Making Time for Our Health During the Holidays
Deputy director, IPH, & public health faculty scholar Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, gives us tips to improve our physical and mental energy, helping us enjoy all of the Holidays.
View ArticleAnalyzing multiple mammograms improves breast cancer risk prediction
“We are seeking ways to improve early detection, since that increases the chances of successful treatment,” said Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, deputy director, IPH, & public health faculty scholar,...
View ArticleAI Reads Multiple Mammograms to Help Predict Breast Cancer Risk
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, deputy director, IPH, & public health faculty scholar, is senior author of a recent study published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, finding that AI identified women at...
View Article15 slang words Gen Zers are using in 2024 and what they really mean
"The emergence of social media has created a situation where the potential for slang virality has increased," said John Baugh, PhD, professor, Arts & Sciences, & public health faculty scholar,...
View ArticleMcBride honored for rural health advocacy
Tim McBride, PhD, co-director, CAHSPER, & public health faculty scholar, received the 2024 Rural Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Missouri Rural Health Association, for the exceptional impact...
View ArticleHalting hidden hunger
Lora Iannotti, PhD, professor, Brown School, & public health faculty scholar, is teaming with researchers at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador to study how improved maternal diet...
View ArticleThe potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy
“Psychedelic drugs have enormous potential to help people whom we can’t currently help, but the only way to turn that potential into reality is to conduct scientific research,” says Ginger Nicol, MD,...
View ArticleScientists collect ‘microbial fingerprints’ found in household plumbing
Fangqiong Ling, PhD, assistant professor, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, & public health faculty scholar, co-authored a paper, published in Nature Water, on bacteria populations in...
View Article‘High-Intensity Drinking’ Is Even Worse Than Binge Drinking, Experts Say
Holidays can sometimes contribute to a troubling trend - high-intensity drinking (HID). Laura Bierut, MD, professor of psychiatry, & public health faculty scholar, explains the difference between...
View ArticleBrain tumors hijack circadian clock to grow
“Glioblastoma takes its cues from hormones released by the same central clock in the host that establishes the body’s regular daily rhythms,” says Erik Herzog, PhD, professor of biology & public...
View ArticleGoodbye to time changes? Donald Trump says he will push to end daylight...
"The medical and scientific communities are unified ... that permanent standard time is better for human health," says pubic health faculty scholar Erik Herzog, professor of biology, in a USA TODAY...
View ArticleWhy do so many Americans get their health care claims denied?
Timothy McBride, PhD, co-director of the Ctr for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research & pubic health faculty scholar, explains in a Marketplace Morning Report why so many...
View ArticleThe Art of Microbial Disguise
Public health faculty scholar Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD, professor & co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, describes what makes Mycobacterium tuberculosis a very unique bacterium & her...
View ArticleCabassa to deliver 2025 Aaron Rosen Lecture at SSWR conference
Leopoldo Cabassa, PhD, professor, Brown School, & public health faculty scholar, has been selected to present the 2025 Aaron Rosen Lecture - one of the highest honors in social work research - at...
View ArticleA kinder, gentler HIV care experience: Study focuses on person-centered care
Written by Kim Furlow, communication programs manager, Institute for Public Health A study by WashU HIV experts and their Zambian colleagues shows that patients living with HIV who have a respectful...
View ArticleBrain structure differences provide clues to substance use risks
Ryan Bogdan, PhD, professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, & public health faculty scholar, co-authored research published in JAMA Network Open about specific features of brain structure that...
View ArticleWashU Expert: How to make resolutions that stick
An article mentions past research by public health faculty scholar & professor Patrick Hill, PhD, which demonstrated how first semester college students with higher purposefulness have increased...
View ArticleImmune-targeted approach helps control tuberculosis in mice
Research co-authored by public health faculty scholar & professor Christina Stallings, PhD, could lead to new and more-effective therapies for TB combining traditionally used antibiotics with drugs...
View ArticleSsewamala, Nabunya named 2025 SSWR Fellows
Fred Ssewamala, PhD, Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, Brown School, & Mary McKay, PhD, executive vice provost, & public health faculty scholars, have been named 2025 Fellows of the Society for Social...
View ArticleThis Health Condition Could Be Making You a Riskier Driver
“Depression has been linked to cognitive impairments, such as diminished reaction time, executive function, and divided attention, which are critical for safe driving,” says public health faculty...
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