Dr. Moron-Concepcion joined the department in 2015 and is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience.
Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD, appointed Chief of the Division of Basic Research (DBR)
Category: Research
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.
Baron Chanda, PhD, joins Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. Chanda joined the School of Medicine as Professor of Anesthesiology with secondary appointments in the Departments of Biochemistry and Neuroscience.
Maker Task Force works to protect front-line health-care workers (Links to an external site)
The COVID-19 WashU/BJC Maker Task Force has emerged as a hub for St. Louis-area makers to help health-care workers stay safe as they care for COVID-19 patients. The multidisciplinary group is developing everything from isolation gowns to ventilator replacement parts.
Tao Che, PhD, joins department and Center for Clinical Pharmacology
Tao Che, MD, joins us as Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and as faculty in the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.
Department ranks 4th in country in NIH funding in 2019
The department received more than $13.2 million from the NIH, and seven faculty ranked in the top 100 for total NIH funding to individual anesthesia principal investigators.
Revving up immune system may help treat eczema (Links to an external site)
Brian S. Kim, MD, has found that boosting the number of natural killer cells in the blood is a possible treatment strategy for the skin condition, eczema, and also may help with related health problems, such as asthma.
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation awards grants to five researchers (Links to an external site)
Two anesthesiology faculty members are among the group of researchers who were recently awarded Young Investigators Grants from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
INRC Honors Ream Al-Hasani, PhD, with 2020 Young Investigator Award
The International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC), the annual meeting for researchers and clinicians working in the opioid field, will honor Dr. Al-Hasani with the 2020 Young Investigator Award at their upcoming symposium.