Campus & Community

James Dwyer has been named vice chancellor for university business services at WashU, announced Nichol Luoma, executive vice chancellor for administration. He previously worked at Arizona State University.

Eric J. Huang, MD, PhD, a renowned physician-scientist specializing in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, has been named the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and head of the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Andy Groves, a leading researcher in the development of the inner ear, will head the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis beginning in April.

Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named the school’s inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice.

David J. Gray has been appointed interim senior vice chancellor and chief financial officer, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.

The WashU Danforth Staff Council has added 11 new members and elected its executive officers for the academic year.

The WashU Board of Trustees has elected four new trustees to four-year terms, which took effect July 1. The board also selected four new student representatives for the 2024-25 academic year. 

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar has been named the new scientific director of the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging and has joined the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology and the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine.

Dwight A. McBride, the Gerald Early Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences and a senior advisor to the chancellor, is the new executive director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.

Mohamed A. Zayed, MD, PhD, a vascular surgeon known for his pioneering research in vascular diseases, has been appointed director of the newly established Division of Surgical Sciences in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.