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School of Medicine researchers found that volunteers’ brains produced electrical responses to erotic images that were stronger than those elicited by other material viewed.

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space. Patricia L. Kohl, Ph.D., joins the George Warren Brown School of Social Work as assistant professor. Kohl earned a doctorate from the University of North Carolina, where she also served as a research assistant for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Her past positions include clinical director at Children’s Place Inc. and mental health counselor at Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center, both located in Aiken, S.C. A consulting editor for the journal Social Work, Kohl studies the link between child welfare and domestic violence, and safety from repeated neglect and abuse. Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D., serves as assistant professor in both the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine. He earned a medical degree from Stanley Medical College, Madras, India, and completed a psychiatric residency at the Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India. He received fellowship training in pediatric pain at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a doctorate in health policy. Raghavan previously worked as policy core director at the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. His research centers on policies that promote access to, and raise the standards of, mental health services for children in the child welfare system. Matt Gabel, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences as associate professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 1994. He also completed a master’s degree in advanced European studies at the College of Europe in Brugge, Belgium. He spent 1996-98 at the University of Michigan as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research. His research interests include the political economy of European integration, the political consequences of electoral laws, comparative democratic processes and American health policy. He is associate editor of the Journal of European Union Politics. Melanie Springer, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science as assistant professor. She earned a doctorate in political science from Columbia University in 2006. She specializes in American politics and quantitative methods. Her teaching and research interests include voting and elections, political institutions, state politics and policymaking, American political development, Congress and political parties. Robert Walker, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science and the Program in Applied Statistics and Computation as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 2005. His research interests are political methodology (interdependent choice and path dependence), international relations (international political economy and international human rights) and political economy.

A brain region that focuses on vision also receives signals that may help configure the operation of the brain, School of Medicine researchers found.

Photo by Mary ButkusSophomore Scott Fabricant (right) chats with alumnus Nathan Dardick while freshman Jean-Charles Foyer looks on during an Oct. 4 dessert reception for all residents of Nathan Dardick House in the South 40.

Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL PhotoBruce Backus (left), Washington University assistant vice chancellor of environmental health and safety, and United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson.Recognizing the leadership that Washington University in St. Louis has shown in management of hazardous waste and its many environmental initiatives, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a visit to Washington University, announced plans to establish a new, national compliance assistance center for colleges and universities.

Andrew B. Newman, a senior mathematics and physics dual major in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 18 undergraduate students selected nationwide by NASA astronauts to receive a $10,000 scholarship through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF).

Junjie Chen, Ph.D., staff scientist, has received a two-year, $143,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Phenotypic Characterization of Cardiomyopathy in Dystrophic Mice Using Diffusion Sensor MRI.” … Tillmann Cyrus, M.D., senior scientist, has received a two-year, $143,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Three-dimensional Molecular Imaging of Intramural Biomarkers With Targeted Nanoparticles.” … Craig Glaiberman, M.D., instructor in radiology, has received a two-year, $121,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Simulation: A Novel Method to Objectively Assess Interventional Skill Sets.” … Thomas Conturo, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of radiology, has received a one-year, $120,482 grant from the University of Pittsburgh/Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation for research titled “Diffusion Tensor Tracking of Connectivity Abnormalities in Autism.” … Amir Amini, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Non-Invasive Measurement of Intravascular Pressures From MRI.” … Bernard Camins, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Reducing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU With a Chlorhexidine-impregnated Sponge (Biopatch TM).” … Sandor Kovacs, M.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $110,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Real-time, Pressure Volume-based Assessment of Cardiac Function.” … Michael S. Hughes, Ph.D., research associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $109,537 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of the Heart and Muscular Dystrophy.” … Joel Perlmutter, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $88,000 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the Handelman FundCryostat. … John Rice, Ph.D., professor of mathematics in psychiatry, has received a one-year, $71,223 grant from the University of Michigan/National Institute on Drug Abuse for research titled “Candidate Genes for Smoking in Related and Unrelated Individuals.” … Keith Woeltje, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $49,909 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for research titled “Improved Surveillance for Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections.” … Anne Cross, M.D., professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $44,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for research titled “Restoring Glutamate Homeostasis in EAE.” … Robert Mecham, Ph.D., Alumni Endowed Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received a one-year, $28,770 grant from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation for the “Establishment of a Dynamic Microscopy Imaging Facility.” … Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of molecular biology and pharmacology, has received a one-year, $24,000 grant from the Longer Life Foundation for researching the effect of two candidate drugs on delay of aging and extension of the lifespan of mice.

Photo by Joe AngelesJana Harper, lecturer in book arts in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, leads a course in the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book.Dedicated to the creation, study and exhibition of multidisciplinary and collaborative work, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts reflects larger developments within art and architecture education.