Metcalfe gift supports study of adversity’s effects on children’s brains (Links to an external site)
Work will aid effort to understand role of nature versus nurture
$9.5 million aimed at detecting autism earlier in childhood (Links to an external site)
Multicenter grant funds infant brain imaging at Washington University and other centers
Creative workshops help kids relieve stress with art (Links to an external site)
Glowinski, artist Outlaw address mental health through artwork
Adam Kepecs, PhD named BJC investigator (Links to an external site)
Adam Kepecs, PhD, recognized internationally for his research on neural circuits responsible for cognition and decision-making, has been named a BJC Investigator and a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry.
$10 million gift aimed at improving treatments for mental illness (Links to an external site)
Philanthropists Andrew and Barbara Taylor and the Crawford Taylor Foundation have committed $10 million to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to continue research to investigate the scientific underpinnings of psychiatric illnesses, with the goal of improving diagnosis and treatment.