With an increasingly aging global population and no available preventative treatments, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are poised to become an even larger public health challenge. The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease are difficult to study because the disease has a long developmental period during which changes in the brain can occur years before symptoms appear. […]
On April 8, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recognized investigators who received their first R01 research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Receiving an R01 grant is an important milestone for scientists who are establishing their careers as independent researchers. Bhooma R. Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil, FAAN, FCNS, assistant professor of […]
Eleven members of the Department of Neurology have been selected as 2026 award recipients by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in recognition of their accomplishments in education, research, or service. The AAN is the world’s largest professional organization in the fields of neurology and neurosciences and publishes several high-impact journals including the flagship journal […]
David A. Carpenter, MD, and Robert C. Bucelli, MD, PhD, will join the select group of physicians who have received the Dr. Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence. The award is administered by the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association in honor of the late Dr. Neville Grant, who passed away in 2009. The Neville Grant […]
A new case report published by David B. Clifford, MD, and colleagues detailed the anti-amyloid therapy treatment course of a patient who developed Alzheimer’s disease concurrently with a pre-existing HIV diagnosis. The patient, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2005, began showing signs of cognitive decline in 2015 and received a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s […]
Acute provoked neonatal seizures (also known as acute symptomatic neonatal seizures) can occur in newborns whose brains are injured by a range of causes from stroke and bleeding in the brain to central nervous system infections. While the seizures themselves are scary enough for the families, the story continues after the neonates are treated for […]
Nico U. F. Dosenbach, MD, PhD, was installed as the inaugural David M. and Tracy S. Holtzman Professor of Neurology on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The ceremony included remarks from David H. Perlmutter, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and the George and Carol Bauer Dean of Washington University School of Medicine in St. […]
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, head of the WashU Medicine Department of Neurology, and Eric Leuthardt, MD, MBA, vice chair of innovation in the Department of Neurosurgery, have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Falk Catalyst Award. Each year, select institutions are invited to submit up to two applications to the Dr. Ralph and Marian […]
Aaron Struck, MD, joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on July 1, 2025, as associate professor of neurology and head of the adult epilepsy section. His clinical and research interests include surgical treatment of idiopathic generalized epilepsy, EEG and neuroimaging, molecular imaging and data science. Struck came to WashU […]
“I really love maps. I’m not good at art, but as a kid, I would draw medieval maps and those kinds of things.” Now an adult, Nico U. Dosenbach, MD, PhD, still draws maps, but of the human brain. Dosenbach is a professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, in […]