheduler and credentialing assistant. When she discovered credentialing, she knew it was the right fit and eventually joined the Department of Neurology in January 2023. Moving to […]
You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in real time, the brain activity of a graduate student named Nick, who is having an afternoon nap inside an imaging […]
As of Sept. 1, 2025, Christopher Smyser, MD, will be the next division director of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology at WashU Medicine Neurology. He succeeds Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD, who has served as division director of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology since 2018. Smyser began his training at the University of Iowa, earning his undergraduate degree […]