Halting opioid abuse aim of several grants from NIH, CDC
Tapped for their work aimed at stemming opioid abuse and halting what has become an epidemic in the United States, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal grants totaling more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Brain imaging of babies with Down syndrome focus of $11.5 million grant
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a five-year, $11.5 million grant to lead a multicenter effort to understand how brain development in babies with Down syndrome differs from that in other babies.
New antidepressants on horizon
Neurosteroid drugs result from Taylor Family Institute, pharma collaboration
Grant to help train researchers on mental health disparities in U.S., abroad
NIH award for School of Medicine and Brown School aimed at global training for young scientists
Childhood obesity in low-income Missouri families aim of CDC grant
$3.7 million will help evaluate Family-based Behavioral Treatment
Stable home lives improve prospects for preemies
Medical challenges at birth less important than stressful home life in predicting future psychiatric health
Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’d
Genes in the brain’s immune cells may point to strategy to protect against the disease
Covey named Taylor Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Professorship supports research in new treatment strategies for psychiatric illness
More cancer patients get help to quit smoking
Siteman Cancer Center expands smoking-cessation efforts
Understanding how tics are suppressed may help some at risk for tic disorders
Identifying kids who control their tics may help others at risk for Tourette syndrome
Metcalfe gift supports study of adversity’s effects on children’s brains
Work will aid effort to understand role of nature versus nurture
$9.5 million aimed at detecting autism earlier in childhood
Multicenter grant funds infant brain imaging at Washington University and other centers