Study finds enduring benefits of vagus nerve stimulation for patients not helped by standard therapies
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Losos, Zorumski receive faculty achievement awards (Links to an external site)
Founders Day recognizes distinguished faculty, alumni, supporters
Psychiatry residents, Dr. Jacob Steinle and Dr. Suraj Shankar recently published their research on trends in hallucinogen.-related admissions following psychedelic decriminalization in JAMA Network Open.
Under the mentorship of Dr. Kevin Xu (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health), Drs. Steinle and Shankar analyzed 7 years’ worth of national administrative data in the US, finding that the decriminalization of psychedelics has not coincided in measurable increases in hallucinogen-related hospitalizations.
Opportunity for Collaboration: Meet New Faculty Member!
Jan Kubanek, PhD, joined the faculty of WashU Medicine Department of Psychiatry on August 1, 2025, as associate professor of psychiatry in the Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, with secondary appointments in the Department of Neurology and Department of Radiology. He brings combined experience in human and macaque electrophysiology, human and macaque behavioral […]
Lenze named XPRIZE Healthspan semifinalist (Links to an external site)
Eric J. Lenze, MD, the Wallace and Lucille K. Renard Professor and head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and his team are among the Top 40 Milestone 1 award winners in XPRIZE Healthspan.
Blood plasma reveals shared pathways in neurodegenerative diseases (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine researchers, led by Carlos Cruchaga, have identified biomarkers of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and frontotemporal dementia from blood plasma, suggesting new therapeutic avenues.
“Addictions, DSM-III, Brain Imaging & Psychedelics” with guest Charles F. Zorumski, MD on The Gold Standard Podcast (Links to an external site)
Early intervention changes trajectory for depressed preschoolers (Links to an external site)
Several months of parent-child therapy program yields positive effects for years, study finds
Things We Don’t Talk About: Depression (Links to an external site)
About Dr. Lenze
Eating disorder chat tool could improve access to care (Links to an external site)
