Name and Characteristics of National Institutes of Health R01-Funded Pediatric Physician-Scientists
Hope and Challenges for the Vanishing Pediatric Physician-Scientists Physician-scientists in general, and pediatric physician-scientists in particular, are vanishing.1– 3 Rates of National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards to pediatric departments have declined from 23.8% to 16.8% during the past 10 years.4 Being granted an NIH independent investigator award (R01) is not only a …
Pediatric physician-scientists struggle for funding
Potential implications for research discoveries by Kristina Sauerwein • January 16, 2018 For young physician-scientists, obtaining research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can be a springboard to significant contributions to medicine and further professional opportunities. A lack of funding, meanwhile, can stall possible discoveries and short-circuit the careers of young …
Formula made with cow’s milk does not increase diabetes risk
Study examined children predisposed to the disease by Kristina Sauerwein • January 2, 2018 A 15-year global study of children genetically predisposed to developing Type 1 diabetes found that drinking formula made with cow’s milk did not increase such children’s risk for developing the disease. The findings provide a long-awaited answer to the …
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation visits The SPOT
Pop star’s organization highlights support the center offers Representatives from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation stopped by The SPOT in the Central West End on Thursday, Nov. 16, to celebrate and promote youth empowerment and the importance of positive environments. The foundation is visiting and bringing gifts to selected …
Malaria breath test shows promise
People with malaria give off a distinctive “breath-print” that could be used as a test for the disease, according to American scientists. They had already tried out a crude prototype breathalyser in Africa, a tropical medicine conference heard. The test was reasonably good at detecting cases in children, but needs …
Noticing the warning signs of opioid abuse
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Local experts report opioid abuse is having a serious impact on our city’s kids. It’s affecting not just the users, but their families; and the youngest victims are oftentimes the children of addicts. Dr. Jamie Kondis, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Washington University and St. Louis Children’s …
Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections
The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated staph infections. Such infections often occur on the skin and look like a pus-filled bug bite. Now, research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that prescribing …
Holtz Honored with Doris Duke Clinical Foundation Award
Lori R. Holtz, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics was one of 17 junior physician scientists awarded The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $495,000 each over three years. Dr. Holtz’s project is Transmission and development of the human infant virome. Selected from a highly …
Faculty News
Pediatrics names executive vice chair, three vice chairs The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has named a distinguished pediatrician the department’s executive vice chair and three others as vice chairs. The positions are new. The department’s head, Gary A. Silverman, MD, PhD, the Harriet B. Spoehrer …