Dr. Jessi Gold interviewed on MSNBC about healthcare workers who are being pushed to the breaking point as they work on the frontlines battling the coronavirus.
WU Psychiatrist Interviewed (Links to an external site)
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Barch elected to head AAAS psychology section (Links to an external site)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Deanna Barch the chair-elect of its Section on Psychology, one of 24 specialized AAAS sections.
Suicidal thoughts in 9- and 10-year-olds correlate to family dynamics, study found (Links to an external site)
Research from Washington University in St. Louis is narrowing the gap in psychology’s understanding of suicidal thoughts in young people. The findings show that such thoughts begin as early as 9 and 10 years old.
$29 million for new phase of international Alzheimer’s study (Links to an external site)
Research focuses on precisely how the disease develops in the brain
Nature vs. nurture: Studying adversity’s effects on children’s brains (Links to an external site)
Compelled by the potential to improve the lives of vulnerable children, emeritus trustee Walter Metcalfe and his wife, Cynthia, have committed nearly $4 million through outright and estate gifts to support the work of Joan L. Luby, MD, a highly regarded child psychiatrist.
Why doesn’t deep-brain stimulation work for everyone? (Links to an external site)
Personalized brain maps could improve treatment for Parkinson’s disease, other neurological conditions
Halting opioid abuse aim of several grants from NIH, CDC (Links to an external site)
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 (Links to an external site)
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.
Grant to help train researchers on mental health disparities in U.S., abroad (Links to an external site)
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 (Links to an external site)
$3.7 million will help evaluate Family-based Behavioral Treatment