PhD Advisors at Washington University in St. Louis 圣路易斯华盛顿大学 US
Quick answer: Washington University in St. Louis in the US has 1558 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 22 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
Research-focused faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (22)
Professors at Washington University in St. Louis with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Alexandra Decker
Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences · Arts & Sciences
⭐ We are looking for motivated, visionary, and talented individuals to join our growing team! I will be recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026!
understanding how the mind and brain learn across time and development; cognitive processes that support learning and memory; tracking learning and memory processes across time; how subtle shifts in attention, decision-making, arousal or reward shape what we learn; why learning o…
Alireza Ghanbarpour
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology · WashU Medicine
⭐ Available to Mentor: PhD Students
Our research focuses on unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying substrate specificity and degradation by AAA proteolytic machines and their associated adaptor proteins, utilizing structural biology, biochemistry, and cellular assays in both bacteria and human mitochondria.
Benjamin Garcia
Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor of Biological Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor
Available to Mentor:
PhD Students
Quantitative proteomics for understanding protein and proteome modifications.
Diana J. Montaño
Associate Professor of History
Director of Undergraduate Studies in History · Arts & Sciences
⭐ Prof. Montaño is not taking graduate students for Fall 2027 entry.
construction of modern Latin American societies with a focus on technology and its relationship to nationalism, everyday life and domesticity.
Dougal Hansen
Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies · Arts & Sciences
⭐ The WUSTL Glaciology lab is currently seeking graduate students and postdocs. Project topics are flexible and can be tailored to align with individual research interests, taking into account current resources and funding opportunities.
Glaciology, Glacial and Cold-Climate Geomorphology
Elizabeth Pollina, PhD
Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
⭐ Postdoctoral Researchers
Molecular Mechanisms of Nervous System Longevity and Rejuvenation
The Pollina Lab is broadly interested in identifying the molecular mechanisms that preserve longevity across the diverse cell types of the nervous system. Throughout our lives, neurons retain a remarkable level of…
Eric Galburt
Professor · WashU Medicine
⭐ Graduate Programs (DBBS)
The Galburt lab studies the molecular mechanisms underlying transcription initiation and DNA repair in Bacteria and Eukaryotes. Four current lines of investigation are ongoing in the lab:
1. Transcriptional regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
2. DNA repair helicase activatio…
Gabor Egervari
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ We welcome researchers at all levels to join our lab! We are committed to a diverse, collaborative and equitable work environment where every member can thrive and grow. If you are interested in joining or a rotation, please send me an email at [email protected]. Our lab utilizes cutting-edge proteo…
My research program aims to understand how metabolic changes influence gene expression in the brain. Specifically, I investigate the recruitment of metabolic enzymes to the nucleus and to chromatin in different brain regions and different cell types. I am particularly interested …
Gabor Egervari, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry · WashU Medicine
⭐ We welcome researchers at all levels to join our lab located in the Department of Genetics in Couch Biomedical Research Building! We are committed to a diverse, collaborative and equitable work environment where every member can thrive and grow. If you are interested in joining or a rotation, please…
Metabolic-epigenetic interactions in the healthy and diseased brain; role of metabolic changes in gene expression in the brain; recruitment of metabolic enzymes to the nucleus and to chromatin in different brain regions and cell types; effects of abused substances on epigenetic r…
Gaia Tavoni, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience · WashU Medicine
⭐ If you are interested in joining the lab as a postdoc or graduate student, please email Gaia Tavoni at gaia.tavoni@wustl.edu.
The Tavoni Laboratory investigates the fundamental principles underlying brain function, from sensing the environment to forming memories and making decisions. We study how information is represented and processed within brain networks to optimize behavior in diverse environments…
Hema Adhikari
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor PhD Students
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase, Filamentous Growth, Mitogen, Carcinogenesis, KRAS, Interactome, Cell Membrane
Jim Janetka
Carl Frieden Distinguished Professor, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Molecular Microbiology · WashU Medicine
⭐ Available to Mentor: PhD Students
We are interested in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease. One aim of our current research focuses on the identification of unconventional allosteric inhibitors of the trypsin-like serine proteases, HGFA…
John Cooper
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professorship in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology · WashU Medicine
⭐ Available to Mentor: PhD Students
The long-term goal of our research is to understand the molecular basis of cell motility, including the role of motility in human disease, especially cancer. How do actin, microtubules and their motors control the shape and movement of cells? How are these elements of the cytoske…
Kathleen Hall
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor
Available to Mentor:
PhD Students
I am interested in RNA binding to proteins and the mechanisms of this molecular recognition.
