WashU Medicine Neurology is proud to announce four members of our department have been honored with 2026 Distinguished Service Teaching Awards. Medical students present the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards to faculty and house staff in appreciation for exemplary service in medical student education. All selected teaching faculty and staff will be formally recognized by medical […]
Salim Chahin, MD, an associate professor of neurology, and Ram K. Rohatgi, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of radiology, have been named the 2026-28 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at WashU Medicine.
Dallas Pierson has been dedicated to healthcare since the age of 14, developing a strong foundation rooted in compassion, discipline and service to others. Growing up in the field shaped Pierson’s work ethic early on and instilled a deep respect for responsibility, teamwork and continuous learning. Caring for others isn’t just what Pierson does – […]
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 […]
Older adults who experienced at least one fall exhibited a faster decline in cognitive skills over the following decade than those who hadn’t fallen, according to a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Public Health in St. Louis. The study also revealed that falls are a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease on […]
Scientists showed in a new study published Thursday that they could use blood draws to build a “clock” for Alzheimer’s disease that could roughly predict whensymptoms will develop, findings that could eventually transform how the illness is diagnosed and treated.
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) today announced Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will receive the 2026 Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Drug Development. Dr. Bateman will be honored for his groundbreaking leadership in Alzheimer’s diagnostics and […]
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a method to predict when someone is likely to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease using a single blood test. In a new study published Feb. 19 in Nature Medicine, the researchers demonstrated that their models predicted the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms within a […]
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 […]
A single blood test may be able to predict when a person will develop Alzheimer’s symptoms—years before memory loss begins—according to new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. According to the researchers, their concept could estimate the age of onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms to within three to four years—an ability that could transform both […]