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Dr. Will Ross reviews Candace O’Connor’s history of Homer G. Phillips Hospital.

Homer Erwin Nash, Jr, MD, a celebrated pediatrician who served at Homer G. Phillips Hospital before starting his own practice, has passed away, his family announced.

WashU Med alumni, Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD awarded a nearly $10M grant to study the impact of environmental and economic interventions on reducing health disparities in Black Philadelphia neighborhoods.

“I knew I would devote my career to fighting gun violence after seeing the devastation wrought on Black men and their families as a WUSTL med student. I was introduced to concepts of neighborhoods, place and health by my mentor during research fellowship. It has been an honor to be part of a large team that is working to dismantle structural racism and its impact on the environment, all with the goal of building healthy and safe Black communities.”

The city of Creve Coeur rededicates park to African-American medical pioneer, Dr. Howard P. Venable, after his family’s land was acquired by eminent domain.

Leading physicians in St. Louis, including physicians affiliated with the School of Medicine, share lessons from the pandemic.

Ebony Carter, MD, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, works with EleVate, a program led by Black mothers, health care professionals, and local community organizations that provides extra support to Black mothers. By providing extra support to mothers, the group hopes to address the fact that African-American women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.

Washington University School of Medicine alumni, Jason Stephenson, named University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s associate dean for multicultural affairs for health professions learners.

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.

Associate Dean for Diversity, Will Ross, MD, MPH, discusses how a COVID-19 vaccine provides an opportunity to dismantle structural racism.