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Dr. Jeannie Kelly Honored with BJH Medical Staff Association Early Career Award
St. Louis, MO — Dr. Jeannie Chen Kelly, Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) and Vice Chair of Obstetrics at WashU Medicine OB-GYN, has been recognized with the BJH Medical Staff Association Early Career Award. This honor celebrates her extraordinary contributions within the first decade of completing her training. Journey into Maternal-Fetal Medicine Dr. Kelly’s academic path […]
Black Maternal Health Week 2025
Sponsored by: WashU Medicine, BJH Women & Infants & Goldfarb School of Nursing Doula Reception April 10, 2025 1:00 – 3:00 PM Parkview Tower Conference Room D Contact Lashanda.Jackson@bjc.org to participate. Centering Joy in the Black Birthing Experience Conference April 11, 2025 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Goldfarb School of Nursing Registration required: SOLD […]
Dr. Gomez-Lopez Elected to Publications Committee for American Association of Immunologists
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD, was elected to the Publications Committee of the American Association of Immunologists. Congrats to Dr. Gomez-Lopez! The term begins on July 1, 2025. To read more about the election results, please visit the link below. Congratulations to everyone who was elected!
Khabele Lab Unveils New Strategy to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Growth
The Center for Reproductive Health Sciences is thrilled to announce that research from the lab of Dineo Khabele, MD, was recently published in BMC Cancer. The research article is titled “The Tie2 antagonist rebastinib reduces ovarian cancer growth in a syngeneic murine model” and was authored by Gupta et al. The researchers of this study concluded that “Rebastinib […]
NIH announces WashU Medicine as a finalist of endometriosis diagnostics competition
Uterine peristalsis imaging (UPI) as an endometriosis diagnostic The team proposes measuring uterine peristalsis, which are muscle contractions in the uterus that occurs during the menstrual cycle. UPI is a new type of technology developed by the team. Using wearable sensors, UPI measures patterns of electrical activity, similar to how an electrocardiogram works for the […]