Young honored with NIH Director’s Award (Links to an external site)
Dr. Andrew Young received the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award. The Early Independence Award supports the launch of research careers for exceptional junior scientists who recently received their doctoral degree or completed clinical training.
The DOM Insider Volume 26 (Links to an external site)
In this Issue: Message from the Chair, High Impact Research Publications, Spotlight, Clinical Programs, Memoriam, Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Accolades, Leadership/Appointments, Office of Faculty Development (OFD), IDEAS at DOM, Vice Chair for Career Advancement, Vice Chairs of Safety, Quality, and Operations, Faculty Presentations, Welcome to WashU and Events
Obituary: Stuart A. Kornfeld, professor emeritus of medicine, 88 (Links to an external site)
Stuart A. Kornfeld, MD, the David C. and Betty Farrell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in St. Louis from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 88.
Oh awarded grant from Siteman Cancer Center
Congratulations to Dr. Oh who has received a research grant from Siteman Cancer Center to launch an investigator-initiated study aimed at improving treatment for serious blood cancers like myelofibrosis (MF) and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN). Current therapies for these conditions only work for some patients and often provide partial relief. MF, in particular, can cause severe […]
Non-canonical functions of DNMT3A in hematopoietic stem cells regulate telomerase activity and genome integrity
Grant Challen, PhD, Professor, WashU Medicine Division of Oncology, teamed up with Luis F. Z. Batista, PhD, Associate Professor and Andrew L. Young, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, WashU Medicine Division of Hematology, on a new research publication “Non-canonical functions of DNMT3A in hematopoietic stem cells regulate telomerase activity and genome integrity”, published this month in […]
2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors (Links to an external site)
The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that 166 of our faculty have been selected for the 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list. Let us congratulate our 7 Hematology Doctors
2024-2025 Top Scores in Ambulatory Patient Experience (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Oh, Lynn Golec, NP & Lindsey Taylor, NP
Congratulations to Drs. Oh and Young on their Faculty Promotions
Effective July 1, 2025, the following faculty members have been promoted in recognition of their outstanding dedication, innovative research, and significant contributions to the field of hematology. Stephen Oh, MD, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine. Dr. Oh is internationally recognized for his pioneering research on myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs)—a group of chronic hematologic […]