Notables

Jorge A. Di Paola, MD, a professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, has been honored by the American Society of Hematology with the 2025 Mentor Award in Basic Science.

Mechanical and materials engineer Sara Roccabianca has been named director of the Center for Women’s Health Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Leila Sadat, the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at WashU, has been appointed to the board of eyeWitness to Atrocities, founded by the International Bar Association.

Catherine Hanaway, a member of WashU’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed to serve as Missouri attorney general. As such, Hanaway will step down from the board. She will be sworn in Sept. 8.

Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, was one of two early-career leaders chosen for this year’s Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.

WashU Medicine postdoctoral researchers Wesley Saintilnord and Matthew Reynolds have been named Jane Coffin Childs Fellows. The fellowship is designed to support the most promising postdoctoral scientists as they seek to advance research into the causes and treatments of human disease.

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, a clinical innovator who has developed new devices and techniques for heart valve surgeries, has been named the new director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at WashU Medicine.

Monika Weiss, a professor of art at the Sam Fox School, is featured in exhibitions at the Silas von Morisse Gallery Viewing Room and the A.I.R. Gallery, both in New York.

For the third cycle in a row, WashU receives a prestigious sustainability recognition.

Feng Jiao, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, was elected a 2025 American Chemical Society fellow.