Centene, Washington University partner to advance personalized-medicine research
Centene will fund up to $100M over 10 years in research at Washington University School of Medicine.
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Medical School faculty named to National Academy of Inventors
Two faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Two faculty members named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Gordon, Rudy will be inducted at the Eighth NAI Annual Meeting in April 2019.
The Trailblazer: Nancy Tye-Murray
Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD, is the first female faculty member at WashU to found a startup. Her company, clEAR, helps people with hearing loss to better recognize and understand speech through training that uses their loved ones’ voices.
The Researchers: Battling deadly TB
Christina Stallings, PhD, Shabaana Abdul Khader, PhD, and Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD, are on the front lines of the battle to stop the world’s deadliest bacteria. Between them, they hold eight patents related to TB research.
The Fighter: Audrey Odom John
Audrey Odom John, MD, PhD, is on a mission to fight the spread of infectious diseases like malaria through better, faster, more nimble diagnostic tools.
The Innovator: Jen Silva
An entrepreneur with heart: WashU physician Jen Silva, MD, has co-founded a startup that is developing technology to enable doctors to see real-time 3D holograms of the heart during cardiac procedures.
In the News: WashU researchers-turned-entrepreneurs Jon and Jen Silva
Drs. Jon and Jennifer Silva are the founders of SentiAR.
Q BioMed Inc., Washington University partner to optimize glaucoma diagnostics
Washington University School of Medicine and Q BioMed Inc. are working to develop earlier-detection glaucoma tests.