Notables

The Experimental Psychology Division (Division 3) of the American Psychological Association (APA) has awarded its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award to Larry L. Jacoby, PhD, an internationally recognized scholar of human memory and a professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Beth Kozel, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been named a 2015 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Lasker Clinical Research Scholar.

Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and his wife, Risa Zwerling Wrighton, will receive the inaugural “Spirit of Provident Award” early next year from the nonprofit agency Provident, which offers counseling, crisis intervention and community outreach.

Maxine I. Lipeles, JD, senior lecturer in law and director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, was honored by the Sierra Club at its annual awards program in San Francisco.

Cal Halvorsen, a doctoral student at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, recently received three honors for his work, including his research on aging issues.

Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD, director of the Division of Immunobiology at the School of Medicine, has been chosen as a 2015 recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award. The award challenges investigators to develop groundbreaking approaches that have a high impact on a broad area of biomedical or behavioral science. Randolph is one of 13 Pioneer Award winners this year.

Robert Schreiber, PhD, the Alumni Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a co-editor-in-chief of Cancer Immunology Research​.

Maurizio Corbetta, MD, an internationally recognized neuroscientist and clinician at the School of Medicine, will receive the 2015 Outstanding Neurorehabilitation Clinician Scientist (ONCS) Award. The American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) Education Foundation Board selected Corbetta for the honor.

The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis has bestowed its 2015 World Peace Through Law Award on former Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz.

Teresa Deshields, PhD, manager of Siteman Counseling Service at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, has been chosen as a 2015 fellow by the American Psychosocial Oncology Society.