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A clinical trial led by WashU Medicine researchers—including Drs. Avidan and Abraham from the Department of Anesthesiology—found that combining mental health coaching with medication optimization reduced post-surgery anxiety and depression in older adults.
Ream Al-Hasani, PhD, associate professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been elected president-elect of the International Society for Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience (MMiN).
Support from the Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professorship helped Dr. Rob Gereau turn an early research idea into a promising path toward safer, more effective treatments for chronic pain.
WashU Medicine researchers have uncovered new insights into the pharmacology of ketamine that help explain both its rapid benefits and its risks.
Clinical trial supports adding mental health coaching, medication cleanup to routine pre-surgical care.
Jordan McCall, Ream Al-Hasani, and Jose Moron-Concepcion, faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, have received a five-year, $3,414,110 grant from NIDA to investigate how fentanyl use disrupts the brain’s noradrenergic locus coeruleus system and drives relapse.
The 2026 ASSURE Fellowship welcomed six undergraduate students for a 10-week summer research experience, connecting St. Louis-area students with biomedical research and nationally recognized researchers, clinicians, and trainees.
Finding from mouse study could lead to targeted treatments for chronic nerve pain.
Mouse study finds changes to DNA packaging form molecular memory of trauma, make brain vulnerable to future stress.
Dr. Amynah Pradhan was installed as the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology on Thursday, July 9, 2026.