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DiPersio receives Legacy Leadership Award from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
John DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Samuel J. Golman Endowed Professor of Oncology and director of the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a 2017 Legacy Leadership Award honoree by the Gateway Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He was recognized May 5 at […]
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Achilefu named to chemistry, optical societies
Samuel Achilefu, PhD, the Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry and to The Optical Society. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a London-based professional association of chemical scientists with more than 50,000 members worldwide. […]
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Sasa Mutic honored as innovator
Celebrating innovation in St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Journal on June 23 honored area individuals and companies with the publication’s third annual Innovation Awards. Among those honored were Sasa Mutic, PhD, director of the Medical Physics Division in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. He also is a Siteman […]
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Murphy, Virgin elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Siteman Cancer Center are among the 84 members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. Election to the academy — which was announced May 3 — is considered one of the highest honors that can be awarded […]
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Dacey receives Cushing Medal from neurosurgery society
Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD, has been awarded the Harvey Cushing Medal by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He was honored with the medal, the association’s most prestigious award, for his many years of outstanding leadership, dedication and contributions to the field of neurosurgery. The medal – named in honor of the father […]
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Ley to receive 2016 faculty achievement award
Timothy Ley, MD, an expert in cancer genomics and leukemia, will receive a 2016 Washington University in St. Louis faculty achievement award, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has announced. A Siteman Cancer Center research member, Ley also is the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and chief of […]
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Govindan named Anheuser-Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology
Ramaswamy Govindan, MD, has been named the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The Anheuser-Busch Foundation established the endowed chair in 2001 through The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Govindan was honored for his innovative research, including in genomics, aimed at developing better lung cancer therapies […]
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Goodman appointed to City of St. Louis Board of Health and Hospitals
Melody Goodman, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and a research member of Siteman Cancer Center, has been appointed to the City of St. Louis Board of Health and Hospitals. Mayor Francis Slay appointed Goodman, who will serve until 2019. In the role, she will advise the city health […]
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Mardis visits White House to discuss cancer research
Elaine Mardis, PhD, co-director of The McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, joined a group of 14 other distinguished cancer researchers and physician-scientists Jan. 8 at the White House to talk with Vice President Joseph Biden’s staff about his “moonshot” challenge to cure cancer. The researchers, convened by the […]