Ramani named vice provost for graduate education

Vijay Ramani, the Roma B. and Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished University Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named vice provost for graduate education, announced Provost Beverly Wendland. His appointment is effective Jan. 1.

International Alzheimer’s clinical trial to test two drugs

The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit at the School of Medicine has announced that it will be targeting two key Alzheimer’s proteins — amyloid and tau — as part of its Tau Next Generation Alzheimer’s prevention trial.

Lodge to depart Washington University

Jennifer K. Lodge, vice chancellor for research at Washington University and the David T. Blasingame Professor, will leave the university at the end of the year. Lodge will be joining Duke University as vice president for research and innovation in January.

Noninvasive brain biopsy shows improved sensitivity

A team of researchers led by Hong Chen at the McKelvey School of Engineering has developed a noninvasive diagnostic method that may one day replace tissue biopsies with a simple blood test.

Notables

Feng Sheng Hu, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, has bolstered the school’s administrative efforts by appointing several faculty members to new or expanded leadership roles.

Research Wire

Zhoufeng Chen, at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for neuroscience research.

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Roya Beheshti Zavareh, associate professor of mathematics and statistics in Arts & Sciences, won a three-year $203,917 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Colin Eugene Kluender, DBBS graduate student, 26

Colin Eugene Kluender, a graduate student in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences, died Nov. 4 in his hometown of Milwaukee. He was 26. A memorial service will be held 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Holmes Lounge.