Weil installed as Medoff professor
Gary Weil, MD, professor, Infectious Diseases Division, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, has been named the inaugural Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor of Infectious Diseases in “recognition of...
View ArticleBreast Cancer in Young Women: Rates Rise, Guidelines Shift
Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is quoted in a WebMD article explaining why rates of breast cancer are rising in...
View ArticleMissouri Medicaid enrollment continues decline, down 200,000 since last June
Analysis by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research found that from June to April, over half of the drop in Missouri’s Medicaid net enrollment was contributed to...
View ArticleOne in 20 infected with mild Covid in the first wave are STILL battling...
“Covid is a serious threat to the long-term health and well-being of people and it should not be trivialized,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, in a Daily...
View ArticleDrake appointed inaugural St. Louis Confluence Collaborative faculty director
Bettina Drake, PhD, professor of surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, has been appointed as the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged...
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Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program kicks off June 3
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program students in the Public & Global Health track enjoy free time out and about in St. Louis The...
View ArticleHow We’ve Failed the Promise of Making “Genocide” a Crime
Leila Sadat, JD, the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and director, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute in the School of Law, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is quoted in an...
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Center co-director helps AHA issue presidential advisory on rise in heart...
Joynt Maddox Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in WashU’s Cardiovascular Division, co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research,...
View ArticleCelebrating a decade of building connections for older adults
“The deep and diverse connections that come from being part of an organization like STL Village can deliver a host of benefits,” says Brian Carpenter, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for...
View ArticleMost U.S. Adults Will Have Heart Problems By 2050: Report
Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, associate professor of medicine in WashU’s Cardiovascular Division, & Public Health...
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Enrolling in Medicaid in Missouri: Challenges, considerations and comparisons...
Written by Timothy McBride, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research The past 30 months have brought challenges for the recipients seeking to enroll in...
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Celebrating a decade of building connections for older adults
Written by Liz Backus, Communications Volunteer at STL Village Members of STL Village in the park Happy Anniversary, STL Village! This June, we are celebrating ten years ofbringing older adults...
View ArticleCrime stats disappear from public view amid LAPD records system overhaul
"Doing a year-over-year comparison" between the LAPD's old system and their new one isn't hard, says Liberty Vittert, PhD, prof of the practice of data Science & Public Health Faculty Scholar, on...
View ArticleWashU receives grant to address economic mobility of Black youth
Mary McKay, PhD, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Public Health Faculty Scholar, won a grant for a collaborative community project to support employment and improve economic mobility...
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Perspectives: The implementation of biomedical research
Written by Steven Daley, MD candidate, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; participant in the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Histological slide showing human lung tissue...
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Deadline to enroll in Inaugural Dissemination and Implementation Science...
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation invites doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior and established faculty from other universities and research institutes to enroll in the...
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Why are kids in Haiti not gaining weight? The challenges of implementing...
Written by Mya Washington, BA candidate in Medical Laboratory Science at Saint Louis University, and participant in the 2024 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Charcoal collection in...
View ArticleADHD meds may help pregnant patients control opioid use disorder
Jeannie Kelly, MD, associate professor, Ob/Gyn, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, co-authored a study published in Nature Mental Health finding that pregnant patients with substance use disorders...
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Center awards pilot funding to projects aimed at improving general, mental...
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Center for Dissemination and Implementation is pleased to announce pilot funding for two projects that use dissemination...
View ArticleWashU study seeks to increase community health through ‘prescription...
NutriConnect, a project led by Jing Li, MD, DrPH, associate professor of medicine & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is studying the idea of prescribing fruits & vegetables to people in the St....
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