Mary and Tom Stillman receive Harris Award
Mary and Tom Stillman are the recipients of the 2024 Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award, which recognizes those who contribute to the betterment of the greater St. Louis community.
Sherraden honored as ‘Social Work Pioneer’
Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at the Brown School, has been named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation.
Gomez-Lopez receives award to study pregnancy complications
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a four-year $500,000 award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to further research into the immunobiology of the maternal-fetal interface and identify biomarkers to predict preterm labor and birth.
WashU leader, alumni recognized for commitment to diverse workplaces
Four members of the WashU community are recipients of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2024 Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards.
Iqbal earns runner-up in privacy tech award
A research paper by a computer scientist at Washington University has been named runner-up for the Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies.
Pagliarini named HHMI Investigator
David Pagliarini, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He will receive approximately $11 million in funding over seven years in support of research on mitochondria.
Stitziel honored by American Heart Association
Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the American Heart Association’s Mid-Career Award in Genomic and Precision Medicine.
Big Idea winners announced
The winners of the Big Ideas Competition, which supports novel projects in informatics and health-care delivery, have been announced. The competition is jointly sponsored by the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the BJC Healthcare Innovation Lab.
Liu recieves prestigious Roberts Fellowship
Gary Liu, a graduate student at the WashU School of Law, received a prestigious Roberts Fellowship from the Eisenhower Institute, which includes a $10,000 award to support research and educational costs.
Physician-scientists receive Scholar-Innovator award
Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD, and Russell Pachynski, MD, both of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have been honored with the 2024 Scholar-Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland.
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