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Health Data Bootcamp 2025 Summary: Consolidation and Corporatization in the U.S. Healthcare System
Written by Mo Farrell, LMSW, manager, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research Should medicine be a business like any other? That was the question that Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP (above right) posed in the beginning of his keynote during the second annual Health Data Bootcamp hosted by the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & […]
The Importance of Partnership
Written by Sophia Kamanzi, MD candidate, School of Medicine My first encounter with participatory action research (a method that centers involving community members in the research process) was a few years ago when I was working at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago as a Clinical Research Coordinator. I attended a research […]
A Shift in the Process: Observations from a visit to the Arizona-Mexico Border
Written by Julia López, PhD, MPH, LCSW, and Riley Novak In March, I was invited to join Advocacy and Civic Engagement staff from the Center for Social Action at Saint Louis University, along with 10 students, to visit the U.S.-Mexico border. During this visit, I connected with various humanitarian aid organizations in Ambos Nogales, Douglas, […]
Bridging the Gap: A seed grant’s impact on language access in St. Louis emergency care
Written by Julia López PhD, MPH, LCSW and Shan Wang In a city known for its vibrant culture and dynamic health care landscape, ensuring that every patient receives accessible and compassionate healthcare is paramount. Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) and St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) are two of the four-level 1 trauma centers in St. Louis […]
Special connections through WashU’s Adopt-a-Grandparent club (Links to an external site)
Read about student group, Adopt-a-Grandparent, in part two of this three part series.
Kevin Volpp Seminar: AHA’s Health Care by Food Initiative
Read about a recent seminar about food as health.