The Record

Disrupting infectious diseases

With a grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a multi-institutional research team led by scientists at Virginia Tech and WashU will develop an indoor air device to disrupt transmission of infectious diseases.

Woodard elected to National Academy of Medicine

Pamela K. Woodard, MD, director of the WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, is among 100 new members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

Board grants faculty appointments, tenure

At the Board of Trustees meeting last month, numerous faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure, with most taking effect that day.

Notables

Lisa Weingarth, senior advisor to the chancellor and executive director of WashU’s “In St. Louis, For St. Louis” initiative, recently accepted a post on the Great Rivers Greenway Foundation board of directors.

Research Wire

Jason Jabbari, an assistant professor at the Brown School, has received a two-year $352,943 grant from Arnold Ventures to evaluate the impact of the Cristo Rey Network’s professional work-based learning model on social mobility and racial equity.

Announcements

Public comments welcome during WashU PD reaccreditation process

The WashU Police Department is pursuing reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. That organization is accepting public comments about WashU PD.