New Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research launches with focus on...
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation has announced its launch of a Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) - part of a national network of 20 NIH-funded centers, and the...
View ArticleOptimizing labor induction focus of WashU Medicine grant
Nandini Raghuraman, MD, assistant professor, Ob/Gyn, & public health faculty scholar, has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health Human Development, NIH, to study...
View ArticleHow Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes
An ongoing health study led by public health faculty scholar Theresa Gildner, PhD, showing how chronic flooding and sewage backups is adversely affecting peoples’ health, is mentioned in a Science...
View ArticleRaw sewage has plagued Cahokia Heights for years. Aging water systems are to...
Theresa Gildner, PhD, assistant professor of biological anthropology and public health faculty scholar, is mentioned in a St. Louis Public Radio podcast on aging U.S. water systems and her study of...
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WashU Alz Buddies: Connecting through memories
Written by Vikram Simhambhatla, BS Candidate, WashU While stumbling around WashU’s Activities Fair during my sophomore year, I found a booth with “WashU Alz Buddies” laden across a regular 8.5” x...
View ArticleEarly signs of dementia, from falls to personality changes and driving...
Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, associate professor, Division of Aging & Dementia, Department Of Neurology, & public health faculty scholar, is quoted in Decoding Dementia, a series on dementia,...
View ArticleMedicaid enrollment associated with higher risk of cancer death
Public health faculty scholar Kimberly Johnson, PhD, professor, Brown School, is lead author of a paper recently published in Neuro-Oncology Practice on higher risk of cancer death found in young CNS...
View ArticleCenter helps secure Medicaid coverage for doulas in Missouri
The Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) helped secure Medicaid coverage for doula services here in Missouri – a state with one of the highest maternal...
View ArticleAs election looms, Missouri providers ponder future of reproductive health...
Pubic health faculty scholar Tyriesa Howard, PhD, feels that Vice President Harris' administration would back broader access to contraceptives and would work to protect Title X funding for family...
View ArticleBrown School ushers in new era for social policy
Jason Jabbari, PhD, assistant professor, Brown School, & public health faculty scholar, weighs in on the integration of two key research centers – the Social Policy Institute (SPI) and the Brown...
View ArticleA new study reveals the unpopular opinions Americans won’t say out loud
James Gibson, PhD, professor of government & public health faculty scholar, is quoted in a Yahoo Business Insider article on “self-silencing” – suppressing your real views on issues – that seems to...
View ArticleElection results could mean major changes in Medicaid
Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research Co-Director & public health faculty scholar Timothy McBride, PhD, weighs in on what could happen if Medicaid is turned into a...
View ArticleCould daylight saving time ever be permanent? Where it stands in the states
"The medical and scientific communities are unified ... that permanent standard time is better for human health," said Erik Herzog, PhD, professor of biology & public health faculty scholar, in a...
View ArticleGambling on ‘vibes’ — why the betting markets are getting the election all wrong
Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science at Olin and Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains “the betting models predicting that Trump will win based on of the “vibes” of social...
View ArticleScientists believe popular drug could end the mysterious outbreak of colon...
A team of scientists from five nations, including public health faculty scholar Yin Cao, ScD, will study blockbuster weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, to see if they can reverse the high...
View ArticleSachs testifies on drug prices before Senate Judiciary Committee
Rachel Sachs, JD, professor and public health faculty scholar, testified before U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill and the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Oct 29, on reducing prescription drug costs.
View ArticleHealth and science experts on their hopes and worries for the Trump era
Public health faculty scholar and epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, spoke to STAT about the ways that Trump’s administration could impact the future of health and scientific research.
View ArticleStudy: Deaths from cardiovascular disease surge among adults 25-64 in rural...
"This is a timely & well-done study that addresses a crucial question: Are we making progress in closing these important urban-rural gaps in cardiovascular outcomes?" said public health faculty...
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2024 Public Health Conference offers expertise on innovative technologies,...
Written by Kim Furlow, communication manager, Institute for Public Health Approximately 450 students, faculty, staff and community members recently convened over a two-day period, with experts in...
View ArticleMy social media is helpful and positive. Here is how yours can be, too
Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD, professor, Department of Psychiatry, and public health faculty scholar, contributed to a CNN article on how to be active on social media without having an unhappy or...
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