Healthier lives

St. Louis-based donors Phil and Gerry Kneisel and Michael Staenberg provide unrestricted support for Siteman Cancer Center’s scientific priorities.

Positions designated for the Bursky School of Public Health’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission will bolster work in agriculture and food systems.

Won Ro Lee and Kyung Ja Shin Lee are advancing teaching and research in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, where their daughter serves as chief.

Spendable fund created by the Nussbaum family is fueling breakthroughs that may lead to novel treatments and better outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.

Funding from parent and entrepreneur Ron Shaich is helping WashU Medicine investigators test potential interventions to treat and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.