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Game on the Biomedical Frontier of Personalized 3-D Printing CONSTRUCTION SAFETY LABS ON THE MOVE ONE TEST FOR ALL VIRUSES OUTLOOK.WUSTL.EDU WINTER 201516 GET YOUR Game On The biomedical frontier of personalized 3-D printing outlook.wustl.edu Outlook 3 154762_OFC_CS6.indd 3 12/11/15 6:54 PM Circle of support Outlook Winter 2015–16 outlook.wustl.edu Each loop of crocheted yarn is interdependent on another; miss a Published by Washington University School of Medicine, loop or fray it and the structure becomes unstable. Stroke survivor Office of Medical Public Affairs, Campus Box 8508, 4444 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108 ©2015 Lindsay Obermeyer came to appreciate her dependence on PHONE (314 ) 286-0100 EMAIL [email protected] caregivers, family and friends. The artist, treated at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center, MANAGING EDITOR DEB PARKER ASSISTANT EDITOR, DESIGNER ERIC YOUNG became fascinated with the research of Amar Dhand, MD, DPhil, EXECUTIVE EDITOR DONNA HEROUX who studies social networks and stroke outcomes. The two began PHOTOGRAPHER ROBERT BOSTON collaborating on ways to artistically visualize the support networks CIRCULATION KATHI LAW of stroke patients. Obermeyer plans an installation that will include facebook.com/WUSTLmedicine.health 1,600 crocheted images, the number of stroke patients treated annually at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. @WUSTLmed 154762_IFC-IBC_CS6.indd 1 12/8/15 9:22 PM Washington University School of Medicine OUTLOOK.WUSTL.EDU WINTER 201516 16 Toolbox tips Labs on the move Designed around the concept of 7 “neighborhoods,” the research building at 4515 McKinley opens it doors, ushering in a new era of collaborative science. Lending a hand A lab is using 3-D printing to create prosthetic 10 limbs for pediatric patients and an assortment of anatomical models and training tools for physicians and researchers. Building better health Occupational health experts and a construction 16 manager partner together to make commercial construction workers safer. Going viral 22 A single test A test developed at the School of Medicine is for a world of 22 capable of detecting virtually any virus that viruses infects people and animals. COVER Living without full use of her hands is normal for Olivia, who developed a 2 Pulse rare autoimmune disease as a baby. Researchers recently made Olivia, now almost 5, a powdery- 26 Alumni & blue mechanical prosthesis decorated with Development dinosaurs and her name in cursive. 3-D printing 26 Palliative care allows researchers to customize raw materials to meet specific health needs and, in the 28 Parkinson’s disease process, is heralding a new direction in patient 30 Alumni giving care. See page 10. 30 WUMCAA helps spread the school’s mission. PHOTO BY JERRY NAUNHEIM 33 Classnotes 154762_1-6_Pulse_CS6.indd 1 12/8/15 9:33 PM pulse BOSTON ROBERT Understanding the preemie brain Increased risk of neurological and psychiatric issues calls for earlier intervention abies born prematurely face an development in preemies that can indicate The researchers found that some key increased risk of neurological whether a child is likely to have later brain networks — those involved in Band psychiatric problems that problems so that we can intervene with attention, communication and emotion — may be due to weakened connections extra support and therapy early on to try were weaker in premature infants. in brain networks, new research shows. to improve outcomes.” “We found significant differences in Studying brain scans from premature One of every nine infants in the U.S. is the white matter tracts and abnormalities and full-term babies, School of Medicine born early and, thus, with increased risk of in brain circuits in the infants born early, researchers zeroed in on differences in the cognitive difficulties, problems with motor compared with those of infants born at brain that may underlie such problems. skills, attention deficit-hyperactivity disor- full term,” said Rogers, who treats patients “The brain is particularly ‘plastic’ very der, autism spectrum disorders and anxiety. at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. early in life and potentially could be modi- Rogers, along with senior author Scans show differences in preemies’ fied by early intervention,” said principal Christopher D. Smyser, MD, assistant profes- resting-state brain networks, particularly investigator Cynthia E. Rogers, MD, assistant sor of pediatric neurology, and colleagues in a pair of networks previously implicated professor of child psychiatry. “We usually in the Washington University Neonatal in learning and developmental problems. can’t begin interventions until after symp- Development Research Lab, used functional Rogers said these brain circuit abnor- toms develop, but what we’re trying to do magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion malities likely contribute to problems is develop objective measures of brain tensor brain imaging to compare 58 babies that materialize as the children get older. born at full term with 76 infants born at The researchers are continuing to follow least 10 weeks early. the children as they develop