Dr. Fritz’s project focuses on how machine learning can be used to determine which patients are at high risk for complications after surgery.
Bradley Fritz, MD, MCSI, receives FAER training grant
Category: Research
Could the MMR Vaccine Protect Against COVID-19? Global Trial Enrolls Healthcare Workers to Find Out (Links to an external site)
Investigators discuss their hope for the MMR vaccine in the fight against COVID-19, as well as the importance for everyone to get their scheduled vaccinations.
Global trial to test whether MMR vaccine protects front-line health-care workers against COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
Vaccine may strengthen immune response to viral infections; trial to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers .
Three junior PIs secure major grant awards from NIH
Meaghan Creed, PhD, Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD, and Jordan McCall, PhD, recently received their first R01 or R35 research grants from the National Institutes of Health.
Gereau honored for mentorship and training in neuroscience research (Links to an external site)
Robert W. Gereau IV, PhD, has received the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
New research suggests that the immune systems of COVID-19 patients can’t do enough to protect them from the virus. Researchers are proposing that boosting the immune system could be a potential treatment strategy.
Simon Haroutounian, PhD, appointed Chief of the Division of Clinical and Translational Research (DoCTR)
Dr. Haroutounian also serves as Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD, appointed Chief of the Division of Basic Research (DBR)
Dr. Moron-Concepcion joined the department in 2015 and is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience.
Moron-Concepcion joins U.S. Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee
The Committee is composed of scientists, physicians, and health professionals who are leaders in the field of pain research looking to advance the fundamental understanding of pain and improve pain-related treatment strategies.
Mild forms of birth asphyxia could have detrimental consequences for the developing brain
In a recent study published in JCI Insight, Arvind Palanisamy, MD, and collaborators show that even short-lived hypoxic insults induce long-term neurodevelopmental dysfunction, especially in males.