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David M. Holtzman, M.D., is the co-recipient of the MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Cancer recurrence is a hard subject to face. In fact, the return of cancer can be more frightening than the initial diagnosis, says Teresa DeShields, a psychologist at the Siteman Cancer Center. This difficult topic is being discussed more among cancer patients and their physicians since the recent revelation of cancer recurrence in Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential hopeful John Edwards.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesEliot TrioWashington University’s Eliot Trio will perform piano trios by Franz Joseph Haydn, Camille Saint-Saëns and Johannes Brahms at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in Whitaker Hall. The Eliot Trio consists of pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music; violinist David Halen, concertmaster for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; and Daniel Lee, principal cellist for the symphony orchestra.

David G. Mutch, the Ira C. and Judith Gall Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named President-Elect II of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists. The society is a national medical specialty organization of physicians who are trained in the comprehensive management of women with malignancies of the reproductive tract.

Children born with a foot deformity that causes them to have a rigid flatfoot once faced extensive surgery to fully correct the problem. A treatment developed by a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the School of Medicine has shown early success in correcting congenital vertical talus with minimal surgery in most cases.

Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine researchers recently helped the Saint Louis Science Center probe the mysteries of a nearly 2,000-year-old baby mummy.

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted. Promotion with tenure Mark Alford, to associate professor of physics Paul F. Austin, to associate professor of surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007 Nathan A. Baker, to associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, effective July 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006 Thomas J. Baranski, to associate professor of medicine Joe E. Barcroft, to associate professor of Spanish and secondary learning acquisition Perry E. Bickel, to associate professor of medicine Christopher A. Bracey, to professor of law Lingchei Letty Chen, to associate professor of Chinese language and literature Zhoufeng Chen, to associate professor of anesthesiology, effective Feb. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006. Michael R. Chicoine, to associate professor of neurological surgery, tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Matthew B. Dobbs, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007 Matthew Erlin, to associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures Timothy A. Graubert, to associate professor of medicine Robert O. Heuckeroth, to associate professor of pediatrics, effective Sept. 1, 2006 with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Catherine C. Keane, to associate professor of classics F. Scott Kieff, to professor of law Henric Krawczynski, to associate professor of physics Katharine Kuharic, to associate professor of art William R. McKelvy, to associate professor of English Andrew Rehfeld, to associate professor of political science Rick W. Wright, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007 Appointment with tenure Jeffrey F. Peipert, as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and as vice chairman of clinical research in obstetrics and gynecology, effective Jan. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006 Granting of tenure Allan Doctor, as associate professor of pediatrics, effective Oct. 6, 2006 Hong Liu, as associate professor of finance

Led by senior lefthander Andy Shields, the baseball team went 4-0 last week. Shields climbed to third on the WUSTL career wins list with a 5-2 win against Maryville University.

Photo by David Kilper(From left) Engineering junior Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz; Michael A. Swartwout, Ph.D, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; alumnus Brian McDaniels (MSME ’06); and engineering junior Lane Haury prepare a demonstration of their nanosatellite duo March 23 in Cupples II Hall.

School of Medicine scientists have developed an apparatus designed to precisely target radiation therapy on a tumor that may move with breathing.