Notables

Three seniors in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis have been chosen for the Society of Illustrators’ 2015 Student Scholarship Competition exhibition.

Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo, PhD, assistant dean in Arts & Sciences, has been appointed by the Missouri Arts Council to serve on its advisory panel for festivals. Her term runs until June 30, 2016.

Kendall J. Blumer, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a four-year, $2.2 million renewal grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Mechanism and Regulation of Receptor-G Protein Signaling.”

Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, professor of developmental biology and of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $1.56 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “eNAMPT-mediated Adipo-hypothalamic Communication for NAD+ Production and Aging.”

​Avik Som, a second-year student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the School of Medicine, has been invited to attend the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Lindau, Germany.

Stephanie Kurtzman, director of the Community Service Office and associate director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service at Washington University in St. Louis, and LuAnn Oros, community consultant on hunger and homelessness in the Community Service Office, recently were recognized by Operation Food Search as important food drive partners.

Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD, an international leader in pediatric lung transplantation, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Carl Frieden, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $1.56 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Alzheimer’s Disease: Defining the apoE-amyloid-beta interaction.”

The School of Medicine’s KL2 Career Development Awards Program has selected its newest scholars. The training program promotes the career development of future clinical investigators.

Two Master of Landscape Architecture candidates in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis have won Student Chapter Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects’ St. Louis Chapter.