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Campus Authors: Charles F. Zorumski, MD, and Eugene H. Rubin, MD, PhD
Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience: A Primer, is the second book in 18 months from Charles F. Zorumski, MD, the Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head of Psychiatry, and Eugene H. Rubin, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry. It is about how the brain works and what the growing understanding of neuroscience will mean to future diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses.
Hall wins 2011 Weidenbaum Center Award for Evidence-Based Journalism
Kevin G. Hall, national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, has won the 2011 Weidenbaum Center Award for Evidence-Based Journalism. Hall will receive the award during the center’s annual media retreat June 26-29 in Cape Cod.
School of Medicine staff honored with service awards
Three employees at the School of Medicine — James Lee (left), Erin L. Ruh and Jonathan C. Riley — were honored by Larry J. Shapiro, MD (right), executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine, for going above and beyond in their work.
Children with frequent wheezing illnesses sought for study
Two related studies at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital are looking at whether medication can prevent respiratory infections in young children from becoming more serious.
Sharing best practices
Henry Biggs, PhD, associate dean in Arts & Sciences and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, welcomes some 150 Council on Undergraduate Research members to the Gateways to Best Practices for Undergraduate Research Program Directors Conference, held June 14-16 at Washington University.
Ackers, biophysicist and human hemoglobin expert, dies at 71
Gary K. Ackers, PhD, professor emeritus, died from problems related to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease Friday, May 20, 2011, in Oro Valley, Ariz. He was 71.
Media Advisory
Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn, deputy commandant for combat development and integration for the U.S. Marine Corps, will share experiences from a distinguished 30-year military career at a Leadership Symposium Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
AARP needs to clarify position on Social Security
AARP’s ambiguous statements about Social Security benefit cuts have led to a public roasting of the organization for caving into public pressure, says Merton C. Bernstein, LLB, a nationally recognized expert on Social Security and the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “Whatever stance AARP has taken, it does not provide ‘cover’ for the Obama Administration to agree to cut benefits now, soon or in the future. If AARP does not vigorously and clearly repudiate what some see as willingness to accept benefit cuts, AARP will be the loser.”
Shock and recall: Negative emotion may enhance memory, study finds
