Visit the News Hub

Jim Dryden

Director of Broadcast & Podcasts

314-286-0110
jdryden@wustl.edu
WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications

Jim Dryden covers psychiatry and neuroscience, orthopedics, diabetes, obesity and nutrition. He is the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers and has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Stories by: Jim Dryden

June 24, 2021
Podcast: Vaccinating kids against COVID-19 likely to enhance school safety
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' discusses safety for kids when school resumes, as well as treating children who have become seriously ill from COVID-19.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
May 19, 2021
Podcast: What to make of CDC’s new masking guidelines
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' details how changes in recommendations for masking will be implemented at the university and elsewhere.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
May 12, 2021
Podcast: Pandemic contributing to uptick of mental health problems in kids
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' details how children, particularly those with special needs, have been affected by behavioral and emotional turmoil caused by COVID-19.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
March 24, 2021
Podcast: After a year of COVID-19, vaccines making life better but it’s not over
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' brings back our first guest to discuss where we’ve been during the pandemic and what’s to come.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
March 10, 2021
Podcast: Loss of smell, heart problems common symptoms for long-haulers
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' discusses how School of Medicine physicians are working to help patients with lingering problems following COVID-19.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
February 16, 2021
Podcast: Avoiding burnout, tending to mental health as pandemic enters year 2
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' explores the need for health-care providers and others to maintain mental health and exercise self-care during these trying times.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
January 27, 2021
Podcast: Improving health messaging in fight to slow COVID-19
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' examines how to convince people to take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19, particularly as many are targeted with misinformation.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
January 20, 2021
For some, GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection
People with Barrett’s esophagus have SARS-CoV-2 receptors in upper GI tract.
News Release
December 29, 2020
Podcast: Vaccines have arrived but COVID-19 treatments progressing much more slowly
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' contrasts the rapid development of effective vaccines with the lack of progress toward effective therapies.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
December 9, 2020
Podcast: COVID-19 vaccines around the corner
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' reports on progress toward a vaccine and how to stay safe before vaccines become widely available.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
November 17, 2020
Podcast: Preparing for winter and the holidays under the shadow of COVID-19
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' reports on how to try to stay safe during the holiday season as COVID-19 cases spike around the country.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
November 12, 2020
Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients
Antidepressant drug repurposed for patients with coronavirus infection.
News Release
November 3, 2020
Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus
Other viruses, such as Zika and herpes simplex, replicate in corneal tissue.
News Release
October 22, 2020
Podcast: Preventing COVID-19 among unhoused people
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' reports on the efforts of infectious diseases specialists and social work researchers to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks among people who are without adequate housing.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
September 3, 2020
Global trial to test whether MMR vaccine protects front-line health-care workers against COVID-19
Vaccine may strengthen immune response to viral infections; trial to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers .
News Release
August 28, 2020
COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled
In great need of in-person supports, developmentally disabled are overlooked in pandemic-related decisions, experts say.
News Release
August 6, 2020
Podcast: Can boosting the immune system, rather than suppressing it, work against COVID-19?
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science' details research findings that patients with COVID-19 often develop weakened rather than hyperactive immunity in response to the coronavirus.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
August 4, 2020
Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19
Researchers find weakened, rather than hyperactive, immunity in response to virus.
News Release
July 28, 2020
Podcast: Folding@home enlists computers to ID COVID-19 treatment targets
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' highlights an effort led by Washington University scientists to use computing power from around the world to identify vulnerabilities in the coronavirus.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
July 6, 2020
Study to examine social media’s effects on stress during COVID-19 pandemic
National Science Foundation grant funds analysis, Twitter-based interventions.
News Release
June 25, 2020
Podcast: Racism as a public health issue
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science' focuses on racial disparities in COVID-19, as well as protests aimed at systemic racism.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
June 12, 2020
Podcast: How do we safely navigate re-openings while coronavirus risks remain?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on how best to fend off COVID-19 as restrictions are lifted.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
June 2, 2020
Podcast: Addressing rumors, conspiracy theories related to coronavirus
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on social media, unfounded rumors and conspiracies.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
May 18, 2020
Podcast: Global study tests chloroquine to protect health workers from COVID-19
Trial led by top academic institutions around the world, including School of Medicine.
Podcast, Show Me the Science