Connecting the dots
An article highlighting the Breast Cancer Program at Siteman Cancer Ctr, in the Autumn 2024 issue of Outlook, mentions Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, IPH’s deputy director & public health faculty...
View ArticleProfiles of Purpose: Advancing aging research
Profiles of Purpose, a video series celebrating the Brown School’s 100 years of impact, featured public health faculty scholar Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for...
View ArticleEngineering better sleep
Erik Herzog, PhD, professor of biology & public health faculty scholar, is collaborating with researchers who are developing a mathematical tool to help design light schedules that will improve...
View ArticleSpecial connections through WashU’s Adopt-a-Grandparent club
Read about student group, Adopt-a-Grandparent, in part two of this three part series.
View ArticleSelf-management skill, sense of purpose go hand-in-hand
Patrick Hill, PhD, professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences, & public health faculty scholar, co-authored a study published in Personality & Individual Differences that tied sense of...
View ArticleFive early signs of dementia with one you may spot at night
Public health faculty scholar Ganesh Babulal, PhD, OTD, assoc prof of neurology, is quoted in an article listing five early signs of dementia, saying that difficulty driving can be one of the first...
View ArticleWeight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, asst prof of medicine & public health faculty scholar, is lead researcher on a study using data from US veterans with type 2 diabetes - given Ozempic or Wegovy or standard drugs -...
View ArticleWashU Public Health Ideas with Ross Brownson
As part of Public Health Ideas, WashU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with public health faculty scholar & professor Ross Brownson, PhD, about his research paper on...
View ArticleStudy identifies benefits, risks linked to popular weight-loss drugs
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, asst prof of medicine & public health faculty scholar, co-authored a study published in Nature finding benefits to cognitive & behavioral health, but increased risks for...
View ArticleTaking Ozempic for weight loss? You might find other benefits, too – and a...
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, asst prof of medicine & public health faculty scholar, co-authored a study published in Nature finding benefits to cognitive & behavioral health, but increased risks for...
View ArticleOzempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of 42 health conditions,...
Public health faculty scholar Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor of medicine, explains how his published research evaluated the risks and benefits of GLP-1 drugs across 175 possible health outcomes,...
View ArticleResearchers Hammond and Shields receive awards, opportunities to expand research
Written by Kim Furlow, communication programs manager, Institute for Public Health Two Public Health Faculty Scholars, who are also collaborators with WashU’s Center for Advancing Health Services,...
View ArticlePublic Health Faculty Scholars honored
Compiled by Kim Furlow, communication programs manager, Institute for Public Health WashU Public Health Faculty Scholars engage in innovative public health research, practice, advocacy and education...
View ArticleResearchers Hammond and Shields receive awards, opportunities to expand research
Public Health Faculty Scholars J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, asst prof of medicine, & Morgan Shields, PhD, asst prof, Brown School, & collaborators with WashU’s Ctr for Advancing Health Services,...
View ArticleOzempic’s health benefits keep growing, but are the risks worth it?
"GLP-1s have many benefits for at least 42 conditions beyond weight loss – from addiction disorders to memory/cognition problems, blood clots, and infections," says lead study author & public...
View ArticleThree faculty members awarded $3 million NIMH grant for HIV prevention in Africa
Public Health Faculty Scholars & Brown School faculty Fred Ssewamala, PhD, & Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, received a $3 million research grant from the NIMH to study oral PrEP access, initiation...
View ArticleViolence against women and girls research: Leveraging gains across disciplines
Public health faculty scholar Lindsay Stark, DrPH, professor & associate dean for global strategy & programs, Brown School, is co-author of a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
View ArticleYou think red dye no. 3 is dangerous? This is much worse.
Do we really need to worry about red dye number 3 now that it has been banned? “Not really,” says Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data Science at Olin and Public Health Faculty...
View ArticleNegative Health Outcomes From Wildfire Smoke Plumes are Investigated at WashU...
Public Health Faculty Scholar Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, is studying the harmful health effects from inhaling dark brown carbon particles and is investigating a...
View ArticleDoctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation
Ross Brownson, PhD, professor of public health and public health faculty scholar, weighs in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ability to lead the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.
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