Financial support helps draw talented students to the university’s medical school and enables top-tier graduate programs to enhance professional excellence.
St. Louis couple fuel cardiac imaging and cancer nanomedicine research
Russ and Sherry Hornsby’s gift funds the groundbreaking work of cardiologist Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, and his collaborators at the School of Medicine.
Medical school bequest celebrates professor emerita
Kevyn Schroeder’s commitment to create the Penelope Shackelford Professorship in Pediatric Infectious Disease pays tribute to her longtime friend and mentor.
Donor plays key role in driving personalized cardiovascular research
Created in 2018, Kim Kuehner’s $15 million endowed fund has helped accelerate School of Medicine investigators’ efforts to understand and treat heart disease.
HIV/AIDS pioneer inspires classmate’s scholarship giving
Dr. H. Brent Clark’s estate bequest to the medical school adds to the endowment for the Class of 1974 Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Jonathan Mann.
Late WashU employee’s $1.3 million estate bequest fuels COPD research
Ruth Bebermeyer’s support honors sister and will advance drug discovery and treatment of the lung disease.
Needlemans commit $15 million for drug discovery
Gift from longtime WashU benefactors establishes program to advance promising drug targets into early clinical trials.