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February 1, 2002 Vol. 26, No. 19
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Trinkaus to be named Hemenway professor

Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology, will be named the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences. Full story

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Introducing new faculty members

The following are among the new faculty members on the Hilltop and Medical cam-puses. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.

Hyunjung (Jade) Lim, Ph.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of cell biology and physiology. Her research interests include the role of hormones on pregnancy and uterine physiology. She earned a bachelor's degree from Seoul Women's University in Korea and a doctorate from the University of Kansas. She comes to St. Louis from the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she was a research assistant professor of molecular and integrative physiology.

Cathy K. Naughton, M.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of surgery. Her work focuses on abnormal testicular maturation, testicular tumors and recovery of sperm production after vasectomy reversal. She earned a medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, after which she joined Washington University, first as an intern and resident, then as a urology resident and basic science research fellow. She returns to the University after completing a clinical fellowship in male infertility at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Neill M. Wright, M.D., joins the School of Medicine as assistant professor of neurological surgery, introducing minimally invasive thoracic spine surgery to St. Louis. His clinical interests include minimally invasive surgical treatment of many spine and spinal cord disorders. Wright's research focuses on bone healing and fusion in the setting of spine surgery. Wright earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.


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