David Eisenberg, MD, professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, talks about the safety and effectiveness of the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill approved by the FDA.
Missouri Medicaid enrollment down 158,000 since unwinding began
Timothy McBride, PhD, reports on the latest Medicaid expansion enrollment numbers.
Center releases analysis of Medicaid expansion and the pandemic on hospital encounters in Missouri
Read about the latest policy brief published by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research.
Initial View of the Medicaid Expansion and Public Health Emergency on Hospital Encounters in Missouri (Links to an external site)
by Timothy McBride, PhD and Eliot Jost, MBA,MPH | September 2023
An expansion of the Missouri Medicaid program was approved by voters in Missouri through the passage of a constitutional amendment in August 2020, later upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court in July 2021. This policy brief reviews changes in hospital encounters over time in Missouri, before and after the start of the Medicaid expansion, concentrating on emergency department encounters and inpatient encounters, and the “payer mix” of those visits, which is the source of payment the hospitals receive.
Two years after Medicaid expansion began, enrollment peaks; effects of unwinding loom
Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School and co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services Policy and Economics Research at the Institute for Public Health, Tim McBride, PhD, weighs in on the latest MO Medicaid Expansion enrollment update.
Call for Pilot and Small Grant Applications!
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health calls for grant applications for 2023 Pilot Projects Program and Small Grants Program. Our center’s seed funding programs are designed to support a broad range of dissemination and implementation studies, and aim to support the development of projects to the point at which […]
Medicaid Expansion after one year; over 270,000 enrolled
Center for Health Economics & Policy co-Director, Timothy McBride has written a blog post updating the Medicaid expansion enrollment numbers in Missouri.
Medicaid expansion enrollment hits 220,000 on vote anniversary
Center for Health Economics & Policy co-Director, Timothy McBride, PhD, updates us on the state of Missouri Medicaid enrollment applications.
Health policy evaluation in Missouri: From the perspective of a native Marylander
Read about how this student in the Summer Research Program-Public & Global Health Track spent time working with the Center for Health Economics & Policy on their assessment of MO Medicaid expansion.
Medicaid expansion enrollment hits 183,000; over 200,000 have applied since August
Read the latest on Missouri Medicaid expansion enrollment in this blog post by Center for Health Economics & Policy co-Director, Timothy McBride.
Medicaid enrollment in Missouri begins; applications appear vigorous
Written by Timothy McBride, co-director, Center for Health Economics and Policy The expansion of Medicaid in Missouri began in 2021, and after resolution of a lawsuit at the Missouri Supreme Court in July, enrollment applications were accepted starting on October 2021. As of January 21, 2022, enrollment in the adult expansion group (AEG) had reached […]
Remembering the people behind the disease
In this blogpost written by Sophia Tu, a Summer Research Program student in the Aging & Neurological Diseases Track, studies concerning dementia and Alzheimers are discussed.
Bringing life-saving therapy to the poor (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine spearheads collaboration to install radiation oncology equipment in Guatemala.
2020 in review: Center for Dissemination & Implementation works with state to inform COVID-19 response
Since March 2020, the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health has partnered with both the St. Louis region and the state of Missouri to provide data analysis and modeling related to COVID-19. These partnerships influenced the region to issue shelter-in-place orders sooner than they might have, allowed state officials to […]
Targeting RANK pathway in mammographic density and breast cancer prevention
Written by Chee Teik Lee, medical student at University College Dublin and participant in the 2019 Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Public & Global Health Track Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women. Age, obesity, and mammographic density are strong risk factors for breast cancer. Modifiable lifestyle factors such […]
Medicaid Work Requirements: What Would the Impact be in Missouri on Enrollment, Costs and Health?
Written by Linda Li, MPH, Abigail Barker, PhD, Leah Kemper, MPH, Timothy McBride, PhD | February 2019 In 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced support for state efforts to condition Medicaid coverage on fulfilling a work requirement. For the first time in the program’s history, certain beneficiaries can be required to […]
Precision medicine research in diverse populations
Written by Erin Linnenbringer, PhD, MS, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine At the time of publishing, professor Linnenbringer was an instructor in the Department of Surgery Essential to Meeting the Goal of Reaching the Right Patient With the Right Treatment at the Right Time Many Americans have probably heard the […]
Participating in a clinical trial
Written by Shea Roesel, clinical research coordinator I at Volunteer for Health at the School of Medicine As a clinical research coordinator with the Volunteer for Health (VFH) office at Washington University School of Medicine over the past 15 years, I have noticed that each participant’s situation is distinctive and the motivation to participate in […]
$46M supports research likely to result in new therapies, improve health care (Links to an external site)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $46 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support research aimed at translating scientific and clinical discoveries into new diagnostics and therapeutics, and to more rapidly apply research findings to improve health. Read the full story…
Healthspan is more important than lifespan, so why don’t more people know about it?
Written by Tim Peterson, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis While more and more people are taking an interest in aging and lifespan, awareness on healthspan lags (Figure 2). If you don’t know what healthspan means you aren’t alone. What is healthspan? Many might agree that “healthspan” can […]
Study shows Guatemalan cigarette packs don’t meet national requirements (Links to an external site)
In the first study to address cigarette packaging in low/middle-income country, researchers found that regulations mandated by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Guatemala have not been fulfilled. Read more about the study…
Drug pricing: Where do we go after the election?
Martin Shkreli. Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Mylan. Just a year ago, most Americans devoted little time and attention to the question of pharmaceutical pricing. Now, after a series of highly publicized scandals involving individuals and companies who hike the prices of products like the EpiPen or Daraprim with impunity, public awareness of these issues has dramatically increased […]
Center for Health Economics & Policy funds two pilot projects
The Center for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP) pilot program announces funding for two projects in the inaugural round of funding from CHEP. The funding for these year-long projects begins on September 1, 2016. Correlates of Enactment of State Legislation Related to HPV Vaccines PI: Amy Eyler Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted […]
Access to PrEP: A “game changer” for HIV
The number of new HIV infections per year in St. Louis and nationally have not declined over the past 10 years despite the enormous amounts of money and energy spent on this issue. The medication used for PrEP, Truvada, is more than 90% effective when taken as one pill once a day. While PrEP is […]
Bringing a superfood down to earth
Genetically modified (GM) crops are mostly planted on large industrialized farms (mainly in the US, Brazil, and Argentina), but there continues to be keen interest in—and debate on—their utility for small farmers and poor consumers in the Global South. In this regard, “Golden Rice” has received the most attention. Golden Rice is a medical food, engineered […]
Bench to implementation in the real world
Our Global Health Center contacted speakers from it’s 2015 Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference to gain their perspectives on the event’s theme of taking research from bench to implementation. We spoke with: Daniel Colley, PhD, Professor, University of Georgia and Director, Center for Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases Helen Fletcher, PhD, Senior Lecturer at […]