The Record

WashU to establish pharmacy school, absorb UHSP program

WashU and the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy announced they have entered into an agreement whereby WashU will assume control of UHSP. UHSP’s central program, the Doctor of Pharmacy, will become WashU’s 10th academic school.

Fiber implant sheds new light on Alzheimer’s disease progression

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have a federal grant to further develop a fiber-based, deep-brain interface to study the relationship between neurovascular dysfunction and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.

Getting to know Provost Mark West

Provost Mark D. West is settling in to his role as WashU’s chief academic officer. Learn more about West, one of the country’s leading scholars of the Japanese legal system as well as a prolific writer, teacher and academic administrator.

Notables

Annie Mayer Bridwell, DVM, PhD, has been named executive director of the Ryan Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Solutions, the first new institute at the WashU School of Public Health.

Notables

Denise M.S. Willers, MD, a clinician renowned for patient-centered care and academic excellence, has been named director of the WashU Medicine Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Donald Royse, architect and urban designer, 93

Donald Royse, a professor emeritus of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, died Jan. 31 surrounded by family at his home (which he designed) overlooking Lake Washington in Seattle. He was 93.