Category: General News
Dr. Palanca selected for Board of Directors of American Delirium Society
Dr. Smith awarded an NIH R03 GEMSSTAR Grant: Delirium, Acute Inflammation, and Rhythmic Transcriptomics (DART)
Dr. Smith awarded WU NIH KL2 grant
Dr. Kafashan awarded a 2024 WU ICTS Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program Grant to study sleep in the context of rTMS for depression
Dr. Kafashan Received a 5-year K01 Award from the National Institute of Mental Health to Study “Disruptions of Brain Networks and Sleep by Electroconvulsive Therapy”
Mehdi Kafashan, PhD, MSc, Instructor of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 5-year $793,965 K01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study “Disruptions of Brain Networks and Sleep by Electroconvulsive Therapy (DNS-ECT)”.
Dr. Smith scheduled to present at 2022 ASA Annual Meeting
Dr. Kendall Smith is scheduled to present at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting on October 21-25 in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Dr. Palanca scheduled to speak at Stanford University
Dr. Ben Palanca is scheduled to speak at Stanford University on May 5, 2023.
Rachel and Kaitlyn scheduled to present at 2022 ASA Meeting
Rachel and Kaitlyn scheduled to present at 2022 ASA Meeting.
SWIPED trial will leverage propofol to probe relationships of slow-wave sleep, depression, and cognitive dysfunction
Drs. Palanca and Lenze have received a $703,237 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to begin the Slow Wave Induction by Propofol to Eliminate Depression (SWIPED) clinical trial.
Dr. Palanca scheduled to speak at 2022 ASA Annual Meeting
Dr. Ben Palanca is scheduled to talk at the American Society of Anesthesiologists on October 21-25 in New Orleans at the Ernst N. Morial Convention Center.
Dr. Guay earns Kosaka Scholars Best Abstract Award & Margaret Wood Resident Research Award
Dr. Christian Guay was a Top Finalist for the Kosaka Best Abstract Award from the International Anesthesia Research Society and received the Margaret Wood Resident Research Award from the Association of University Anesthesiologists for his CLASS-D Abstract submission: Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation Increases Human Thermal Arousal Thresholds during Dexmedetomidine Sedation.
Drs. Palanca & Smith spoke at IARS 2022 Annual Mtg
Dr. Ben Palanca and Dr. Kendall Smith spoke at the International Anesthesia Research Society annual meeting on March 17-20, 2022.
Universitätsspital Bern Anesthesia Symposium
Dr. Ben Palanca spoke at the Universitätsspital Bern Anesthesia Symposium on November 10th, 2021 in Switzerland.
Congratulations, Anhthi!
Anhthi Luong will be obtaining her Master’s in Public Health at Columbia University in the fall of 2022. She will be leaving Washington University in St. Louis on June 21.
Congratulations, Dr. Guay!
Dr. Christian Guay matched into a joint Cardiothoracic and Critical Care and Research Fellowship at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will be leaving Washington University in St. Louis on June 22.