In partnership with McDonnell International Scholars Academy, the Global Health Center has awarded five projects with new Global Health Seed Funding.
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Center publishes study report & toolkit: Disclosure of gender-based violence in conflict settings
Learn more about a years-long project by our Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration and team, on the disclosure of gender-based violence in conflict settings, via their final report now available for download.
Center director says survivor-centered approach needed when investigating conflict-related sexual violence
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger was recently a featured guest at the Hague Humanity Lab on an international justice-related podcast concerning conflict-related sexual violence.
Center supports student trainee research and nurtures future careers
The Center for Health Economics & Policy helps nurture the next generation of public health experts. Learn more about two of them.
Global Health Center collaborator appreciates reaching “the most vulnerable”
Learn more about the work of Thomas Odeny, MD, in this Global Health collaborator spotlight.
Institutes’ Community Advisory Board offers researchers “an experience they don’t want to miss”
The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research says goodbye to previous Community Advisory Board members and rings in a few more in 2023.
Center helps early stage global health investigators find mentorship, collaboration
The Global Health Center’s Early Stage Investigator’s meeting is open to any early investigator interested in or currently conducting global health research.
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 […]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! 2023 Friedman Awards for outstanding contributions in the field of aging
Award nominations are being accepted for the 22nd Annual Friedman Lecture & Awards taking place on April 21. Read more about the awards and how to nominate someone for their outstanding work in the field of aging!
Center forms internal advisory board
The Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health has formed a new advisory board. Read more about this esteemed group of faculty.
As variant cases continue, the Institute collaborates with community & university partners to provide 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Two centers, community health workers and partner community organizations are rallying together to provide Covid-19 vaccines to area communities.
Faculty Scholar study considers social determinants of health (Links to an external site)
Faculty Scholar and Brown School assistant professor, Maura Kepper leads a study that shows patients with social needs experienced a higher number of hospitalizations, obesity, prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.
Student Spotlight: Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral candidate
Meet Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral student and emerging bright star on the implementation science scene.
Center funding extends research projects beyond initial strategies
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation has awarded researchers with RAD and MMAD funding. Find out what this funding is and how it can impact key projects.
Two center staff featured on the Exploring Rural Health Podcast (Links to an external site)
Our Center for Health Economics & Policy co-Director, Timothy McBride & Research Asst. Professor Abigail Barker were featured on a recent Rural Information Hub podcast about the new Chartbook on the Uninsured, authored by McBride & others.
Washington People: Vetta Sanders Thompson (Links to an external site)
Our Center for Community Health Partnership & Research’s own Vetta Sanders Thompson, co-director, is dedicated to racial identity, diversity and health.
AHA News: Keeping High Blood Pressure at Bay for the Holidays (Links to an external site)
Center for Community Health Partnership & Research co-Director, Angela L. Brown comments on leading risk factors for heart attack and stroke.
Friedman Center Addresses Ageism in Academia and Beyond (Links to an external site)
Read more about how the Friedman Center for Aging at the Institute for Public Health works to address the prevalent issue of ageism.
Center releases publications that help promote health equity locally, and across Missouri
The Center for Health Economics & Policy has recently released publications about its work surrounding themes of Medicaid expansion and maternal health.
Offering hope-and a way forward (Links to an external site)
Faculty Scholar, Professor Fred Ssewamala is working on a project to alleviate the impacts of poverty on Uganda’s most vulnerable youth.
Some Russian commanders encouraged sexual violence, says lawyer advising Kyiv (Links to an external site)
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger, JD, also a special advisor to the ICC, recently spoke about sexual violence in war torn Ukraine.
Faculty Scholar speaks at United Nations event on literacy and global health
Faculty Scholar and Global Health Center collaborator, Cindy Brantmeier recently addressed the United Nations Latin American Congress.
Morrow-Howell Earns Gerontological Society of America’s Maxwell A. Pollack Award
Director of the Institute’s Friedman Center for Aging, Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, has received a prestigious award from the Gerontological Society of America.
COVID-19 widened health disparities in employment, food (Links to an external site)
This School of Medicine story highlights several studies, including one by the Institute for Public Health in conjunction with the St. Louis County Health Department, that reveal gaping disparities in the U.S. that are negatively affecting non-white women.
Repeat COVID-19 infections increase risk of organ failure, death (Links to an external site)
A story by the School of Medicine says that research led by Institute Faculty Scholar, Al-Aly found that repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems. Photo by Matt Miller.
Global Health Center co-directors, Faculty Scholars awarded Global Incubator Seed Grants
Institute for Public Health university partner, McDonnell International Scholars Academy along with the provost’s office have announced recipients of the 2022 Global Incubator Seed Grants in Public Health. Recipients include Victor Dávila-Román, MD and Mark Huffman, MD, co-directors of the Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health.
