Research

Named after the family’s late patriarch, the spendable fund will continue to advance work conducted by WashU Medicine oncologist Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD.

Won Ro Lee, MD, PhD, and Kyung Ja Shin Lee, MD, consider themselves fortunate people, despite having grown up in challenging circumstances. Kyung Ja escaped North Korea as a young child; both she and Won Ro grew up in poverty and lived through the Korean War. Their futures could have been significantly different had they […]

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

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.

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.

The Food and Agriculture Research Mission aims to develop innovative solutions to global challenges in food production, distribution, and access.

Funding from Steinbergs will help advance treatments for acute myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma, two diseases with personal significance for the family.

Russ and Sherry Hornsby’s gift funds the groundbreaking work of cardiologist Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, and his collaborators at the School of Medicine.

Created in 2018, Kim Kuehner’s $15 million endowed fund has helped accelerate School of Medicine investigators’ efforts to understand and treat heart disease.