Funding from parent and entrepreneur Ron Shaich is helping WashU Medicine investigators test potential interventions to treat and prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Alleviating global hunger
Support from George and Debra Couch advances efforts led by Jeffrey Gordon to combat childhood malnutrition by producing therapeutic foods that target the gut microbiome.
Donor provides gift for medical research
Investigators at WashU Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center are using funds from Anita Palmer Corbin’s trust to advance novel approaches to treating diabetes and blood cancers.
Pledge to medical school fuels blood cancer research
Funding from Steinbergs will help advance treatments for acute myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma, two diseases with personal significance for the family.
Gratitude inspires support for School of Medicine
Andy and Barbara Taylor’s $50 million gift names the neurosurgery department and will enhance research, patient care, and residency and fellowship training.
Scholarships drive distinction in physical and occupational therapy
Financial support helps draw talented students to the university’s medical school and enables top-tier graduate programs to enhance professional excellence.
St. Louis couple fuel cardiac imaging and cancer nanomedicine research
Russ and Sherry Hornsby’s gift funds the groundbreaking work of cardiologist Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, and his collaborators at the School of Medicine.