Author: Kelly Wiese Niemeyer

Greg Hart has been appointed Washington University’s first chief technology officer, announced Jessie Minton, vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer. Hart begins the role March 20.

Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, an associate professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, recently won a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to improve game-theory analysis methods to tackle increasingly complex problems.

Eight physician-scientists at the School of Medicine have been elected members of the newest class of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

A new study from researchers at the School of Medicine indicates that T cells play a key role in neurodegeneration related to the brain protein tau, a finding that suggests new treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a way to sensitize metastatic breast cancer that has spread to bone to immunotherapy.

Joseph Lee Roti Roti, a professor emeritus of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, died Feb. 18 at his home in Highland, Ill. He had been dealing with kidney-related conditions and was 79.

Paul Berg, a former associate professor of microbiology at the School of Medicine and a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Feb. 15 at his home on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 96.

Parking and Transportation Services announced several plans for spring, including a new shuttle provider and tracking app and participation in the College Transit Challenge.

Washington University has created the Institute for Leadership Excellence, which will provide professional development opportunities for staff members across the university. Selection for two cohorts will begin in April.

Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine were awarded $569 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in federal fiscal year 2022, elevating WashU to No. 3 among U.S. medical schools in total NIH research funding support.