Taylor Carlson, PhD, associate professor of political science and Public Health Faculty Scholar, was a guest on the latest episode of Total Information AM talking about her new book and how political conversations can encourage a distorted Democracy.
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Falling for fall prevention (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar Susy Stark, PhD, professor of OT, has designed the Home Hazard Removal Program (HARP) which uses simple, proven strategies to reduce falls, & her daughter is helping her bring it to as many older adults as possible.
AJPH 10/24: Building Bridges Between Local and Federal Public Health Policies (Links to an external site)
Public health faculty scholars Caitlin McMurtry, PhD, and Sarah Moreland-Russell, PhD, Brown School, spoke on an American Journal of Public Health podcast about building ties between local and federal public health policies.
Breast density and why it matters (Links to an external site)
In a St. Louis American article, Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH, public health faculty scholar and deputy director of the Institute of Public Health, discusses the importance of a new federal rule requiring that women be told about their breast density following their mammograms.
62. How Can Schools Better Support Refugee and Migrant Students? w/ Ilana Seff and Jeremy Aldrich (Links to an external site)
Ilana Seff, DrPH, research assistant professor, Brown School, & public health faculty scholar, spoke on the Global Health Pursuit podcast about how the war in the Middle East is harming Arab, Jewish, & Muslim adolescents in the US and what schools can do to help.
Supporting Mental Health for Arab, Jewish, and Muslim Youth During War (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar Ilana Seff, DrPH, co-authored an article about her research to better understand adolescent mental health & offer ways of supporting adolescents as they cope with the wars in the Middle East & discrimination.
Data point to the real reason married people cheat, and you may be surprised (Links to an external site)
Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data science at Olin and Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains why cheating has dramatically increased in marriages the past 30 years in an opinion piece she wrote for “The Hill.”
Potential of mindfulness to enhance cognitive health in Latinx older adults being studied (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar, Assistant Professor Diana Parra Perez, PhD, and at team of researchers are studying how, through mindfulness, Latinx older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, can enhance their cognitive health.
New genomic surveillance tools could help efforts to eliminate damaging parasitic infections (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholars, Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, and Peter Fischer, PhD, have developed a genomic-based approach to help eliminate “elephantiasis”, a parasitic lymphatic infection spread by mosquitoes.
Revisiting Trump’s ‘most favored nations’ policy (Links to an external site)
Rachel Sachs, JD, professor of law and Public Health Faculty Scholar, weighs in on Trump’s “most favored nations” policy and what could happen if the policy is revisited during a possible second administration.
Public Health Faculty Scholars & center leaders highlight impact from COVID-19 Biorepository (Links to an external site)
How COVID-19 Messes Up Your Gut Health (Links to an external site)
COVID-19 is a GI-tract disease and a respiratory illness and the virus can hide in the “nooks and crannies” of digestive systems for months or years, says Ziyad Al-Aly, a WashU clinical epidemiologist & Pubic Health Faculty Scholar.
‘Very concerned’: Experts watching Missouri’s first human bird flu case closely (Links to an external site)
Steven Lawrence, MD, professor, Div of Infectious Disease, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, says that bird flu isn’t a general public concern now, but that scientists & public health officials are very concerned that we might be heading that direction.
Cardiologist shares how to keep brain and heart healthy (Links to an external site)
In honor of World Heart Day, cardiovascular expert & co-director of WashU’s Global Health Center, Mark Huffman, MD spoke with KSDK-TV about tips for keeping your heart healthy.
Go all in with alliums (Links to an external site)
“The health benefits of alliums can be attributed to their rich content of sulfur compounds, flavonoids and antioxidants,” says Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, professor of surgery, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, in a Feast Magazine article.
ICTS Highlights Impacts Made from COVID-19 Biorepository (Links to an external site)
WashU School of Medicine’s biorepository stores and manages specimens collected from adult & pediatric patients who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 to help streamline research efforts.
Black Carbon from Wildfire Smoke Can Double Warming Effects (Links to an external site)
Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, chased wildfires as part of a NOAA and NASA initiative to map fresh smoke plumes & track their spread.
Missing Peace Scholar Summer Workshop highlights expertise in research on conflict-related sexual violence (Links to an external site)
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration staff, including Public Health Faculty Scholars Kim Thuy Seelinger, JD, & Julia López, PhD, participated in a workshop for Missing Peace Scholars, highlighting research on conflict-related sexual violence.
