Following our Next Steps in Public Health: Mental & Behavioral Health event, “Power in Partnership: Bridging from crisis to community for people experiencing housing insecurity and serious mental illness,” the Institute for Public Health has developed a funding opportunity to allow for the development of collaborations/partnerships aimed at developing solutions to address the needs of people experiencing housing insecurity and serious mental illness. These collaborations/partnerships must in include at least one community partner and one WashU partner. The applicants can apply for up to $10,000.
Following our Next Steps in Public Health: Mental & Behavioral Health event, “Power in Partnership: Bridging from crisis to community for people experiencing housing insecurity and serious mental illness,” the Institute for Public Health has developed a funding opportunity to allow for the development of pilot projects aimed at developing solutions to address the needs of people experiencing housing insecurity and serious mental illness. These pilot projects will need to include a community/academic partnership in an effort to facilitate and enhance the translation of science into practice. The selected teams can apply for up to $30,000.
“Ageism is one of the biggest barriers faced by people everywhere, affecting all facets of life,” said Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, co-director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging & Public Health Faculty Scholar, in a recent Shining Science article on ageism.
Several dissemination and implementation specialists from WashU recently convened in S. Africa for a training session that will set the stage for a new South African hub of WashU’s HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH-IRI).
Eric Topol, MD, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, recognized Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, among the TIME100 Health honorees who helped find COVID solutions during the pandemic, remarking that “his middle name is long COVID.”
Public Health Faculty Scholar, Hilary Reno MD, is working to help lower the rate of sexually transmitted infections in St. Louis, which has some of the highest in the country.
Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is quoted in a ScienceInsider article highlighting concerns about possible policy changes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, affecting how universities access data.
Philip Budge, MD, PhD, assoc. professor, Dept. of Infectious Disease, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains if a brain worm can affect a person’s mental abilities and brain function.
Philip Budge, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Infectious Disease, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, says that parasite larvae can move to the brain and create cysts – called neurocysticercosis.
“St. Louis’ STI rates are very concerning,” says Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, co-director, Public Health Data Training Center & Public Health Faculty Scholar, who is principal investigator on a grant to offer expanded STI testing and treatment services in north county.
Ziyad al-Aly, assistant professor, School of Medicine, and Public Health Faculty Scholar was a guest on The World podcast speaking about the ways patients experience long COVID and what treatments are available.
Philip Payne, PhD, professor of medicine, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, discusses the benefits of applying data science and AI methods and technologies in health and healthcare and the future of AI in medicine.
“One of the world’s most influential public health leaders” is named the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of WashU’s planned School of Public Health, beginning Jan. 1. Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, who was the keynote speaker at the annual Public Health at WashU Annual Conference last year, will helm the university’s first new school in […]
Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research co-director Timothy McBride presented an update on the Missouri Medicaid enrollment and the Unwinding of the Public Health Emergency (PHE), with implications for Missouri Medicaid enrollment, through March 2024.
The research in this presentation was supported by Missouri Foundation for Health.
Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, was on HEC Media’s Spotlight program talking about why it can be disadvantageous for users of online dating apps to converse with AI bots.
A study led by Liang Shan, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and of Pathology & Immunology, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, and published in Cell, found that the body’s immune response to HIV depletes T cells in the body – even ones not infected with the virus.
May is Older American’s Month! Find out more about tips for engaging in meaningful relationships and social connections, which have proven to improve our mental, physical and emotional well-being as we age.
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, has been chosen as one of the most influential people in health in 2024, for his research on the long-term effects of COVID-19, in Time Magazine’s TIME 100 HEALTH.
Gautam Dantas, PhD, professor of pathology & immunology and Public Health Faculty Scholar, received funding from the Longer Life Foundation to study how the gut microbiome influences neurodegeneration.
Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, Timothy McBride, PhD, gives an overview of the state of MO Medicaid as of March, 2024.
“Plant-based proteins are a nutritious alternative to animal-based proteins and can be incorporated into a variety of diets,” said Adetunji T. Toriola, M.D., Ph.D., professor, Division of Public Health Sciences, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, in a Feast Magazine article on the advantages of choosing plant-based proteins.
Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, PhD, associate professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, was interviewed on Fox 2 News about WashU’s 95th annual Fashion Design Show, held on April 27.
Public Health & Society, is launching in the fall, & E.A. Quinn, associate professor of anthropology & Diana Parra Perez, PhD, assistant professor of public health, & Public Health Faculty Scholars, will be co-teaching “Foundations of Public Health.” Lindsay Stark, DrPH, professor of public health and Public Health Faculty Scholar, is co-director of the program.
Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, PhD, associate professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, was recently featured on a St. Louis Magazine podcase about a sustainability project she developed with her students.
Joe Steensma, EdD, professor of practice, Brown School, co-led a webinar hosted by the World Bank on advancements in food production, spotlighting “Lean management in Aquaculture: A practical guide for smallholder fish farmers,” which he co-authored.
Read about how Public Health Faculty Scholar Ryan Lindsay, Brown School associate professor of practice, works with community partners to close gaps for individuals and families dealing with suicidal ideation or risk.
More than 200 students, faculty and community partners recently gathered in Graham Chapel on WashU’s Danforth Campus to hear former CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky, MD, and the Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute for Public Health, William G. Powderly, MD, discuss critical public health issues. It was a rare for the public to hear […]
Hilary M. Babcock, MD, professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on the safety of eating eggs as bird flu spreads.
Jay Turner, DSc, professor of engineering education & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is part of a team whose recent published study produced valuable methodology used to identify regions with higher trace element emissions.
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Washington University in St. Louis is pleased to announced the Inaugural Annual Dissemination and Implementation Science Institute. This program is ideal for postdoctoral fellows and junior and more established faculty from universities and research institutes who wish to deepen their understanding of implementation science and receive personalized advice from experts on their research proposals.
A paper authored by Lindsay Stark, DrPH, associate dean for Global Strategy & Programs and professor, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, “highlights the crucial role refugee caregivers play in mitigating the impacts of forced displacement on children.”
Last month, William Powderly, MD, director of the Institute for Public Health, had a conversation with Rochelle Walensky, MD, on public health issues facing us today. The event was presented in service of Public Health at WashU & co-sponsored by Arts & Sciences & the Institute for Public Health.
Shenyang Guo, PhD, and Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, professors of social work research, Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholars, are included in the 100 Most Impactful Global Contributors to Social Work Publications.
Yin Cao, ScD, associate professor of surgery & Public Health Faculty Scholar, presented her research finding a connection between rising cancer rates in younger adults and biological aging, at the American Association of Cancer Research’s annual conference.
Eric Lenze, MD, professor of psychiatry, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, participated in the ribbon cutting and dedication of the new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building at WUSM.
A Washington Magazine article highlighting neuroscience research at WashU mentions research by Gautam Dantas, PhD, professor of laboratory & genomic medicine & Public Health Faculty Scholar, finding that the gut microbiome is significantly different in people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
Diana Parra Perez, PhD, assistant professor & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is ensuring that activities in the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health)-STL grant, helping improve health by preventing chronic diseases & reducing health disparities in parts of north St. Louis city and county are community driven.
Hilary M. Babcock, MD, professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, spoke to TODAY.com about the risk of bird flu in humans.
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.
Rowhea Elmesky, PhD, associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences and Public Health Faculty Scholar, received the William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award. Susy Stark, PhD, professor, Program in Occupational Therapy, Trish Kohl, PhD, professor, Brown School, & Kelly Harris, PhD, instructor, Occupational Therapy & Surgery, and Public Health Faculty Scholars, were top 10 finalists.
Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, co-director, Public Health Data and Training Center, medical director of the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic & Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on an early-stage clinical trial of a chlamydia vaccine.
Ross Brownson, PhD, professor of public health, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & director of the Prevention Research Center explains how the center has been partnering with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to globally train public-health practitioners in evidence-based public health.
Timothy McBride, PhD, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, weighs in on legislation that would allow MO Farm Bureau health insurance plans to offer benefits that avoid federal regulations in the Affordable Care Act.
Yin Cao, ScD, associate professor of surgery & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is mentioned in an article about her research studying risk factors contributing to the rise of cancer in adults younger than age 50.
