Clinical News
The Department of Pediatrics opened three Washington University Children’s After Hours Clinics in 2021. These clinics are bringing care closer to patients’ homes and extend office hours through the evening.
South County, St. Charles County and Metro East locations all provide the following services:
- COVID-19 testing for symptomatic patients with an office visit
- Examination and assessment (not school physicals)
- Point of care testing – urinalysis, urine Hcg, glucose, strep, flu, RSV, COVID, mono, hemoccult
- Laboratory services
- Radiology imaging – clavicles to fingers, pelvis to toes, two-view chest, two-view abdomen
- Splinting for fractures/injuries
- Treatment for lacerations
- Basic medications and post-injury immunizations
- Straight cath urine samples
Hours:
- Monday – Friday, 5–11 p.m.
- Saturday – Sunday, 12–11 p.m.
Pediatric specialty care at our new center in South County
We know how to care for kids. The St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County provides an environment just for kids and teens. Washington University physicians, nationally recognized for their pediatric care, are compassionate and committed to providing excellent care and support for our patients and families.
Services include
- Outpatient surgery
- Imaging (X-rays, ultrasound, MRI)
- Therapy (physical, occupational, speech)
- Infusion services
- Laboratory services
- Pharmacy
- Safety Stop
- Food kiosk/snack bar
Outpatient clinics include
- Allergy and Pulmonology
- Audiology
- Cardiology
- EEG
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Infectious diseases
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pain management
- Pediatric surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Psychology
- Rheumatology
Office of Faculty Development
Culture of Wellness Workshop – Postponed
We are sorry to let you know that we are going to postpone the Culture of Wellness workshop that was scheduled for 1/21 due to the COVID situation. We don’t feel that a virtual workshop will have the same value as an in person or hybrid one and are also concerned that too many faculty will not be able to take time away from covering the clinical service or may not be feeling well enough themselves to attend. We are working on reformulating the program for later in the spring.
COVID-19 Child and Dependent Care Resources
Bright Star Care
314-819-6000
Will care for quarantining children who have been exposed to COVID-19, and/or those who have tested positive for COVID-19. Will also care for mildly ill children who are negative for COVID-19 or have had no COVID-19 exposure. Accept Private Pay. Rate for care will vary based on COVID-19 positivity and/or exposure. Basic rate for non-Covid mildly ill children is $26 per hour. Rate if child has been exposed or has tested positive is $50 per hour. Requires four hours minimum. Families can call the number above to begin process of reserving care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Accessible Home Health Care
314-396-2862
Will care for quarantining children who have been exposed to COVID-19, and/or those who have tested positive for COVID-19. Will also care for mildly ill children who are negative for COVID-19 or have had no COVID-19 exposure. Accept Private Pay. Hourly rate if child does not have COVID-19 is $24 per hour. If child has COVID-19, or develops it during the course of care, the rate goes up to $38 per hour. Requires four hours minimum. Families can call the number above to begin process of reserving care. Company requests 48 hours lead time, if possible.
Faculty Feature
Melissa Riley, MD
Melissa Riley, MD, grew up in northeast Ohio with about 70 rotating siblings over her childhood years. Her family was a foster family and eventually adopted four of those children to add to the biological group. As No. 2 of the now eight… Read more.
Faculty News
Jeffrey Bednarski, MD, PhD – For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
Sarah Garwood, MD – MFH Honors Dr. Sarah Garwood with 2021 Walentik Leadership in Health Award
Funded Awards
Congratulations to Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, Regina Clemens, Jonathan Cooper, Michelle Gill, Monica Hulbert, Shalini Shenoy, Bryan Sisk, Gregory Storch, Stephen Sykes and Phillip Tarr. Read this month’s funded awards page to learn more.
Funding Opportunities
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
R01 Series – new: Feb. 5
U01 – new: Feb. 5
K Series – new: Feb. 12
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 – new: March 16
R15 – new, renewal, resubmission, revision: Feb. 25
- NIH Due Dates
- Washington University Internal Competitions – Federal Sources
- Washington University Internal Competitions – Private Funding Sources
Academy of Educators and the Medical Education Research Unit Small Grants Program. Applications are due Jan. 18, 2022, by 5 p.m. (CST).
