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Dr. Baron Chanda received a grant from the NINDS to to study cells’ ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles.
The department received over $16.1 million in federal funding from the NIH, and six faculty ranked in the top 50 for total NIH funding to individual anesthesia principal investigators.
The ASSURE fellowship program will provide college students from the St. Louis metro area an opportunity to engage in basic, clinical, and/or translational research projects.
Ro Sandoval, research technician in the Moron-Concepcion Lab, was recently recognized by the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).
Dr. Evers will serve as the Interim Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology (CCP) as leadership looks to recruit a dynamic and visionary Center Director.
Dr. Moron-Concepcion’s presentation will focus on how persistent pain alters the rewarding and motivational properties of opioids and will highlight the work of the research being conducted in the department.
Dr. Fritz’s project focuses on how machine learning can be used to determine which patients are at high risk for complications after surgery.
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.
Vaccine may strengthen immune response to viral infections; trial to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers .
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.