Appointments

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology named William Merrick, professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, one of 30 members in its first class of fellows. The fellows were selected for their contributions to research, teaching and mentoring, or other ...

Spencier Ciaralli, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, was awarded a $20,000 American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The AAUW empowers women and girls through research, education and advocacy. Over the past 132 years, the organization has provide...

Lina Mehta, associate dean for admissions at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently appointed to serve a three-year term as chair of the National Committee on Admissions (COA). The National Committee on Admissions functions as an advisory committee to the Group on Student...

Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently appointed to two scientific panels. Madabhushi joined the Food and Drug Administration’s Network of Digital Health Experts (NoD...

Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes a wide variety of research spanning morphology, molecular biology, paleobiology, genetics, ethology and ecology, and other subjects related to ...

The Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case Western Reserve University recently announced the distinguished ThinkEnergy Fellows for the 2020-21 cohort. These students have been selected based on their dedication to their research and enthusiastic participation in their respective fields of interest in ...

Ben Vinson III, provost and executive vice president, was recently elected to the Council on Library and Information Resources’ (CLIR) board. Vinson joined two other members elected to the board during the organization’s fall meeting: Asma Naeem, chief curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art; andSa...

Anita Aminoshariae, professor in the Department of Endodontics at the School of Dental Medicine and director of the Predoctoral Endodontics Program was named the associate editor of the Journal of Endodontics. The three-year post was announced by the American Association of Endodontists—a global re...

George Blake and David S. Busch have received Digital Scholarship Grants from the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library for the 2020-21 academic year. This newly created grant program targets scholars who are not eligible for the Freedman Fellows Faculty or Student programs...

Janetta M. Hammock, diversity program manager in the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO), was appointed as the office’s incoming director of diversity and strategic initiatives. Hammock assumed the director’s position Dec. 1. Hammock, a certified diversity professional, ha...