Department News

HHS leaders visit Department of Anesthesiology Moron-Concepcion lab

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) visited the Washington University Medical Campus Sept. 20 to hear about strategies to address the opioid crisis.

Dr. Athiraman receives three research grants to study anesthetic conditioning

The research grants will study the role of nitric oxide synthase in isoflurane conditioning for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)-induced delayed cerebral ischemia and the role of isoflurane conditioning on cognitive function following SAH.

Two Informaticians Join the Department of Anesthesiology and I2 as Faculty Members

Joanna Abraham and Thomas Kannampallil will be the first joint faculty members in the Washington University Anesthesiology Department (WUDA) and the Institute for Informatics (I2).

Two Anesthesiology Research Fellows Awarded IARS Grants

The IARS Mentored Research Awards support investigations that will further the understanding of clinical practice in anesthesiology and related sciences. Up to four research projects are selected annually, with a maximum award of $175,000 each.

Kate Gurba, MD, PhD awarded FAER Fellowship Grant

Dr. Gurba was recently awarded a one year Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Fellowship grant for her project titled “Preclinical Evaluation of Analgesia Mediated by a Novel Muscarinic M4 Positive Allosteric Modulator”.

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