The Record

A new era in public health at WashU

WashU has celebrated the installation of Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, as dean of the School of Public Health, marking a major public health milestone and the university’s first new school in a century.

Tariffs may not bring global supply chains back

Panos Kouvelis, at Olin Business School, examines in his research how global supply chain managers weigh decisions to reshore manufacturing when faced with tariffs.

International Alzheimer’s prevention trial in young adults begins

The first participants have been enrolled in an international clinical trial, led by WashU Medicine, aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease in young adults at high risk of the disease.

Tune in to State of the University address

The WashU community is invited to watch Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s State of the University address online at 2 p.m. Feb. 25. A recording also will be available later.

Notables

Two WashU faculty members will receive Outstanding St. Louis Scientist awards: battery engineer Peng Bai (left), at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and biologist Ram Dixit, in Arts & Sciences.

Notables

Neuroscientist Juliet Mwirigi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.