Naresha Saligrama
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor
Available to Mentor:
PhD Students
The Saligrama lab is dedicated to understanding the adaptive immune responses in health and neurological disorders. Over the last few years it is becoming more and more evident that inflammation and adaptive immunity play a role in normal aging and neurological disorders. T cells…
Patricia Weisensee
Assistant Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
⭐ Contact Patty Weisensee for more details about the following projects: 1. Studying the effects of electrostatic charging for water droplets coalescing in oil; 2. Preparation of micrometer-sized dyed polymer spheres to study thermal-fluidic processes in additive manufacturing; 3. Studying the effect …
Experimental thermo-fluid dynamics using high speed imaging, including phase change heat transfer, droplet impact, wetting, and capillary transport in porous media.
Peter Burgers
Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Available to Mentor: PhD Students
Our laboratory is studying DNA replication and DNA damage response mechanisms in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in human cells. Yeast is an ideal eukaryotic organism to study these pathways, both at a genetic and at a biochemical level. It is important to understand these…
Rebecca Copeland
Professor of Japanese Language and Literature · Arts & Sciences
⭐ Professor Copeland is not currently accepting new PhD students.
Modern and contemporary women's writing in Japan, Modern literature and material culture, Translation studies
Roberto Galletto
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor
Available to Mentor:
PhD Students
The role of DNA helicases in promoting progression of DNA replication through sites that are difficult to replicate is of particular importance for our understanding of maintenance of genomic stability. During each cell cycle, DNA replication needs to overcome multiple obstacles,…
Timothy Lohman
Brennecke Professor of Biophysics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Willing to Mentor
Available to Mentor:
PhD Students
Mechanism and regulation of helicases and single strand binding proteins involved in DNA metabolism
Tom Franken
MD, PhD · WashU Medicine
⭐ If you are interested in joining the lab, check out our open positions.
How do you make sense of what you see? We study how the brain constructs a representation of the world around us.
Weikai Li
Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
⭐ Available to Mentor: PhD Students, Post-Baccalaureate Students, Postdocs
Dr. Weikai Li’s lab studies membrane enzymes, transporters and adhesion molecules that are important therapeutic targets in hematology and cardiovascular biology. To support the study, the lab has developed unique multidisciplinary approaches that combine novel structural biology…
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AJ Jones
Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology Assistant Director of Anthropology's Medicine and Society Program Director of the Experiential Ethnography Studio · Arts & Sciences
Medical and psychological anthropology, disability studies, feminist and queer theory, experimental and multimodal ethnography, subjectivity, care, performance, bioethics, anthropology of the U.S.
Aaron Ammerman
DBBS Graduate Research Assistant · WashU Medicine
Aaron Ammerman is a graduate research assistant in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, affiliated with the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology program. He is currently advised by Weikai Li, PhD, and completed his under…
Aaron Bobick
Senior Research Associate · McKelvey School of Engineering
Studies how robots can more efficiently interact with objects
Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
Our laboratory investigates molecular mechanisms that control the structure and function of neural circuits in health and disease. We combine genetic, molecular, neuroanatomical, and bioinformatic analyses to identify pathways that promote the maintenance of axons and synapses in…
Aaron N. Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
Muscle development, regeneration, and disease
Aaron Russell, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology; Assistant Professor, Medicine (Dermatology); Program Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron Wille, MD
PhD Candidate · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI
Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor and Chair, John F. Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
Artificial intelligence
Aayushi Uberoi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
The skin provides the first line of defense for all vertebrates. An effective skin barrier is essential to life and protects the underlying organs from dehydration, inflammation, environmental exposure, and infections. The skin houses the skin microbiome which is unique and disti…
Abbey Huelsmann
Physician Assistant · WashU Medicine
Abbey Huelsmann is a Physician Assistant (PA-C) affiliated with the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her professional roles include involvement with the Washington University Pain Center and the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.
Abby Bisch
CRNA Mentorship Co-Director · WashU Medicine
Abby Bisch, DNP, CRNA, is the CRNA Mentorship Co-Director at Washington University in St. Louis. She was named the recipient of the 2026 St. Louis Magazine Excellence in Nursing Award in the Advanced Practice category.
Abby Hughes-Strange, CRNA
PWH Lead CRNA
Abby Hughes-Strange, CRNA, is the Lead CRNA for Progress West Hospital within the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. She has been with the department since graduating from Webster University in 2015.
