Notables

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, the David Clayson Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine, has been named a winner of the Rainwater Annual Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Disease Research.

Washington University in St. Louis, through its race and ethnicity cluster hire initiative, has hired eight new faculty members for the fall 2023 semester in continued efforts to build a world-class program on race.

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, has been named head of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America Research Committee.

Ed Soltero has been appointed assistant vice chancellor and university architect for Facilities Planning & Management, announced Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration.

A vast database of cancer genomics knowledge started by Washington University scientists has been named a Global Core Biodata Resource by the Global Biodata Coalition. It’s led by twin brothers Malachi Griffith and Obi Griffith, both associate professors of medicine.

The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators board of directors has elected Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, as its next board chair.

The east end project on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis has received the 2023 American Institute of Architects Regional & Urban Design Award

Harvey Fields, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the inaugural dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Harris-Stowe State University.

Benjamin A. Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the School of Medicine, was named best Latinx department head as part of Vanderbilt’s recent recognition of Hispanic and Latinx heritage month.

Dana Ostrander has been appointed assistant curator of modern art at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. She will begin March 13.