over time. 2 Washington University School of Medicine Winter 2015–16 154762_1-6_Pulse_CS6.indd 2 12/8/15 9:33 PM Pharmacy partnership seeking better meds St. Louis College of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine are joining forces to nd better, safer and more eective ways to use prescription medications to improve health. Researchers from the two institutions are collaborating REMEROWSKI BRAUN to create the Center for Clinical Pharmacology. GAIA Initial focus will be on translational and clinical ALLISON research to better understand and improve pain treat- WHEN I’M 64 Today’s freshmen have a 50 percent chance ment. e new center will concentrate on how to best of living to see their 100th birthdays. A new course, “When use existing drugs to treat pain, as well as on developing I’m 64,” gives Washington University undergraduates a taste of and identifying new analgesic drugs and other thera- the physical and mental challenges associated with aging. It is peutic approaches for pain. co-taught by Susy Stark, PhD, assistant professor of occupational About 100 million American adults are aected by therapy, and faculty in psychology and social work. The goal chronic pain, more than the total aected by heart is to build understanding and highlight career opportunities disease, cancer and diabetes combined. Tailoring treat- in working with older people. ments to individual patients is one of the center’s goals. “is collaborative venture between the academic institutions of pharmacy and medicine is unique in the eld of clinical pharmacology and a major strength,” said new center director Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD, Bhayani named chief medical officer the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology and professor of Washington University Physicians of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Sam B. Bhayani, MD, has been appointed chief medical Medicine. “Combining the ocer (CMO) of the Faculty Practice Plan. expertise of both institutions In this newly created position, Bhayani will work will allow us to develop and closely with James P. Crane, MD, associate vice chancellor deliver on the promises of for clinical aairs and chief executive ocer of precision medicine and nd the Faculty Practice Plan. e plan, the most eective ways to known as Washington University HURSLEY TIM treat individual patients.” Physicians, ranks among the ve largest St. Louis College of Pharmacy Researchers also will try academic group practices in the U.S. to prevent some of the abuse As CMO, he will work with the problems associated with pain medications. Prescription medical schools’s clinical departments opioid analgesics play a role in 17,000 deaths every year to ensure that services and programs in the U.S. Studies estimate that societal costs are more are “best in class” in terms of clinical than $70 billion annually, including health-care costs, quality, patient outcomes, patient safety costs for lost productivity in the workplace and costs in and patient satisfaction. Sam Bhayani, MD the criminal justice system. Dependence on opioid pain- In partnership with BJC HealthCare, killers can become a gateway to heroin and other drugs Bhayani also will help design and implement the new, of abuse, Kharasch said. unied electronic patient medical record system. Further, Also joining the center as co-director is Karen Seibert, he will facilitate the development of strategies and payment PhD. Seibert is a professor of pathology and immunol- models focused on population health management and ogy and of genetics, director of Genomics and Pathology value-based health care, and will work with Crane to Services and associate director of shared services at coordinate and communicate with BJC on systemwide the Siteman Cancer Center. initiatives that aect the plan. outlook.wustl.edu Outlook 3 154762_1-6_Pulse_CS6.indd 3 12/8/15 9:33 PM pulse Look for Why parasite makes TB infections worse Scientists have shown how a parasitic worm infection common in the developing world increases susceptibil- ity to tuberculosis. e study demonstrated that treating for parasites reduces lung damage seen in mice that also are infected with tuberculosis, thereby eliminating the vulnera- bility to tuberculosis (TB) that the parasite is known to cause. BOSTON e study raises the possibility of using inexpensive ROBERT and widely available anti-parasitic drugs as a preventive GOING GREEN First-year medical students volunteered measure in places where the parasite and TB are common at St. Louis-area gardens to see how community-building — stopping infection with the parasite and reducing efforts can improve patients’ health. City Seeds Urban susceptibility to TB and the risk of a latent TB infection Farm (above) is part of Gateway Greening, a non-profit progressing to disease. e research appears in e Journal organization working to sustain green spaces and address of Clinical Investigation. urban problems such as limited access to fresh produce. “Scientists and doctors have known that having both infections — this parasitic worm and tuberculosis — results in increased susceptibility to severe lung disease than having TB alone,” said Shabaana A.
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