Abdallah El-Thaileb (Eteleeb)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
My research interests lie in the field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. More specifically, I am interested in the development of computational algorithms and machines learning approaches to integrate and interpret multiple large-scale modalities of "omics" data to bet…
Abhi Iyer
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Neurodegeneration, Neuroimmunology, microglia, astrocytes
Abhinav Jha
Associate Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Develops computational-imaging methods for diagnosing and treating diseases
Abram Van Engen
Chair of the Department of English, Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Professor of Religion and Politics (by courtesy), Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities · Arts & Sciences
Early American Literature, Religion and Literature, History of Emotions, Intellectual History, Puritanism, Collective Memory, American Exceptionalism
Adam Hogan
Assistant Professor of Art and Head of Experimental Media Arts · [Non-WashU] University of Arkansas
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Kepecs
Rita Levi-Montalcini Professor of Biomedical Sciences · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam L. Booth, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
Serrated polyps of the colon
Gastroesophageal neoplasia
Gastrointestinal post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders
Artificial intelligence and digital pathology
Patient-pathologist consultation
Adam T. Eggebrecht, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology · WashU Medicine
novel brain function hardware, analysis pipelines and algorithms
Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Dr. Toriola's research focuses on characterizing the molecular basis and determinants of mammographic breast density and breast cancer in order to identify those that can be targeted in breast cancer prevention, especially in premenopausal women. In addition, he performs molecula…
Adia Harvey Wingfield
Assistant Vice Provost
Professor of Sociology · Arts & Sciences
Professor Wingfield specializes in research that examines the ways intersections of race, gender, and class affect social processes at work.
Aggie Toppins
Associate Professor · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Aggie Toppins is an Associate Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. A graphic designer, collagist, and writer, her research and practice explore the origins, functions, and evolution of gra…
Ajay Minton, PA-C
Physician Assistant · WashU Medicine
Ajay Minton, PA-C, is a Physician Assistant in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Aki Ishida
Director, College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design; Sam and Marilyn Fox Professor · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Aki Ishida is the Director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design and the Sam and Marilyn Fox Professor at Washington University in St. Louis's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Her research interests center on contemporary glass a…
Aki Ushiki
Assistant Professor of Genetics · WashU Medicine
Her research primarily focuses on skeletal development and diseases, with a special emphasis on enhancers. She has significantly advanced the understanding of genetic mechanisms underlying congenital limb deformities, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), and bat wing developmen…
Akinkunle Owoso
Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychosis risk, general medicine-psychiatry interface
Alan Chang
Assistant Professor of Mathematics · Arts & Sciences
geometric measure theory, harmonic analysis
Alan Pestronk, MD
Professor, Neurology · WashU Medicine
Myopathy, neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, weakness, numbness, sensory loss, pain, fatigue, neuromuscular disease, neuroimmunology, muscular dystrophy
Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD
August A. Busch Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery; Senior Vice-Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Professor of Neurosurgery, Genetics, Neurology, and Developmental Biology; Director, Brain Tumor Center; Co-Leader, Neurorestorative Therapy Group, Hope Center; Castle Connolly Top Doctor · WashU Medicine
Brain tumors continue to be challenging and often devastating neurological diseases. My laboratory is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive tumor cell behavior in glioblastoma, a malignant brain cancer that is almost invariably fatal, as well as in aggre…
Alecia Vogel
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Development and Neural Correlates of Emotion Dysregulation
My research focuses on the developmental course of dysregulation in both negative affect (irritability) and positive affect (excitability), understanding how these impact the development of psychopathology and may be targ…
Alessandro Vindigni, PhD
Professor; Section Co-Director - Molecular Oncology · WashU Medicine
DNA replication and repair
Genome stability
Cancer etiology
DNA damaging chemotherapy
Alex Chen
Assistant Professor of Physics · Arts & Sciences
High Energy Astrophysics
Neutron Stars
Black Holes
Plasma Physics
Alex Holehouse
Faculty · WashU Medicine
We explore how intrinsically disordered protein regions confer biological function and how this goes wrong in disease. The lab integrates physics-based models (all-atom and coarse-grained simulations) with informatics and machine learning to develop sequence-specific predictions.…
Alex Holehouse
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
A large fraction of proteins and protein regions are classified as "intrinsically disordered". These regions have historically been hard to study, but play key roles in a wide variety of cellular functions. Furthermore, these regions are strongly implicated in many diseases. In t…
Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Studying the impact of the rapid dissemination of transcatheter technology (e.g., TAVR) on access, outcomes, and resource utilization in cardiac surgery. Evaluating acute postoperative opioid prescribing and new persistent opioid use in cardiothoracic surgical patients, as well a…
Alexander Croft, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Assistant Medical Director, Howard and Joyce Wood Simulation Center; Co-Director, Simulation; Director, In-Situ Simulation Acute Care (ISSAC) Program · WashU Medicine
Medical education and medical simulation, teamwork, communication, and human factors in healthcare
Alexander Hatoum
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Alexander Hatoum is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the genetic architecture of substance use and addiction disorders, including studies on shared genetic markers and the relationship between cannabis use disorde…
Alexander S. Bradley
Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences · Arts & Sciences
Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Geobiology, Microbiology
Alexander Stefaniak
Head of Musicology, Professor of Musicology, Director of Undergraduate Studies · Arts & Sciences
Nineteenth-century Music
Virtuosity
Piano Culture
Romantic Aesthetics
Music Criticism
Alexandra Rutz
Assistant Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Advances bioelectronics using materials and fabrication-based approaches
Alexandra Serpe, MD
Assistant Professor · WashU Medicine
Alexandra Serpe, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. She serves as the Director of Wellness and co-chair of the Wellness Committee within the Department of Emergency Medicine. Her work focuses on physician wellness, including…
Alexey Sergushichev, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
My general research interest lies in developing computational approaches for analysis of high-throughput data to help uncover novel biology. More specifically, there are three major directions my lab focuses on. 1. Pathway analysis: we maintain and improve the FGSEA package (http…
Alexxai V Kravitz
Associate Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Dr. Kravitz is interested in the study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders. Under normal conditions, the basal ganglia drives animals toward the selection of adaptive behavioral outcomes. Lea…
Ali Ahmady, PhD, HCLD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology · WashU Medicine
Ali Ahmady, PhD, HCLD, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves as Lab Director for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI). His professional focus centers on the clinical and laboratory aspects of r…
Ali Ellebedy, PhD
Leo Loeb Endowed Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
Defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate memory B cell heterogeneity and fate.
