Dr. Leyao Wang receives grant to further COVID-19 research
Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH has received a grant from The Center for Diabetes Translation Research to help fund the study of factors underlying increased risks of COVID-19 infection and severe outcomes among people with diabetes.
Dr. Leyao Wang’s asthma and COVID-19 study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (Links to an external site)
Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH’s study to assess the impact of asthma on COVID-19 diagnosis has been published in The Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Dr. Maya Jerath is co-leading the monoclonal antibody treatment at BJC (Links to an external site)
A new COVID-19 treatment aimed at decreasing hospitalizations and preventing deaths is becoming more widely used in the St. Louis area. The treatment, called monoclonal antibody therapy has been used on over 500 patients in St. Louis and is offered at four BJC locations. Dr. Maya Jerath is co-leading the monoclonal antibody treatment at BJC […]
Asthma in COVID-19 suspected and diagnosed patients (Links to an external site)
Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH has been published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Asthma patients are comparatively susceptible to respiratory viral infections and more likely to develop severe symptoms than people without asthma. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is necessary to adequately evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of the asthma population […]
Dr. Ofer Zimmerman joins the Department of Medicine (Links to an external site)
Dr. Zimmerman obtained his medical degree from Sackler School of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University in Israel. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. During his training in Infectious Diseases he developed an interest in host-pathogen interactions and more specifically why particular infections pose a […]