2022 Institute for Public Health Annual Conference puts the “human” in “Health as a Human Right”
The 15th Institute for Public Health Annual Conference, “Health as a Human Right” centered on how a lack of human rights can affect our health, among other themes.
WashU Expert on gun violence in schools and children’s rights (Links to an external site)
Following a recent school shooting in St. Louis, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and Institute Faculty Scholar, Leila Sadat, JD, discusses the human right to safety in school.
D&I Rural Health Symposium helps build “stronger collaborations in broader communities”
The recent D&I Rural Health Symposium helped build collaborations among rural health care providers and implementation scientists.
2022 Dissemination & Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp challenges and entertains participants
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation hosted its annual proposal development bootcamp. Read more about who attended and what they learned.
Institute’s LOV program featured in Washington Magazine (Links to an external site)
The Life Outside of Violence (LOV) Program, in its fourth year, is featured in Washington Magazine as offering “an individualized approach to solving one of the biggest problems of our time.”
Center collaborates with Mukwege Foundation and WashU researchers to release report: “Understanding conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia”
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger and a multidisciplinary team have released a report on their study on conflict related sexual violence in Ethiopia.
Global health seed funding application period EXTENDED through November 15
Apply now for Global Health Seed Funding! The deadline is now Nov. 15. Read more about how to apply and receive additional funding for your project!
Institute for Public Health 2023 Summer Research Program application period opens Oct. 14!
The application period for the 2023 Summer Research Program (including a new track!) opens Oct. 14!
Institute’s Summer Research Program adds new RADIANCE track
The application period for the Institute for Public Health 2023 Summer Research Program opens Oct. 14 with a new track in cardiovascular disease and hematology.
Leah Kemper appointed as new associate director of the Institute for Public Health
The Institute for Public Health has appointed a new associate director in Leah Kemper, MPH.
Center supports research on changes in Health Insurance Marketplace conditions from 2014-22
Researchers from the Center for Health Economics and Policy have collaborated with the Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa on a new study on fluctuating Health Insurance Marketplace conditions.
Center awards grants to three community-academic partners for cancer prevention and research
Through the Institute for Public Health Pitch Partners’ funding mechanism, three area cancer awareness and prevention organizations have been awarded grants that will help further cancer equity in the St. Louis region.
Center releases white paper on strategies to improve outcomes for diabetes and obesity
The Center for Health Economics & Policy offers a look at strategies to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes and obesity.
Syphilis cases are surging. Should I be worried? (Links to an external site)
Institute Faculty Scholar, Hilary Reno, MD, speaks with The Washington Post about the stigma (and sometimes the apathy) around sexually transmitted infections.
Seelinger participates in UN General Assembly conference (Links to an external site)
Kim Thuy Seelinger, director of the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration participated in the United Nations General Assembly event, “Ensuring Accountability for Sexual Violence and Other Violations of International Humanitarian Law”.
Two Faculty Scholars receive $1.2M grant to study depression in youth living with HIV in Uganda (Links to an external site)
$1.2 million in NIHM funding has been awarded to two WashU faculty, who are also Institute Faculty Scholars, to study youth with HIV and depression in Uganda.
Five things about Covid we still don’t understand at our peril (Links to an external site)
The Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute for Public Health, Bill Powderly, MD, offers some insights into moving forward in a world still battling COVID-19 variants.
HIGH IRI Institute nurtures global leadership in Implementation Science
HIGH IRI first and second cohorts of fellows and faculty convene in person for the first time at a three-day training at WashU.
Center supports trainee study illuminating underserved patient access to treatment
The Center for Health Economics & Policy has supported work by Janki Luther who studies racial equity in access to healthcare.
Institute for Public Health hosts 15th Annual Conference and Poster Session, October 26
Learn more and join us at the 15th Institute for Public Health Annual Conference!
Women’s Society hosts October 6 lecture by two institute leaders
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health Guest speakers at the October 6 Women’s Society of Washington University Lecture Series will include two leaders from the university’s Institute for Public Health. The Larry J. Shapiro Director of the Institute, William G. Powderly, MD, and Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH, an […]
ICTS center launches program for minorities in research (Links to an external site)
Our university partner, the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences has been awarded a grant to coordinate the NIH-based, Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP).
Call for abstracts: 2022 Institute for Public Health Annual Conference & Poster Session
Submit an abstract for the Institute for Public Health 15th Annual Conference: Health as a Human Right!
Faculty Scholar develops network to assist low-resource neighborhoods (Links to an external site)
Institute Faculty Scholar Diana Parra Perez is striving to continue combatting isolation and other COVID-19 disruptions in low-resource neighborhoods. Read more about it in this Brown School story.