Understanding the rules for eliciting broadly neutralizing B cell responses against rapidly evolving pathogens, such as influenza viruses.
Aliakbar Daemi
Associate Professor of Mathematics · Arts & Sciences
Gauge theory, Low-dimensional topology, Symplectic geometry
Alireza Ghanbarpour
Assistant Professor · WashU Medicine
The Ghanbarpour Lab studies the breakdown of proteins in bacteria and human mitochondria by ATP-dependent AAA proteases and their cognate modulators. AAA proteases are crucial for removing unneeded or aberrant proteins, ensuring cellular health and shaping the proteome for specif…
Allan Hazlett
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies · Arts & Sciences
Epistemology
Metaethics
Moral Psychology
Aesthetics
Allan Larson
Professor of Biology · Arts & Sciences
Allan Larson's research combines natural history and molecular biology to evaluate patterns and processes of evolution at multiple levels of biological complexity. His main interests are in evolutionary biology, genetics, and the histories of these disciplines. Published work app…
Allison Denise Mitchell, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Post dural puncture headache, loss of resistance monitoring.
Allison L. Haas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
My interests include implementation of novel diagnostics to improve workflow, efficiency, and time to results in the microbiology laboratory to more rapidly and accurately diagnose complicated infections. I am particularly interested in the development of rapid molecular assays f…
Allison R. Eberly, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
My research interests include developing and implementing more rapid and accurate diagnostic tests for infections that are under-/mis-diagnosed. I am particularly interested in molecular diagnostics for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and improving access to STI molecular testi…
Allison S. Reed
Assistant Professor, Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Arts & Sciences
Intersectionality (Emphasis on race, gender, and sexuality)
Sociology of Health and Illness
Politics and Social Change
Qualitative Research Methods
Allison Zanaboni
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Advanced Emergency Ultrasound (AEMUS)
Alvitta Ottley
Courtesy Appointment, MDes; Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Alvitta Ottley is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. She directs the Visual Interface and Behavior Exploration (VIBE) Lab…
Alyssa D. Wait, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Rectum-sparing operations for cancer, diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopies, colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis
Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu
Assistant Professor of English · Arts & Sciences
contemporary poetry, comparative approaches to Afro-diasporic culture and literature, cultural studies, digital literary cultures, and the digital humanities
Amanda J. Ortmann, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery · WashU Medicine
Amanda J. Ortmann, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery and Director of Audiology Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interests include hearing loss, particularly noise-induced hearing loss, as part of collaborative investig…
Amanda M. Nicklas, OD
Pediatric Optometrist · WashU Medicine
Pediatric optometry, strabismus, amblyopia, primary eye care
Amber R. Leis, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Plastic and reconstructive surgery Hand surgery
Amber Stratman, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology · WashU Medicine
Mechanisms regulating blood vessel formation, stabilization, and blood flow sensing during development and disease.