Spring NIH Mock Study Section. Letters of intent due Feb. 7, 2022, by 5 p.m. (CST).
Digestive Diseases Research Core Center Pilot & Feasibility Awards. Letters of intent are due by Feb. 18, 2022.
Longer Life Foundation: Developmental Research Awards 2022. Letters of intent are due by 12 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 18, 2022.
McKelvey Collaboration Initiation Grants. Proposals due March 1, 2022.
Big Ideas Competition 2022. Letters of Intent are due March 15, 2022.
ICTS & CRE² Partnership: the Just-in-Time Core Usage Funding Program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
CRE² Scholar Grants. Applications due April 1, 2022.
CRE² Seed Grants. Applications due April 1, 2022.
ICTS & CRE² Partnership: the Just-in-Time Core Usage Funding Program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
CRE² Graduate Studio Small Grants. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For COVID-19 related funding opportunities, please visit the OVCR COVID-19 website.
Education & Postdoctoral Opportunities
T32 Transdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease. Applications are due by Jan. 14, 2022.
2022 Knight ADRC Research Education Component Scholars Program. Applications are due Jan. 18, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. (CST).
Applied Health Behavior Researc – New Courses for Spring 2022. Register by Jan. 18, 2022.
- M88-502 Basics of Data Visualization and Presentation
- M88-510 Exercise Science, Fitness, and Healthy Aging Research
- M88-536 Health Education: Methods, Planning and Evaluation (online course)
Contact ahbr@wustl.edu for more information.
Master of Science in Clinical Investigation, Spring 2022 Courses. Courses start as early as Jan. 18, 2022.
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and Control. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s Health. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
T37 LEAD Global Training Program 2022. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2022.
TL1 Predoctoral Clinical Research Program. Applications are open through Feb., 20, 2022, for a June start date
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and Control. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s Health. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
TL1 Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Welcome New Employees
The Department of Pediatrics recently welcomed many new employees. Meet them on this month’s new employees page!
IT News
The Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) team recently completed some maintenance to address the slowness in its compute1 environment and storage cluster. The RIS team is monitoring the systems with the IBM support teams to verify the systems are functioning as expected. If you experience any issues, please report them to the RIS team by creating a service ticket with the RIS Service Desk.
Research News
Guidance for Research Laboratories During Current COVID-19 Surge (see COVID-19 Surge)
Jan. 11 – PET-RTRC Workshops & Scientific Session: Preclinical Workshop
Jan. 11 – CRTC Career Development Seminar: Exploring the All of Us Research Program and Community Engaged Research Methods
Jan. 12 – 2022 Researcher Forum – Day 1
Jan. 12 – PET-RTRC Workshops & Scientific Session: Clinical Imaging Workshop
Jan. 12 – RMS 101: Proposal Prep, Budget, and Routing
Jan. 13 – 2022 Researcher Forum – Day 2
Jan. 13 – PET-RTRC Workshops & Scientific Session: Facility Tours and Scientific Session
Jan. 19 – RMS 102: Submissions, Child Records, and Proposal Tracking
Jan. 20 – Using Python for Basic Data Exploration and Manipulation
Jan. 26 – Longer Life Foundation Q&A Informational Session
Jan. 27 – Using Python for Basic Data Visualization
Upcoming Events
The Jeffrey Modell Pediatric Translational Immunology Conf.
Feb. 4, 2022: 1-2 p.m. – Zoom Meeting – Link will be sent by Debra Warren
Case Presentation: Dr. Steve Brennan, Pediatric Allergy/Pulmonary
Research Talk: Dr. Naresha Saligrama, Neurology
Pediatrics Molecular Medicine Seminar (PMMS) Series
Zoom Meeting – Link will be sent by Pediatric Molecular Medicine every Monday
| 1/13/2022 | David Sibley (Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis) |
| 1/20/2022 | Wayne Yokoyama (Medicine, Rheumatology) |
| 1/27/2022 | Jeff Gordon (Pathology/Immunology, Dev Biology, Molecular Microbiology) |
| 2/3/2022 | Jeff Milbrant (Genetics) |
| 2/10/2022 | Courtney Reichhardt (Chemistry) |