John T. Milliken Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Sina Jasim has recently participated in the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists held virtually this year from May 26 to 29, 2021. Dr Jasim presented the session titled “DSN Year-in-Review: Thyroid” which covered the most significant research advances within the last year in clinical thyroidology, how research data can […]
Monika Bambouskova, PhD has received the Pfizer-Showell Award from the American Association of Immunologists. The Pfizer-Showell Award recognizes the professional promise of an early career investigator by assisting the award recipient with registration for the AAI annual meeting to present their research. This award is supported through an endowment from Henry J. Showell and Pfizer, Inc. […]
Clay F. Semenkovich, MD and collaborators had their study published online April 21 in The Journal of Lipid Research. The publication is titled, “Endothelial ether lipids link the vasculature to blood pressure, behavior, and neurodegeneration.” Vascular disease contributes to neurodegeneration, which is associated with decreased blood pressure in older humans. Plasmalogens, ether phospholipids produced by peroxisomes, […]
Dr. Litvin was part of the expert panel developing Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s recommendations on the care of patients with cystic fibrosis after lung transplantation. The results of the committee’s recommendations were published online April 22 in the Journal for Heart and Lung Transplantation. The committee of experts formulated 32 recommendation statements in the topics related […]
Max Petersen, MD, PhD was awarded the Endocrine Fellows Foundation’s Fellow Research Grant. His research project, titled “Muscle bioactive lipids in metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity,” has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Endocrine Fellows Foundation. The grant is intended to cover research over a 1-year time span. Each academic year, the Foundation awards […]
Dr. Bambouskova has received the Pfizer-Showell Award from the American Association of Immunologists. The Pfizer-Showell Award recognizes the professional promise of an early career investigator by assisting the award recipient with registration for the AAI annual meeting to present their research. This award is supported through an endowment from Henry J. Showell and Pfizer, Inc. Monika […]
Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, MD has been named the new Chief of Medicine at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, effective April 12, 2021. Dr. Bernal-Mizrachi is the Philip E. and Carolyn E. Cryer Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research in the Department of Medicine, and Professor of Cell […]