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Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building is seen above green trees at 4444 Forest Park on April 23, 2026. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine
Custodian Michael Ward cleans the glass in the link on May 18, 2020. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Apprentice Brittany Wallace, who works for McCarthy, spent two years working on the construction of the Neuroscience Research Building before moving on to the new inpatient building on the former Queeny Tower site. Wallace was photographed outside the NRB on August 17, 2022. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Department chairs, McCarthy personnel and Washington University School of Medicine employees toured the third and sixth floors of the Neuroscience Research Building on June 27, 2022. Notable people on the tour were David Holtzman, MD, Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, Linda Richards, PhD, Gregory Zipfel, MD, and vice chancellor Richard Stanton. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Paul Morgan (hat) and Steven Coplin of U.S. Art Company install artwork by Matthew Ritchie in the lobby of the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building, on March 28, 2025. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine
Staff nurse Katherine Mercurio and Rob Poirier, MD, talk with Barnes-Jewish security. Frontline caregivers worked with patients in the Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center during the COVID-19 pandemic on May 8, 2020. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
St. Louis city employee Marvin Payton installs new Nash Way signs at the intersection with Taylor Avenue and between Mid Campus Center and Eric P. Newman Education Center on October 14, 2022. The street name replaced Children’s Place, and is named for Helen Nash and Homer Nash Jr., for their contributions to the city, where the Nash family has been treating children and advancing medical education since the 1940s. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
WashU Medicine students, faculty, and staff take advantage of a free bike tune-up by Bike Shark and hosted by WashU Sustainability and staff Heather Craig and Jenna Schaefer on September 11, 2025, on the UHSP campus. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine
A 400-foot crane tears down Queeny Tower one floor at a time on May 14, 2021. Queeny Tower has stood at the corner of Kingshighway and Barnes-Jewish Plaza for 55 years and is coming down to make way for an expansion on the medical campus. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Construction and renovations of Hope Plaza near the finish on April 23, 2026. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine
Derrick Brininger, a tech installer for Media Resources, fits the LED panels into the art installation for Jennifer Steinkamp’s “Madame Curie,” in the atrium of the Neuroscience Research Building on November 15, 2023. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Steve Sobo takes in the tour. Washington University School of Medicine Operations & Facilities Management Department, along with McCarthy personnel, tour the the basement, third and second floors at the Neuroscience Research Building on January 9, 2023. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Solar panels cover the Taylor Avenue Building and parking garages on May 14, 2021. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
As WashU Medicine expands in teaching, care, and research, our team is key in ensuring seamless clinical delivery, advancing research, and supporting education.
Over 500 People
Over 65 Buildings
Over 11.2 Million Square Feet
This includes the 11-story, 609,000-square-foot neuroscience research building, which houses one of the world’s highest concentrations of neuroscientists.