Three of our incredibly hard-working nurses here at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Department of Neurology were selected as 2024 Excellence in Nursing Awards finalists — Janette Coble, Natalie Goedeker and Becky Hopfinger! The annual St. Louis Magazine Excellence in Nursing Awards, presented by BJC HealthCare and Goldfarb School of Nursing at […]
Dozens of noted scientists, philanthropists, and university, state and local leaders gathered Thursday, Jan. 18, to celebrate the dedication of one of the world’s largest neuroscience research buildings, a gleaming state-of-the-art facility on the Washington University Medical Campus.
The Washington University School of Medicine celebrated Thursday the opening of its 11-story Neuroscience Research Building, touted as one of the largest neuroscience research buildings in the world, built to match the school’s reputation as the nation’s premier research institution in neurology.
Washington University’s renowned neuroscience research enterprise is built on a bedrock of scientific expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration. Not to be overlooked, however, is the critical role private philanthropy plays in cementing these assets. For decades, visionary benefactors have channeled millions of dollars to the university for brain and nervous system research.
Explore the extensive scope of neuroscience research conducted at WashU Medicine. More than 1,000 researchers on 120 research teams are leveraging their collective expertise to probe the mind, brain and nervous system.
Through the power of science and discovery, WashU Medicine is dedicated to unlocking mysteries of the brain, tackling some of the most intractable problems confronting us today and alleviating human suffering.
The Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) on the Medical Campus houses one of the world’s highest concentrations of neuroscientists — joining together investigators in neurology, psychiatry, anesthesiology, neuroscience, neurosurgery and other areas. With its sleek design, advanced laboratories and collaborative workspaces, the building fosters interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding the brain and nervous system, transforming treatments […]
Inside our heads sits the remarkable human brain, a frontier of biology that still holds many secrets. This incredible organ consists of 86 billion neurons connected by a staggering 100 trillion synapses, numbers so vast that they surpass the number of stars in the Milky Way.
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital has been certified as a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. Thrombectomy is an interventional procedure to treat strokes that’s fast, safe and may get patients back to their lives sooner. By providing thrombectomies to St. Charles County and the greater St. Louis community, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital has the ability to potentially […]
Understanding the brain and nervous system is one of the most pressing challenges in medicine. To meet this challenge, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has built and is opening the Neuroscience Research Building, a 609,000-square-foot facility expected to be among the nation’s premier neuroscience research hubs.