Notables

Patrick White, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2023 Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Tori Harwell, a junior studying African and African American studies and environmental analysis in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Udall Scholar, an honor bestowed on students who have demonstrated leadership in the areas of the environment and conservation, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, chief of the cardiac surgery section in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine, has been named the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease.

Denise Head and Lori Markson, professors, and Calvin Lai, an associate professor, all in Arts & Sciences, have been recognized for their achievements by the Association for Psychological Science.

Karma Frierson and Hyeok Hweon Kang, both assistant professors in Arts & Sciences, have won fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. She is among 95 new senior members who will be honored in June at the NAI’s annual meeting,

Jessie Minton, vice chancellor and chief information officer at Washington University, recently was selected to serve on the St. LouisCIO advisory board.

Research by sociologist Caitlyn Collins, in Arts & Sciences, was cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President.

Tansu Daylan, an assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, will develop curriculum for enhanced reproducibility and equity in exoplanet research.

Kevin Collins, an intellectual property expert, was installed as the Edward T. Foote II Professor of Law at Washington University during a ceremony in March.