SLU Research Reflection Series
Saint Louis University leadership, faculty, and students weigh in on what is means to be a Catholic, Jesuit Carnegie Research 1 university in this current moment.
09/24/26- John Tavis, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular Virology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Director of the Saint Louis University Institute for Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation (IDBI). In this reflection, Tavis reflects on his more than three decades researching Hepatitis B and how SLU is enabling interdisciplinary collaborations that can lead to life-changing treatments.
09/23/26- Jintong Tang, Ph.D., is the Mary Louise Murray Endowed Professor in Management, a Saint Louis University Research Institute Fellow, Director of the Emerson Leadership Institute, and Interim Director of the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship at the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business. Below she reflects on her own research and the lessons SLU can learn as a research university.
09/03/26- Alexandra Boyd, Ph.D., assistant professor and assistant dean in the Saint Louis University School of Education, reflects on what it means to be a Catholic, Jesuit Carnegie R1 institution as well as her own research alongside local school districts in St. Louis.
04/26/24- The story of how a person with blindness changed the course of a SLU researcher's career.
03/08/24- "What does it mean to be a preeminent Jesuit research university?" For this reflection piece, I was asked to focus on the meaning of "Jesuit" in that question. "Jesuit," however, entails "Catholic," so my reflections will focus on that word, as well. Ultimately, "Catholic" is more important than "Jesuit." Saint Louis University could stop being a Jesuit university and remain a Catholic one; it could not do the opposite.