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New FoodShare app helps fight hunger, is fun for foodies

FoodShare is a new app that allows users to donate a meal for every meal purchased at a participating restaurant. Developed by Washington University junior Andrew Glantz, the app is a finalist for the Mobileys, a nationwide competition that honors entrepreneurs who make a difference through mobile innovation.

Mardis named editor-in-chief of case studies journal

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, the Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been named editor-in-chief of the journal Molecular Case Studies.

Medicine & Health

Trial to study if smoking-cessation therapy can be tailored to smokers’ DNA

A School of Medicine study may aid efforts to tailor smoking-cessation treatments to individual cigarette smokers. Researchers are recruiting 720 smokers whose DNA samples, from saliva, will be analyzed to identify genetic variations that influence smoking behavior, lung cancer risk and the effectiveness of smoking-cessation treatments.

Martin’s book cited for excellence in recorded sound research

A book by Lerone Martin, PhD, assistant professor of religion and politics in the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, has won a Certificate of Merit in the 2015 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Blues, Gospel or R&B.

Medicine & Health

On the rise: Painkiller abusers who also use heroin

Drug abusers are not completely abandoning prescription opioids for heroin, according to School of Medicine researchers. Instead, many use the two concurrently based on their availability. The researchers’ findings also reveal regional variations in the use of heroin and prescription painkillers.

Morrow-Howell named president of Gerontological Society of America

Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, the Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy at the Brown School and director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging in the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, is the new president of the Gerontological Society of America, the nation’s largest multidisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging.

Lohman named Biophysical Society Fellow

Timothy Lohman, PhD, the Brennecke Professor of Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was named a 2015 Biophysical Society Fellow.

Campus & Community

Unruh joins Kemper Art Museum

Allison Unruh, a specialist in modern and contemporary art, has been appointed associate curator of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

WashU Expert: Tricks for enjoying Halloween treats

Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis and a leading national food expert, offers five tips for parents who want a healthy Halloween season. Among them: set portions, avoid demonizing sugar.

Campus & Community

Picturing St. Louis’ Gateway Arch at 50

St. Louis’ Gateway Arch turns 50 Oct. 28. Corban Swain, a Washington University in St. Louis undergraduate in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, recently took top prize in a photo contest celebrating the Arch’s anniversary, with an upside-down image of the beloved, iconic landmark.