Shining a light on psychiatric hospital safety
As more Americans seek mental health care in inpatient psychiatric facilities, families face a troubling lack of accessible information about the safety and quality of these institutions. Read the...
View ArticleWashU summer camp merges art, public health education
The Light Institute brings art to education on public health. The learners? St. Louis middle schoolers.
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Missouri Medicaid enrollment stable; pending applications drop
Written by Timothy McBride, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research Total net enrollment of Missouri’s Medicaid program has remained relatively stable in the...
View ArticleNIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV
Implementation science grant terminations, combined with the U.S.’ withdrawal of support for HIV prevention and treatment programs, threaten to derail global progress toward ending the HIV epidemic....
View ArticleExpanding proper asthma care
Written by Juan Tueme, MD candidate at Ponce Health Sciences University; RADIANCE Scholar in the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Asthma is a chronic, preventable respiratory...
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Learning about St. Louis: Health equity and the Delmar Divide
Written by Leyla Kornegay, BS candidate in Microbiology, WashU; and the Stephanie and Chris Doerr Scholar in the 2025 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Photo: Tiffany Cade on...
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Missouri Medicaid expansion and unwinding link to changes in hospital...
Coverage of emergency department outpatient encounters by Medicaid, commercial and uninsured in rural vs. urban areas, 2019-2024 The Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics...
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First Day Detours: Exploring the social landscape of St. Louis
Written by Pelagie Ky, MPH Candidate, Virginia Tech; participant in the 2025 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Metrolink train Photo: Matthew Black on Wikimedia Commons. My first day...
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From Dublin to St. Louis: A new perspective on health care
Written by Anas Bader, MD candidate, University College Dublin and WashU-University College Dublin Scholar, Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health track...
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