Brown School grant to address economic mobility (Links to an external site)
Public Health Scholar Jason Jabbari, PhD, & collaborators, have received a two-year $225,000 grant from the Urban Institute’s Student Upward Mobility Initiative for “Leveraging Professional Skills to Increase Economic Mobility & Racial Equity.”
New census data reveals significant drop in uninsured Missourians (Links to an external site)
Analysis by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research has found that the uninsured rate in Missouri has dropped significantly, according to Timothy McBride, center co-director, professor at the Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholar.
Friedman Center grant to study experiences of ageism (Links to an external site)
The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, led by Public Health Faculty Scholars Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, & Brian Carpenter, PhD, has received a $136,000 grant from the RRF Foundation for Aging to study how older adults understand & experience ageism.
What Repeat COVID Infections Do to Your Body, According to Science (Links to an external site)
Any infection with COVID can cause your immune system to “go awry or develop some form of dysfunction,” says Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor of Medicine and Public Health Faculty Scholar, in an article on the effects of repeat COVID-19 infections.
They are rigging the US election, and we’re letting them get away with it (Links to an external site)
Liberty Vittert, PhD, professor of the practice of data Science at Olin and Public Health Faculty Scholar, explains in an opinion piece she wrote for “The Hill,” how third parties interfere with the knowledge we derive about candidates in an election.
NIH funding to build research capacity among refugee youth in Uganda (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholars & Brown School assistant professors have received $150,000 from the Fogarty International Ctr for RCap4Youth: Research Capacity for Refugee Youth, a supplement to the ICHAD’s ACHIEVE D43 Training Program.
WashU Medicine to offer reproductive sciences master’s program (Links to an external site)
WashU’s School of Medicine is starting a master’s program in reproductive sciences & accepting applications for its inaugural cohort. Sarah England, PhD, director, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is senior faculty adviser.
Local collaboration key to effective evidence-based training, study finds (Links to an external site)
A study led by Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan, assistant professor, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is showing the importance of collaboration with public health departments & other agencies to deliver training in evidence-based public health.
Local collaboration key to effective evidence-based training, study finds (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar, Stephanie Mazzuca-Ragan, assistant professor at the Brown School leads a study showing the value of collaborating with local health departments to deliver training in evidence-based public health.
Dean designate Galea to present vision for WashU’s planned School of Public Health (Links to an external site)
Missouri bird flu case raises questions for scientists (Links to an external site)
Jacco Boon, PhD, associate professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, was a guest on NPR’s Weekend Edition talking about an unusual human case of H5 avian influenza reported in Missouri.
Galea named editor of JAMA Health Forum (Links to an external site)
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, dean designate of WashU’s planned School of Public Health has been named editor in chief of JAMA Health Forum, effective Jan. 1.
New NSF grant to fund faculty equity programs and new center focused on civic mindfulness (Links to an external site)
Diana Parra Perez, PhD, assistant professor, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is a co-PI on $3 million five-year National Science Foundation ADVANCE-Institutional Transformation grant to increase STEM equity at a systemic level.
Health Insurance Coverage in Missouri, 2008-23: Impact of Medicaid Expansion, Economic and Policy Changes (Links to an external site)
Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research co-director & Public Health Faculty Scholar, Timothy McBride, PhD, reviews changes in MO insurance coverage from recent Census Bureau data, in research supported by the MO Foundation for Health.
Refining, implementing, and evaluating an anesthesia choice conversation aid for older adults with hip fracture: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar Mary Politi, PhD, co-authored an article published in Implementation Science Communications on a study evaluating the implementation & effectiveness of “My Anesthesia Choice─Hip Fracture” in clinical practice.
A call for equity in digital health tool design (Links to an external site)
Maura Kepper, assistant professor, Brown School, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is senior author of “How to Design Equitable Digital Health Tools,” providing strategies for making future digital health tools more accessible, effective and equitable.
Bowel cancer ‘red flags’: Four signs you should see a doctor now – even if you’re young (Links to an external site)
Associate professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, Yin Cao, ScD, and team, studied data on early-onset bowel cancer and found four key early warning signs that indicated an increased risk of bowel cancer in patients under age 50.
