Articles
Through his research in Egypt, Washington University professor Gary J. Weil plays a major role in the global effort to eradicate the debilitating and disfiguring disease, lymphatic filariasis.
Read "Making filariasis history" here (article begins on page 15)
Published by Outlook, Washington University School of Medicine, Winter 2006
Washington University School of Medicine pediatrician Patricia Wolff has been regularly traveling to Haiti to help treat malnutrition and disease in the impoverished, medically underserved country
Read "Descent into Haiti" here (article begins on page 12)
Published by Outlook, Washington University School of Medicine, Summer 2004
As part of the East Africa Neurosurgery Mission, a team of St. Louis physicians and nurses volunteers their time and talents to treat brain and spinal cord problems in East Africa.
Read "Neurosurgery in Nairobi" here (article begins on page 8)
published by Outlook, Washington University School of Medicine, Fall 2000
Led by Mallinckrodt Institute radiologist Premsri Barton, Washington University physicians are using a multidisciplinary approach to educate Thai physicians about clinical specialties and the latest technology.
Read "Radiology in Prathet Thai" here (article begins on page 9)
Pediatrics professors Mark Manary and Patricia Wolff work tirelessly to end child malnutrition in Africa and Haiti, respectively, using ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF).
Read "A recipe to save young lives" here (article begins on page 12)
published by Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Summer 2008
Jack Ladenson, Ph.D., professor of Clinical Chemistry, has worked for years to advance health care in developing countries. His efforts have yielded more effective pathology and diagnostic services in Eritrea, Kenya and Bhutan.
Read "A remarkable vision" here (article begins on page 8)
Published by The Record, Washington University, Feb. 14, 2008
As a Radiological Society of North America Visiting Professor, Mallinckrodt Institute radiologist Marilyn Siegel sees firsthand the urgent need for modern equipment and training in South African public hospitals.
Read "South Africa: A land of contrasts" here (article beings on page 20)
Mallinckrodt Institute and the Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile, are partners in the Radiological Society of North America’s International Radiology Education Program aimed at improving radiology teaching practices in developing countries.
Read "Teaching the teachers" here (article begins on page 4)