Amit A. Pawale, MBBS, FRCS, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Aortic valve replacement, aortopathies, coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, extracorporeal life support, heart failure surgery, heart transplantation, mitral valve repair and replacement, valvular heart disease, ventricular assist devices implantation
Amit Bhatt
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology · WashU Medicine
Amit Bhatt, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He earned his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his medical degree from Rush University. His prof…
Amit Pathak
Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Cell migration, micro-fabrication and hydrogel synthesis, tumor microenvironment, cancer mechanobiology, and computational modeling of cell-matrix interactions
Amit Walia, MD, MSCI
Fellow in neurotology · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amjad Musleh, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Amjad Musleh, MD, is an associate professor of anesthesiology and emergency medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WashU Medicine). In addition to his clinical faculty role, he serves as the school’s head student coach, guiding medical students through…
Amy F. Kells, MD, PhD
Research Scientist · WashU Medicine
Hand and wrist surgery
Traumatic nerve injury
Complex wounds
MRI neurography
Nerve injury pathology
Amy Greenhalgh
Teacher of Applied Music, Viola, Assistant Dean of Advising, College of Arts & Sciences · Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Hauft
Director, College & Graduate School of Art; Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professor of Art · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Amy Hauft is the Director of the College & Graduate School of Art and the Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professor of Art at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interests include sculpture, as evidenced…
Amynah Pradhan
Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology; Professor of Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Amynah Pradhan, PhD, is Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology and Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. A neuroscientist, her research focuses on opioids, pain, headache, and migraine, including the underlying mechanisms of these conditions…
Ana A. Baumann, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Dr. Baumann's research agenda focuses on the intersection of implementation science, adaptation science, and healthcare equity. She works to identify strategies that facilitate the implementation of evidence-based interventions in low-resource settings and historically underserve…
Ana Babus
Associate Professor of Economics · Arts & Sciences
Microeconomic Theory, Finance
Ana Ruiz Manzano
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, RNA Polymerase, Transcription, DNA Repair, Helicase, Fidaxomicin
Anand Lakshminarasimhachar, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Anand Lakshminarasimhachar, MD, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves as Assistant Residency Program Director and POD 1 Leader. His clinical and research interests are in anesthesiology, with published work on comp…
Anca Parvulescu
Professor of English · Arts & Sciences
Global modernism
Literary and Critical Theory
Literary Comparatism
Migration Studies
East Europe
Andrea Giedinghagen
Assistant Professor of Engineering - Professor Hixon's research focuses on tissue engineering/regenerative medicine strategies to improve treatment and… · WashU Medicine
LGBTQ+ youth mental health; minority stress; stigma and coming out experiences; trauma and resilience
Andrea Liefer, CRNA
SLCH Chief CRNA · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, MD
Director of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia; Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Andrea Rodriguez-Restrepo, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she serves as Director of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and works primarily at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She completed…
Andrea Soranno
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
My main research interests are the physical principles and molecular mechanisms determining biomolecular function. A particular focus are intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). At variance with the classical structurefunction paradigm that we are familiar with from 50 years of…
Andreas Kautt
Assistant Professor · Arts & Sciences
In the Kautt Lab, we investigate the mechanisms and conditions driving (or constraining) the evolution of biological diversity with a special focus on animal behavior. To this end, we combine a genomics-centered approach with molecular experiments, behavioral assays, and fieldwor…
Andrew Bernheimer
Associate Professor of Architecture · [Non-WashU] Parsons School of Design
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew C. Butler
Professor of Education
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences · Arts & Sciences
Andrew Butler studies how people learn with an emphasis on how contextual factors shape the implementation of principles from the science of learning for students and teachers.
Andrew Clark
Associate Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Focused on control and security of networked and cyberphysical systems
Andrew E. Gelman, PhD
Research Scientist · WashU Medicine
Lung transplantation immunology; Our laboratory is actively pursuing the mechanisms that control lung allograft tolerance. We have 4 main areas of interest. (1) How ischemia reperfusion injury regulates lung allograft survival (2) The role of pattern recognition receptors in lung…
Andrew Gott
Teacher of Applied Music, Bassoon · Arts & Sciences
Andrew Gott is a Teacher of Applied Music (Bassoon) at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his Bachelor of Music from Ball State University and his Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Ben Kamins.
Andrew Heath
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Behavioral and psychiatric genetics, genetic epidemiology, particularly focusing on the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors in the etiology of substance use disorder, eating disorder and obesity, and childhood emotional and behavioral disorders. Gene-mapping studi…
Andrew Huang, MD, MPH
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
ocular surface stem cell biology, amyloid protein formation in corneal dystrophies, gene therapy for TGFBI-related corneal dystrophies and pathogenesis of Meibomian gland dysfunctions.
