Written by Kim Furlow, Institute for Public Health & Julia Uyttewaal, manager of the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration This summer, the Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration officially launched its revised toolkit for service providers and humanitarian workers in Mexico. The toolkit offers guidance on how to approach the thorny issue […]

Written by Kim Furlow, Institute for Public Health Meeting the needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) can be challenging due to the multifaceted coordination required to address their complex care. An ongoing project lead by Institute Faculty Scholar, Ashley Housten, is using implementation science to adapt an evidence-informed intervention. Housten is an assistant […]

Written by Jeanie Bryant, coordinator of the Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health Hiram Gay, MD, professor of Radiation Oncology at Washington University in St. Louis, is lead author on the most downloaded article in 2020 in the journal, Practical Radiation Oncology. There’s a reason. The article, Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria […]

A research study entitled, “Juntxs Se Puede: A Relational Teamwork Approach toward Enhancing Wellness” by a research team including Institute Faculty Scholar, Diana Parra Perez, shows that teamwork between multiple agencies is the most effective way to provide mental health treatment for members of the Latinx community. The study is funded by the Center for […]