57. The Life of a Refugee: Economic Integration and Forced Migration w/ Dr. Mitra Naseh (Links to an external site)
Mitra Naseh, PhD, assistant professor, Brown School, and Public Health Faculty Scholar, discussed the work she is doing in the field of social work and refugee wellbeing in a Global Health Pursuit Podcast.
Addressing poverty key to better TB and HIV treatment in Uganda (Links to an external site)
Fred Ssewamala, PhD, & Proscovia Nabunya, PhD, Brown School and Public Health Faculty Scholars, co-authored a correspondence in The Lancet highlighting tackling poverty as a key strategy for improving HIV and TB treatment outcomes in Uganda.
Strategy evaluated for boosting exercise capacity in heart failure patients (Links to an external site)
A team led by Linda Peterson, MD, professor, Medicine & Radiology, & Ken Schechtman, PhD, professor, Biostatistics, & Public Health Faculty Scholars, received a $2.9 million NIH grant to investigate the effect of inorganic nitrate on muscle function & exercise performance in heart failure patients.
What to Know About Delta-8 and Other Common Vape Shop Drugs (Links to an external site)
According to Ginger Nicol, MD, CEDS, Dipl., ABOM, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & head of the psychedelics research program, there is a lack of rigorous research and oversight on effects, side effects, & safety of delta-8 THC.
WashU scientists uncover hidden source of snow melt: dark brown carbon (Links to an external site)
A study co-authored by Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, & published in Climate and Atmospheric Science, shows how dark-brown carbon (d-BrC) from wildfires plays a much larger role in snow-warming.
Ditch the needle – new COVID vaccine for nose, mouth reportedly halts transmission (Links to an external site)
“The nose and the mouth are the point of entry, so having these cells and these antibodies present right there where the virus comes in is really critical for the most effective vaccines against these viruses.” says Jacco Boon, PhD, associate professor of medicine & Public Health Faculty Scholar, about a next-generation nasal vaccine for COVID-19.
What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs (Links to an external site)
“It’s hard to even know basic information about what the potency of the drug in many of these products is”, says Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar & head of the psychedelics research program, about delta-8 THC or any other unregulated drugs.
What to know about delta-8 and other common vape shop drugs (Links to an external site)
Ginger Nicol, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Public Health Faculty Scholar, & head of the psychedelics research program, recommends talking to your physician before taking delta-8 THC or any other unregulated drugs.
SPOTLIGHT: Center collaborator helps others implement, sustain evidence-based work (Links to an external site)
Public Health Faculty Scholar, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, PhD, assistant professor, Brown School, integrates implementation science into her work of understanding how organizations are connected to the broader system environment.
A new smart mask analyzes your breath to monitor your health (Links to an external site)
“The biggest challenge has always been collecting real-time samples. This problem has been solved. That’s a paradigm shift,” said Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, about a new mask able to analyze biomarkers in breath.
Researchers take cue from vibes of elephants, spiders (Links to an external site)
Guy Genin, professor of mechanical engineering & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is a co-investigator on a research team that received a three-year $1.5 million grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to study new mode of cell communication.
Missouri Medicaid update: July application processing marginally improves (Links to an external site)
Based on an analysis by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, co-director & Public Health Faculty Scholar, Timothy McBride gives an update on the latest news on the Missouri Medicaid expansion.
People, Health & Place Unit Expands Global Initiatives With New Collaborations in Brazil (Links to an external site)
Rodrigo Reis, professor, co-director of the People, Health & Place Unit at the Brown School’s Prevention Research Center, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is helping address health disparities in Brazil.
Covid tied to higher risk of depression, anxiety, PTSD and other conditions, with the unvaccinated most affected, study shows (Links to an external site)
“The new research is not the first to show that Covid-19 is associated with an increased risk of mental illness,” said Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor, School of Medicine, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, about a UK study on mental illness in unvaccinated people.
Biden says he’s ‘too old to stay as president.’ It shows the pull of ageism. (Links to an external site)
Brian Carpenter, PhD, Co-Director, Harvey A. Friedman Ctr for Aging, & Public Health Faculty Scholar, is quoted in an article on ageism & how it is pervasive in American culture – especially in the public perceptions of older people involved in politics.