Racial disparities in dementia determined by social factors
A study published by Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, assistant professor of neurology and Public Health Faculty Scholar, and colleagues, found that increased risk of cognitive decline in people of Native...
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Center director helps publish new journal supplement on HIV research...
Written by April Houston, MSW, MPH, manager of communications, WashU Division of Infectious Diseases The latest supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, released earlier this...
View ArticleCenter director helps publish new journal supplement on HIV research...
Elvin Geng, MD, director, Center for Dissemination & Implementation & Public Health Faculty Scholar, co-edited the latest supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, which...
View ArticleReimagining public health: a path forward
Ross C. Brownson, PhD, professor of public health, Brown School & School of Medicine & Public Health Faculty Scholar, co-authored an essay, “Reimagining Public Health,” lead article in a...
View ArticlePsilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is co-senior author of a study offering suggestions to scientists on how to evaluate the effects of psychoactive...
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Is research the right path for me? My journey so far
Written by Claire Wininger, BS candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, and participant in the 2024 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program The author outside of the PATH lab I,...
View ArticleReimagining public health: a path forward
There is optimism among public health professionals — in both red and blue states — according to research conducted by Ross C. Brownson, the Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor at...
View ArticleLong COVID Risk Has Dropped Since Start of Pandemic
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine & co-authored by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor & Public Health Faculty Scholar, found that chances of developing long COVID...
View ArticleLong COVID Risk Has Fallen, Largely Attributable to Vaccine Rollout
The risk of developing long COVID has significantly decreased since the start of the pandemic, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine & co-authored by Ziyad...
View ArticleLong COVID Risk Has Declined Over the Pandemic and Vaccines May Be Key
“The research on declining rates of long COVID marks the rare occasion when I have good news to report regarding this virus,” said senior author Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor & Public...
View ArticleA scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain ‘fall apart’
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, and co-senior author of a new study published in Nature, says that psychedelics, such as psilocybin, can offer...
View ArticleHow to win at online dating using AI
How can we be successful with on-line dating when it is rigged for failure? Liberty E. Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science, Olin Business School, & Public Health Faculty...
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Opening my eyes to WashU’s Occupational Therapy Program
Written by Abbey Russell, BA candidate, Washington University in St. Louis, and participant in the 2024 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Timaya Williams (left, cohort member) and...
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Researching Alzheimer’s Disease
Written by Timaya A. Williams, BS candidate, Webster University, and participant in the 2024Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Photo by Sven Mieke on Unsplash This summer, I had the...
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Understanding nutrient deficiencies
Written by Gladys Michelle Rios, MSc, BS, MD candidate at Ponce Health Sciences University, and participant in the 2024 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program The different life stages of...
View ArticleWhere Generative AI Is Working for Doctors—and Where It’s Falling Short
Thomas Maddox, MD, professor of medicine, VP of digital products & innovation, BJC HealthCare, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains his recent implemented pilot of ambient note-taking...
View ArticleMissouri among best in nation for crisis hotline call response but lacks...
Ryan R. Lindsay, MSW, LCSW, professor of practice, Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on Missouri’s rollout of the national 988 mental health hotline.
View ArticleWashU researchers quantify solar absorption by black carbon in fire clouds
“This work addresses a key challenge in quantifying black carbon’s radiative effect on the upper atmosphere,” says Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, & Public Health...
View ArticleHeritage Foundation, not Project 2025, proposes Social Security cuts
Timothy McBride, PhD, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research and Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on the Heritage Foundation's plan to reform Social...
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Call for Proposals! Center seeks projects aimed at reducing cancer disparities
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Center for Community Health Partnership and Research is joining forces with universitypartners the Institute for...
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