Andrew J. Drescher, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery · WashU Medicine
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Andrew Jordan
Assistant Professor of Economics · Arts & Sciences
Criminal justice, discrimination, labor
Andrew Lee, MD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
Strabismus surgery, pediatric glaucoma, ophthalmic imaging
Andrew Martin
Chancellor
Professor of Political Science, Law, Statistics, and Data Science · Arts & Sciences
Judicial Politics (U.S. Supreme Court Decisionmaking)
Quantitative Political Methodology
Empirical Legal Studies
Applied Statistics
Andrew S. Yoo, PhD
Phil and Sima Needleman Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
The overall goal of my lab is to investigate how aging in human neurons contributes to the late onset of neurodegeneration in various neurodegenerative disorders. We approach this goal by developing cellular reprogramming approaches by evoking the chromatin switch using microRNAs…
Andrew Witt
Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Yeh, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Infectious diseases, pediatric cholecystectomy protocols, enteral nutrition, gut microbiota, cellular and molecular gastroenterology, cellular and molecular hepatology, nutrition of chronically tube-fed children, disruption of microbiota
Andrey Anokhin
Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
My research is concerned with linking genetics, brain function, and behavior for a better understanding of the determinants and consequences of substance use disorders and related psychopathology. A major theoretical premise of this work is that a deficit in prefrontally mediated…
Andrzej Krezel
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
Solution Structure, Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Solution and Solubility, Helicobacter Pylori, Helix, Turkey, Third Domain
André Fischer
Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature · Arts & Sciences
20th-Century German Literature and Thought, Film History and Theory, Aesthetics of Resistance, Myth and Modernism
Andy Groves, PhD
Stuart A. Kornfeld Distinguished Professor in Medical Sciences, Head of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
The vertebrate inner ear develops from a simple piece of embryonic ectoderm called the otic placode to form one of the most complex sensory organs in the animal kingdom. The mammalian inner ear contains six groups of mechanosensory hair cells, five of which mediate our sense of b…
Aneesh Chawla, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela Lin
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
General adult psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, substance use disorders
Angela Reiersen
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child) · WashU Medicine
Much of my research has focused on epidemiology, genetics, and longitudinal course of childhood-onset psychiatric disorders, with emphasis on autism, ADHD, and tic disorders. Other research interests include childhood precursors to schizophrenia, early-onset schizophrenia, relati…
Angela Saettele, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Angela Saettele, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Washington University, following her medical degree and a BA in biochemistry from…
Anil Cashikar
PhD Candidate · WashU Medicine
Neuroinflammation is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of various psychiatric and neurological disorders. We are interested in understanding how cholesterol metabolism influences neuroinflammation.
Anjum Hassan, MD
Professor, Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
My past research involved work on small lymphocytic leukemia, a project that eventually involved setting up the system for direct sequencing of immunoglobulin genes from paraffin sections. Another focus of my previous research involved studying the pathogenesis of Multiple Myelom…
Ankita Aggarwal, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ann M. Gronowski, PhD
Oree M. Carroll and Lillian B. Ladenson Professor in Clinical Chemistry, Pathology & Immunology and Obstetrics & Gynecology · WashU Medicine
Our research focuses primarily on the laboratory diagnostics of endocrinology and reproductive physiology with a particular emphasis on maternal-fetal medicine. Our work has investigated the hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) and its variant forms. In particular, we are i…
Anna Huguenard, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery · WashU Medicine
I am fundamentally interested in how we can optimize patient recovery following neurovascular or traumatic brain injury. To better understand the cascade of secondary injury and neuroinflammation following initial injury, we are expanding our efforts to collect and analyze patien…
Anna Rebecca Young, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Pediatric anesthesiology, critical care medicine
Anne Chen, MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
I am especially interested in cross-over topics involving my areas of training.
Hematopathology
Gastrointestinal/Liver/Pancreas Pathology
Anne Schult
Assistant Professor of History · Arts & Sciences
history of modern Europe, with a focus on Germany, Britain, and France; history of migration across European nations and empires; migration and displacement theorized in the human sciences
Anthony J. Apicelli
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology · WashU Medicine
Gamma Knife
Head and Neck Oncology
Anthony Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
Mechanisms of castration-resistant prostate cancer development; Resistance to nuclear hormone receptor-targeted therapy in prostate cancer; dysregulated transcription factor biology in prostate cancer; biology of prostate cancer health disparities in African-American men.
The de…
Anup S. Shetty, MD
Professor of Radiology · WashU Medicine
Abdominal imaging, body MRI, emergency radiology, vascular imaging, genitourinary imaging, hepatobiliary imaging, radiology education, artificial intelligence
Anya Plutynski
Professor of Philosophy · Arts & Sciences
Philosophy of Biology
History and Philosophy of Medicine
Philosophy of Science
Biomedical Ethics
Arash Darafsheh, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology · WashU Medicine
Optical methods in medical physics, fiber optic dosimetry, radioluminescence, Cherenkov radiation, ultra-high dose rate FLASH radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and super-resolution microscopy.
Arnab Majumder, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Hernia repair outcomes, robotic surgery, Surgeon ergonomics, resident education in the operating room
Arnold D. Bullock, MD
Alan A. & Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor in Urology · WashU Medicine
Genitourinary oncology, Prostate cancer, Renal cancer, Bladder cancer, Testicular cancer, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Screening techniques, Infertility
Arpana Agrawal
James and Juanita Wittmer Professor · WashU Medicine
My research focuses on epidemiological and genomic approaches to the study of substance use and addiction. I am funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study how genetic and environmental factors work together to shape our liability to use cannabis and become add…
Arpita Bose
Associate Professor of Biology · Arts & Sciences
Arpita Bose's lab studies microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling using an interdisciplinary approach. She seeks to generate new ways of addressing issues such as the energy crisis, pollution, biofouling, and sustainability.
