Notables

Kathy Gaytan, director of internal audit, has been promoted to executive director of compliance and audit at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

Microbiome pioneer Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, at the School of Medicine, has won the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Colin A. Martin, MD, a specialist in intestinal rehabilitation surgery and an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in surgery, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been named the Sojourner Truth in Racial & Social Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work for the 2023-24 academic year.

Philip H. Dybvig, a banking and finance expert at Olin Business School, was a key speaker at the 2023 Asian Leadership Conference, Korea’s premier international conference, in May.

Maggie Mullen, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, has been selected to participate in the National Cancer Institute’s 2023 Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program Cohort of Surgeon Scientists.

Jon Heleno, former deputy controller at Columbia University, has been appointed associate vice chancellor for finance – planning and budgets at Washington University, announced Amy B. Kweskin, executive vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer.

Nicolae Gârleanu, an expert on asset pricing, was installed as the H. Frederick Hagemann Jr. Professor of Finance at Olin Business School during a ceremony May 8.

Coming off of a historic 2022-23 season, the Washington University in St. Louis women’s track and field team was awarded the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Program of the Year.

Cindy Brantmeier, a professor of applied linguistics and global studies in Arts and Sciences, will serve on the advisory board for LANGUAGES, a language acquisition research study in England, Norway and France examining teachers’ instruction and students’ use of languages in classrooms.