Notables

Beverly Brozanski, MD, professor of pediatrics, and Jennifer Wambach, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, both in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Newborn Medicine at the School of Medicine, have been named new members of the American Pediatric Society.

Engineering senior Vaishali Shah has been awarded the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship, which supports those interested in a career in the aerospace industry.

Rachel Sachs, the Treiman Professor of Law at Washington University, has been selected as a nonresident fellow at the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy.

Leopoldo J. Cabassa, professor at the Brown School, co-director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research and director of the PhD program in social work, has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review.

Jonathan Kipnis, a professor and a BJC Investigator at the School of Medicine, has been named an academic editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Lori Setton at the McKelvey School of Engineering was recognized by the Biomedical Engineering Society for excellence in leadership and service to the cell and molecular bioengineering community.

Meredith Lehman, head of museum education for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, has won a 2021 IDEA Award from the Arts and Culture Accessibility Cooperative.

Gabbie Cesarone, a December Arts & Sciences graduate, was named the 2021 D3soccer.com Defender of the Year and also received a First Team All-America nod.

Holden Thorp, the Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor and editor-in-chief of the Science family of journals, will speak at a free online event Feb. 8 focused on the intersection between science and politics.

The IpsiHand, an innovative stroke-recovery device developed by a WashU startup that helps stroke patients recover arm and hand function by retraining their brains, has received the 2021 Pantheon Product of the Year Award from California Life Sciences.