Shelton D. Caruthers, PhD, research associate professor of medicine, was elected to a two-year term as program director of the cardiovascular magnetic resonance study group of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. …
Simon Fisher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research, was elected in April to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), an honorary society to which more than 2,800 physician-scientists from all medical specialties belong. Prospective members are proposed by standing members of the society and elected to ASCI on the basis of an outstanding record of scholarly achievement in biomedical research. …
Nicholas Kooyers, graduate student, and Kenneth Olsen, PhD, associate professor, both in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, have received a two-year, $13,539 dissertation improvement grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Determining the Mechanisms of Recurrent Cline Evolution in White Clover (Trifolium repens).” …
Erin Leach, catalog librarian for University Libraries, was selected to take part in the 2011 American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders Program. The program aims to foster leadership, networking and familiarity with the ALA organization. …
Brent D. Matthews, MD, professor of surgery and minimally invasive surgery section chief, received the inaugural Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons’ Foundation Excellence in Medical Leadership Award for his leadership at Washington University and within the organization at the organization’s annual meeting March 30-April 2 in San Antonio. Michael Awad, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, received the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Award, and Esteban Varela, MD, associate professor of surgery, received the 2011 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Golden Laparoscope Young Researcher Award. …
James V. Wertsch, PhD, associate vice chancellor for international affairs, director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences, has received a two-year, $100,000 grant from The Ford Foundation for support for research, teaching and an exchange program with Fudan University on new directions in American studies. Wertsch and Shen Dingli, PhD, professor and director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan, wrote the proposal to bring together broader groups of faculty and students at the two institutions for collaborative research and teaching.