Arsham Sheybani, MD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
Device development to improve the safety of glaucoma surgery, pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, malignant glaucoma, angle closure glaucoma
Arthur Forbriger, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Arthur Forbriger, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves as an Ultrasound Fellow. His professional focus is in emergency medicine, with a specific interest in medical ultrasound.
Arvind Palanisamy
Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Fetal effects of maternal pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics of oxytocin during labor and delivery, novel agents for labor analgesia.
Ashley B. Weinhold, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ashley J. Housten, OTD, MSCI, OTR/L
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Reducing health disparities
Health literacy
Decision support strategies
Health behaviors
Health outcomes
Patient-provider engagement
Decision-making across the cancer care continuum
Ashley Pike, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
APP Lead · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Asquith "Sean" Armstrong
Dean · School of Continuing & Professional Studies
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Audrey Orlowski
DBBS Graduate Research Assistant · WashU Medicine
Audrey Orlowski is a graduate research assistant in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is enrolled in the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology program. She began her graduate studies in 2023 after earn…
Augusto Zani, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Extracellular vesicle research, stem cell extracellular vesicle therapy, fetal lung macrophage, congenital diaphragmic hernia, cystic fibrosis
Auryana DeChick, DO, MS
Fellow (Medical Toxicology), Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Auryana DeChick, DO, MS, is a Fellow in Medical Toxicology within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work is centered on the specialty of medical toxicology, as part of the university's emergency medicine division.
Austen Curcuru
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology · WashU Medicine
MRI-guided radiation therapy, MR sequence design and reconstruction, adaptive radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery.
Aydan Szeto, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology · WashU Medicine
We investigate the biology of type 2 immune cells with a particular focus on fundamental discovery and molecular regulation. We employ in vitro high-throughput genetic screens and in vivo models of immunity to discover and understand the contribution of novel factors to tissue an…
Aylin Bademsoy
Assistant Professor of German · Arts & Sciences
Ideology Critique
Feminist Theory
19th and 20th Century German Literature
Late Ottoman/Turkish Literature
Film Theory
Barak Cohen, PhD
Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology · WashU Medicine
What is the contribution of non-protein coding genetic variation to human disease? Genetic mapping studies tell us that non-coding DNA harbors the majority of variation that contributes to disease, but, we have virtually no ability to identify the specific disease-causing nucleot…
Barani Raman
Dennis & Barbara Kessler Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Barani Raman's research interests include computational and systems neuroscience, pattern recognition, sensor-based machine olfaction and bio-inspired intelligent systems. His research combines theoretical and electrophysiological approaches to study how brain processes complex s…
Barbara Kunkel
Professor of Biology · Arts & Sciences
Professor Kunkel's research group is interested in the signaling and regulatory events that govern interactions between bacterial plant pathogens and their hosts.
Barbara Raedeke
Teacher of Applied Music, Organ · Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Baris Ercal
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Baris Ercal, MD is a general adult psychiatrist and also serves as a staff psychiatrist at student mental health services for undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University. His clinical interests are broad and include anxiety, treatment resistant depression, substa…
Becko Copenhaver
Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology · Arts & Sciences
Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Memory
Bei Hu
Assistant Professor · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
human-computer interaction, design, technology, storytelling, building engaging connections between people and technology, experiences that transcend time, space, and cultural barriers, human-centered user experiences across web, apps, virtual reality, and wearable technologies, …
Ben Duane
Associate Professor of Theory and Composition, Head of Theory and Composition · Arts & Sciences
Texture, Form, Music Cognition, Computational Modeling, 18th & Early 19th-century Music
Benjamin Garcia, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics · WashU Medicine
Benjamin Garcia, PhD, is Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on characterizing proteins involved in gene regulation using specialized mass-spectrometry platforms and computation…
Benjamin Kozower, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
My research areas have focused on quality assessment in healthcare and incorporating patient reported outcomes into clinical use
Benjamin Sanofsky
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Dr. Sanofsky has an interest in the perioperative care of patients with regional peripheral nerve blocks, as well as clinical research related to non-pharmacologic approaches to improving perioperative care with the hope of better understanding the potential to meaningfully integ…
Benjamin Wahle, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery · WashU Medicine
Head and neck cancer genomics and transcriptomics, HPV-related oropharynx cancer
Benjamin Worley
Teacher of Applied Music, Voice · Arts & Sciences
Benjamin Worley is a Teacher of Applied Music (Voice) at Washington University in St. Louis. His professional profile, as listed on LinkedIn, indicates a career in the Dayton Metropolitan Area, with his work focused on vocal music instruction.
