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A community grant from the Foundation planted the seed for the Baden Community Vegetable Garden that is nourishing the neighborhood and helping it thrive.

Evidence indicates that mentorship and hands-on training experiences, especially in STEM fields, are important tools to launch successful careers and contribute to diversifying the field of health care. The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, with support from generous donors, funds a variety of opportunities for high school students, students pursuing a degree or credential, and lifelong learners to engage with real physician-scientists and gain exposure to various work environments.

Availability of funding often determines the ability, success, and rate at which scientific discoveries can progress from an early idea to patient care and treatment. Gifts made to the Cancer Frontier Fund reach physician-scientists through a rigorous, peer-reviewed selection process that identifies and resources the most promising research in cancer in two cycles annually and positions those projects for successful federal funding necessary to accelerate the impact on patient care. It is critical to ensure this fund is replenished and that each generation has access to the most innovative therapies.

Through its Food as Medicine program, BJC Community Health Improvement is addressing the health disparity of people who are food insecure and have type 2 diabetes. 

Heart failure is a leading cause of disability in the United States, contributing to more than 35% of all deaths from cardiovascular disease. Nearly a million new cases are diagnosed annually. In the last few years, we have uncovered important links between immune system activation and the progression of heart failure.

Most people have to visit an average of seven different doctors and face several years of misdiagnoses to finally discover they have a rare condition known as thoracic outlet syndrome, or TOS. Shana Baldwin lived that painful experience and is now trying to change that for others.

Donor gifts allow The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to support more than 30 endowed chairs and deanships at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing.

Critical breakthroughs in diagnostic technologies that can lead to early intervention will alter the course of treatment currently provided for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Enhanced diagnostic capabilities will lead to much earlier therapies with outcomes that will combat and/or delay the onset of this devastating disease.

2022 Year in Review: Community Health Improvement