Of note
School of Medicine student members of the Internal Medicine Interest Group — Adam Althaus, Ryan Anderson, Michael Billington, Sanyukta Desai, Kristen Grant, Miquia Henderson, Katie Hu, Kenny Lin, Tina Liou, Luke Lowry, Neil Munjal, Ima Paydar, Jennifer Reeves, Joseph Song, Maria Trissal, Julia Warren and Xiaodi Wu — recently were honored by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen for their co-sponsorship of a charity gala last November to raise funds for the Community Health-In-Partnership Services clinic, a community-based, not-for-profit health and wellness center serving north St. Louis. A resolution was presented and sponsored by Ward 1 Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe. …
Gabriel Bien-Willner, MD, PhD, resident in pathology and immunology, has received a one-year, $2,500 Pilot Resident Research Grant Award from the College of American Pathologists for research titled “Idic(17)(p.11.2) Rearrangement in Medulloblastomas; Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance.” …
Baiwei Gu, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate, received a Scholar Award from the American Society of Hematology. The program, which provides $50,000 per year for two years, supports hematologists who have chosen a research career by providing partial salary or other support during the period required to complete training and to achieve status as an independent investigator. …
Leah Merrifield, special assistant to the chancellor for diversity initiatives, was a panelist in a Webinar discussion titled “Diversifying the Faculty and Helping Dual-Career Couples” March 18. The Webinar was sponsored by the PhD Project and the National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.
Speaking of
Pier Marton, senior lecturer in Film and Media Studies in Arts & Sciences, spoke on “Cinematic Comics: Irrelevant Irreverence” at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at Webster University. The talk was the keynote address for a daylong academic conference focusing on the creation and study of comic books in St. Louis. Other participants included David Schuman, administrative assistant to The Writing Program in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences; and Peter Coogan, lecturer in American Culture Studies in Arts & Sciences and director of the of St. Louis-based Institute for Comics Studies.