Bernadette Myers
Assistant Professor of English
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Courtesy Affiliation) · Arts & Sciences
Bernadette Myers specializes in the literature and culture of early modern England, with an emphasis on the theater of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. She approaches this period from the perspective of the environmental humanities, a critical movement that explores the dynami…
Bernd H. Zinselmeyer, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
My scientific education is broad and interdisciplinary, spanning systematic botany, mycology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and numerous cellular biology techniques. For example, I have acquired applied skills in chemical and physiochemical techniques such as structural NMR an…
Beryne M. Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Policy implementation, Global health disparities, Cardiovascular disease prevention, Cancer screening integration. Dr. Odeny’s research focuses on the use of observational data from national health information systems to investigate inequities in healthcare access and health outc…
Beth Beyatte
Director, Advanced Practice Provider Group · WashU Medicine
Beth Beyatte, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, is the Director of the Advanced Practice Provider Group in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her professional focus is in advanced practice nursing within the anesthesiology and pain center s…
Bethany C. Sacks, MD, MEd
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Minimally invasive and simulation technologies
Surgical trainee and medical student education
Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Vice Chair of Quality & Safety; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology · WashU Medicine
Interventions aimed at improving outcomes and enhancing recovery in surgical patients; multicenter randomized controlled trials (THRIVE); perioperative mental health
Bethany T. Rosenthal, OD
Pediatric Optometrist, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
Pediatric optometry, amblyopia, strabismus, and primary eye care
Bettina F. Drake, PhD, MPH
Michael F. Neidorff Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Disparities in cancer
Cancer prevention
Nutrition
Bharat A. Panuganti, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery · WashU Medicine
Dr. Panuganti’s research interests are focused on intraoperative optical imaging to guide transoral laser microsurgery of early laryngeal neoplasms and innovations in surgical laser technology
Bhupal Dev
Associate Professor of Physics · Arts & Sciences
Elementary Particle Physics, Particle Astrophysics, Cosmology, Theoretical Physics
Bijal Parikh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
My clinical research centers on aspects of laboratory testing involving viral, immunologic, and molecular diagnostics, with a specific focus on the implementation of next-generation sequencing approaches. My translational research focus is the development of novel molecular diagn…
Blake Hunter
CRNA · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bo Overschmidt, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Split thickness skin grafts, breast reconstruction, radial nerve reconstruction
Bo Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor of Developmental Biology · WashU Medicine
Our research focuses on deciphering how cell fate determination is governed by the cis-regulatory elements (CREs) , the short DNA sequences that regulate and initiate gene transcription. CREs can be activated or silenced by various transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms …
Bradley Budde, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery · WashU Medicine
Peripheral nerve regeneration, Spinal cord injury
Bradley D. Freeman, MD
PhD Candidate · WashU Medicine
Ethical aspects of collection of genetic data in the context of critical illness.
Brandon Chaffay, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brenda J. Grossman, MD, MPH
Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
Best Transfusion Practices
Patient-centerd blood management
Apheresis
Brendan Juba
Associate Professor · McKelvey School of Engineering
Computational Methodologies, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Computer Science
Brendan O'Connor
Associate Professor of Psychiatry · WashU Medicine
Brendan O'Connor, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is affiliated with the IDEAS at DOM initiative. His professional focus is in the field of psychiatry, with his work situated within the university's academic medical comm…
Brent Ruoff, MD
Associate Professor; Former Chief, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Brent Ruoff, MD, is an Associate Professor and former Chief of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. His work includes advocacy for integrating physical therapy into emergency department care, and his clinical focus reflects the stresses and challenges of emer…
Brent T. Allen, MD, RVT, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery · WashU Medicine
Vascular surgery
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Aortic aneurysms
Atherosclerosis
Inflammatory response
Bret Gustafson
Associate Professor of the Practice of Social Science · Arts & Sciences
climate politics, fossil fuels, and the energy transition. His work focuses primarily on Latin America and the United States.
Brett Drake
Assistant Professor · Brown School
Child maltreatment epidemiology
Child protection and child protective practice
Application of big data to social problems
Racial disproportionality
Brett Hyde
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, and Linguistics
Director of Linguistics · Arts & Sciences
Linguistics
Phonology
Brian Carpenter
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences · Arts & Sciences
clinical psychology of aging, family relationships in late life, collaborative family communication and decision-making
Brian Clark, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · WashU Medicine
Brian Clark, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His research focuses on the cell biology of retinal development, including the mechanisms of rod-photoreceptor fate determination. In 2024, h…
Brian Cohn, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Brian Cohn, MD, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his residency at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2007. His professional interests include clinical teaching, as recognized by the Golde…
Brian Edelson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology · WashU Medicine
My laboratory is focused on two areas of immunology. First, we are interested in understanding how autoreactive T cells mediate autoimmune disease, particularly in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its mouse model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We focus on how cytoki…
Brian Froelke, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine · WashU Medicine
Brian Froelke, MD, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He serves as an EMS Medical Director and has been named the EMS medical adviser to The Center for Patient Safety. His research interests include pre-hospit…
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