J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, a cardiologist and health policy research fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Merck Fellowship Research Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the American College of Cardiology.
Dolores B. Njoku, MD, a noted clinician, researcher and mentor, has been named the director of pediatric anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and anesthesiologist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. With the post, she will become the new Rudolph L. and Mary Frances Wise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology. She also has been appointed a vice chair in the Department of Anesthesiology.
An internationally respected maternal-fetal medicine expert, Anthony Odibo, MD, has been named director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine.
Muyibat Adelani, MD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, discusses how she achieves wellness while being a black women in medicine.
Will Ross, MD honored for excellence in patient care, teaching, research and commitment to health equity
Chavira Duron is among the first students to receive a scholarship through the WashU Pledge, which provides a free undergraduate education to admitted Missouri and southern Illinois students who are Pell Grant-eligible or from families with annual incomes of $75,000 or less.
Video featuring Will Ross, MD, MPH, associate dean for diversity, and Wenners Ballard, MD, instructor of medicine
Associate Dean for Diversity, Will Ross, MD, MPH, discusses how a COVID-19 vaccine provides an opportunity to dismantle structural racism.
